Kidney transplant pioneer, a former Grand Forks resident dies in Twin Cities
During Julie Weighter’s eighth-grade year at St. Mary’s in 1962, she became ill and was diagnosed with renal kidney disease, spending four and a half months in Deaconess Hospital in Grand Forks. 7:00 am, Feb. 17, 2021 ×
Julie Weighter
Former Grand Forks resident Julie Weighter, one of the world s first to survive a kidney transplant, continued defying convention until her death at age 72 on Feb. 5, 2021, in St. Louis Park, Minn.
Besides the kidney transplant when she was 15, Weighter, the daughter of the late Edmund Weighter and Evelyn Ronkowski Weighter, was the first female security guard at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. She also earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Minnesota and had a second kidney transplant in 2000.
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Henderson woman arrested after head-on crash
Henderson woman arrested after head-on crash By Makayla Neukam | January 31, 2021 at 7:30 AM CST - Updated January 31 at 6:16 PM
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - A woman was arrested after a head-on collision in Henderson Saturday.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 10000 block of U.S. 60 East for a head-on crash involving two vehicles just after 4 p.m.
Deputies say three people were taken to Deaconess Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Later that evening, deputies say Vanderburgh County took a report saying the red Dodge pickup involved in the crash was stolen. That’s when they say 39-year-old Jenny Pool was arrested for receiving stolen property over $10,000, which is a Class C Felony.