Dr. Jennifer Enich of Chisholm Dental Service in Chisholm receives an installment payment from the Mordini-Rukavina Loan Forgiveness Program. Pictured are Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Commissioner Ida Rukavina, Dr. Enich and Dr. Michael Zakula, Minnesota Dental Foundation Board chair and Mordini-Rukavina Loan Forgiveness Program chair. Submitted photos. At a time when most rural communities
Keith Vandervort
REGIONAL - Two dentists recently relocated to northeastern Minnesota to practice dentistry and help alleviate a dental care shortage. Both were recipients of the Martha Mordini Rukavina Loan Forgiveness Program, which was supported with a grant from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation.
Gretchen Kreklow is practicing dentistry in Ely with Scott Anderson. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from The College of St. Scholastica in 2015 and graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2020. Dr. Kreklow grew up in Brainerd and resides in Ely with her husband.
Chisholm native Dr. Jennifer Enich earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2016 and graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2020. She is practicing general dentistry at Chisholm Dental Service.