Category Archives: Health

Essentia Health to hold free joint-replacement seminar on Oct. 19 at The Lodge in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Essentia Health St. Mary's in Detroit Lakes will be hosting a free joint-replacement seminar at The Lodge on Thursday evening that will focus on common joint problems and...
Michael Achterling Oct 16, 2023 photo via Essentia Health

Hodgepodge: Crystal Dibley of Becker County Farm Services Agency talks farm grants, loans and acreage certification; Gretchen Slavicek talks depression and anxiety signs for suicide prevention
Crystal Dibley of the Becker County Farm Services Agency talks grants, loans and crop certification for farmers. Gretchen Slavicek of Stellher Human Services talks depression and anxiety signs for sui...
Michael Achterling Oct 13, 2023

Perham Living Home Healthcare receives national recognition
Perham, Minn. (KDLM) - Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) named Perham Living Home Health Care a "superior performer" in its Best Home Health List for 2022 Perham Living Home Health Care was one of o...
Michael Achterling Oct 09, 2023

Essentia Health's VIPink event to highlight breast cancer awareness month Oct. 4
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Essentia Health is commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness month with their VI-Pink event, otherwise known as the Breast Event of the Year, this Wednesday from 5-7:30 p.m. ...
Michael Achterling Oct 03, 2023

Bemidji hospital patient steals vehicle from parking lot, crashes, transported back to hospital with injuries
Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) - Authorities say a male patient at a Bemidji hospital stole a vehicle in the parking lot on Thursday morning and was injured when the vehicle crashed following a police pu...
Michael Achterling Oct 02, 2023
Hodgepodge: Kayla Olson talks Breast Event of the Year at Essentia Health on Oct. 4; Dawn Duncan talks Propel DL and Lakes Area Pet Fest Oct. 5-7
Kayla Olson, imaging manager at Essentia Health St. Mary's, talks Breast Event of the Year at Essentia on Oct. 4. Dawn Duncan talks Propel DL and Lakes Area Pet Fest running Oct. 5-7.
Michael Achterling Oct 02, 2023

Inmate found unresponsive at Crow Wing County jail on Saturday
FARGO (KFGO) - A 54-year-old female inmate from Beltrami County is dead after being found unresponsive in her Crow Wing County jail cell on Saturday morning. At 8:49 a.m. members of the sheriff's offi...
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023
Hodgepodge: Nitzkorski talks Walk to School Day on Oct. 4, vaping cessation, community food board applications
Karen Nitzkorski, schools and worksites coordinator for Partnership 4 Health, talks Walk to School Day on Oct. 4, vaping cessation and applications for our regional community food board.
Michael Achterling Sep 26, 2023
Hodgepodge: Gretchen Slavicek of Stellher Health Services talks suicide prevention and how to spot someone who may be dealing with depression
Gretchen Slavicek of Stellher Health Services talks suicide prevention and how to spot signs of depression in a loved one.
Michael Achterling Sep 25, 2023

Hodgepodge: Scott Geiselhart shares his story about depression and suicide as new TV3 series spotlights suicide awareness month
Scott Geiselhart talks about PTSD, depression and suicide as TV3's new series spotlights suicide awareness month.
Michael Achterling Sep 11, 2023