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Kirsten Snell rings the bell following chemotherapy treatments
A Family’s Journey: Kirsten’s Bell of Hope
March 17, 2025    Patient Stories

In the final weeks of her pregnancy with their third child, Paul and Kirsten Snell of northern Winneshiek County received the devastating news that Kirsten had stage three breast cancer. […]

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Jill Fjestul podiatry story
Hometown Heroes: A Rescue at Pulpit Rock
March 3, 2025    Patient Stories

As many people do, Jill Fjelstul took to the area trails on a visit to Decorah, her childhood home.  The outing, which she classified as more of a “stroll” than […]

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Kevin Locke Endowment
Announcing the Dr. Kevin Locke EMS Provider Endowment
February 21, 2025    Community

Cy and Ramona Nelson of Decorah have established the Dr. Kevin Locke EMS Provider Endowment Fund with the Winneshiek County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast […]

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Dr. Michael D'Netto with Grayson Sibley
Specialty Allergy Care: Gray Sibley
July 23, 2024    Patient Stories

At about three months old, Grayson Sibley began developing severe skin rashes. His parents, Tasha and Alan, talked to Grayson’s primary care physician, who diagnosed him with eczema. He noted […]

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Zak Kriener with his treatment team.
Advanced Wound Care: Zak Kriener
July 23, 2024    Patient Stories

One thing can lead to another, which seemed to be the case for Zakary Kriener of Ossian. In January of 2022, he took a nasty fall from a ladder that shattered […]

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Brody Tieskoetter Senior Football Portrait
Multispecialty Concussion Care: Brody Tieskoetter
July 23, 2024    Patient Stories

It is that Friday Night Moment when your child is hit on the football field and you are rendered breathless; it is the exhale of relief when he gets up […]

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