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From left, Dickinson County Healthcare System Director of Public Relations and Business Development Joe Rizzo and DCHS President and CEO Chuck Nelson present a $25,000 check to Kiwanis Ski Club Treasurer Paul Bujold and KSC Corresponding Secretary Susie Fox in front of the newly renovated Pine Mountain ski jump.
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IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Healthcare System on Wednesday donated $25,000 to the Kiwanis Ski Club ahead of an open house set for this weekend at Pine Mountain.
The event, which is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is a fundraising effort in response to the pandemic cancellation of the 2021 DCHS Pine Mountain Continental Cup. To ensure the ski tournament’s future, the Kiwanis have undertaken a renovation to the historic jump at a cost of more than $3 million.
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IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Healthcare System reported Thursday the hospital’s COVID-19 wing is empty, reflecting at least a temporary drop in the number of positive cases.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen that type of census,” said Sue Hadley, director of nursing, during a hospital board Zoom meeting. No coronavirus patients were in intensive care as well, she said.
As of Wednesday, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department has reported 67 COVID-19 deaths in Dickinson County, mostly from mid-October through December. Iron County has had 39 deaths to date, including five in the past two weeks.
IRON MOUNTAIN, MI The following is a joint press release from Dickinson County Healthcare System and the Dickinson-Iron County Health Department:
According to officials at the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department (DIDHD) and Dickinson County Healthcare (DCH), our region is waiting for more COVID-19 vaccine to arrive.
After initial small numbers of vaccine doses were received, distributed, and administered, the flow of new COVID-19 vaccine shipments has slowed.
“A plentiful supply is simply not here right now,” says Daren Deyaert, Director of the DIDHD. “We have a great distribution system in place to quickly and confidently allocate vaccines once they arrive to many local service organizations who administer the doses. But at this time, we are in the same position as the rest of the country. We are all waiting for the supply chain of vaccines managed by our Federal and State Governments to be replenished.”
Jan 6, 2021
IRON MOUNTAIN Darrell L. Lindholm, 82, of Iron Mountain passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain.
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Dec 22, 2020
Dickinson County Healthcare System unveiled a banner Monday morning as the title sponsor for the 2021 FIS Continental Cup competition at the Pine Mountain Ski Jump, now planned for Feb. 12-14. From left, holding a banner are Joe Rizzo, DCH public relations; Margaret Minerick, DCH board chairwoman; Chuck Nelson, DCH CEO; Nick Blagec, Kiwanis Ski Club president; Paul Bujold, Kiwanis Ski Club treasurer; and Susie Fox, Kiwanis Ski Club. “As of today, it’s still on,” Blagec said of the event. “We have to have an OK from the state of Michigan and the county health department.” The ski club is selling buttons and program books for the tournament. “They are jumping in Europe,” Blagec said. (Marguerite Lanthier/Daily News photo)