Final Bricks Laid in new Tri-County Health Care Facility in Wadena

Aug 30, 2022 | 2:58 PM

Chosen Tri-County Health Care (Astera Health) members placed a brick on the north side of the building, commemorating the completion of masonry, Aug. 24, 2022

WADENA (KDLM) – Tri-County Health Care (Astera Health) in conjunction with Mortenson Construction hosted a final brick laying ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Tri-County Health Care selected four staff members to install the final bricks of the new health care facility in Wadena. In less than 100 days, the overall structure of the new building will be complete, leaving only interior finishing projects.

The new building is two weeks ahead of schedule and only marginally over budget according to President and CEO Joel Beiswenger.

The new 123,000 square-foot healthcare facility is estimated to cost $72 million and is tentatively scheduled to open in the Spring of 2023.

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