NUTRITION: Garden-fresh produce is a summer treat
Summer brings garden-fresh fruits, vegetables and great opportunities to eat healthy. The American Heart Association recommends we eat at least 4 1/2 cups of fruit and or vegetables every day. This ensures we get enough fiber, vitamins, minerals .
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Bonnie Brost, For the News Tribune | 5:00 am, Jul. 18, 2017 ×
Fruits and vegetables contain many vitamins, minerals and fiber while not containing very many calories. thinkstock.com
Summer brings garden-fresh fruits, vegetables and great opportunities to eat healthy. The American Heart Association recommends we eat at least 4½ cups of fruit and or vegetables every day. This ensures we get enough fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.
Court news: Lake Park man ordered to pay $20,000 restitution in bar assault case
That was the last thing the victim remembered. He drove home, woke up his wife, and she saw he was covered in blood. The deputy observed that his face was swollen, with two black eyes.
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Adam Michael Wolfswinkle, 22, of Lake Park, has been ordered to pay over $20,000 in restitution in Becker County District Court for an assault outside the Lake Park Liquor Store.
Wolfswinkel was sentenced April 28 for felony third-degree assault. A misdemeanor fifth-degree assault charge was dropped in a plea agreement.
According to court records, on Nov. 17, 2019, the victim told a Becker County deputy that he had been at the Lake Park Liquor Store the evening before, and had gotten into an argument with two men about vehicles. One came up to him, put his arm around his shoulders, and told him he should apologize to his friend.
1-dose COVID-19 vaccines now being given by Becker County Public Health
A Johnson & Johnson/Janssen clinic is being held 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the theater entrance of the Detroit Lakes Community Center and 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at the city offices in Lake Park.
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Detroit Lakes Police Sgt. Robert Strand receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Tuesday, Jan. 5, from Becker County Public Health registered nurse Lindsay Bozovsky. (Nathan Bowe/Tribune)
Looking for a one-shot solution to the COVID-19 vaccine? The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine is back in Becker County, after being found safe to use.
Business briefs: Apex hires a new engineer, Essentia earns a four-star rating, and a local financial advisor joins a sustainable investing council
Essentia Health St. Mary’s in Detroit Lakes received a four-star rating from Medicare s Care Compare program, Apex has hired another engineer to join its municipal group in Detroit Lakes, and a local financial advisor has been appointed to a council on sustainable investing.
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Essentia Health receives four-star rating from Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2021 ratings for hospitals as part of its Care Compare program.
Essentia Health-Fargo received the only four-star overall rating among Fargo hospitals. In addition, Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes received a four-star rating.
(Fargo, ND) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the 2021 ratings for hospitals as part of its Care Compare program.
Essentia Health-Fargo received the only four-star overall rating among Fargo hospitals. In addition, Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes received a four-star rating.
The overall rating is based on how well a hospital performs across different areas of quality, like treating heart attacks and pneumonia, readmission rates and safety of care.
These Essentia facilities also each achieved a four-star patient survey rating. The patient survey rating measures patients’ experiences of their hospital care. Recently discharged patients were asked about important topics like how well nurses and doctors communicated, how responsive hospital staff were to their needs, and the cleanliness and quietness of the hospital environment.