Letter of Intent issued in possible purchase of CHI St. Alexius Dickinson
To be or not to be, that is the question especially for Essentia Health and CommonSpirit as they took the first steps toward Essentia Health taking over operations in nine new cities in North Dakota, including Dickinson. 6:09 pm, Jan. 11, 2021 ×
The letter of intent signed by Essentia Health and CommonSpirit could -owned Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) brand facilities in North Dakota and Minnesota to join Essentia Health. Including, CHI St. Alexius Dickinson. (Josiah C. Cuellar/The Dickinson Press)
On Jan. 8, Essentia Health released the news of the letter of intent on their website. The letter of intent is for CommonSpirit-owned Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) brand facilities in North Dakota and Minnesota to join Essentia Health. This would include CHI St. Alexius Dickinson as one of seven branches under the CHI St. Alexius umbrella. Facilities in North Dakota also includ
Port: As a national debate rages, North Dakota bill would make Internet companies legally liable for censorship
A bill before the Legislature in Bismarck this session would make interactive computer services defined as any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server civilly liable. Not for libelous or otherwise illegal content posted by users, mind you, but for censorship. 9:38 am, Jan. 11, 2021 ×
Republican Rep. Tom Kading speaks at the “Pre 4/20 Pot Party” forum hosted by Students for Sensible Drug Policy on Wednesday, April 18 2018, in Festival Concert Hall at North Dakota State University, Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
2020 Year in Review: Elections, protests, cold cases and more highlight west central Minnesota year in news
The pandemic was by far the top story of 2020, but here are some other top stories of the year in west central Minnesota, as voted on by the West Central Tribune news staff.
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Case reports dating back to the mid-1970s were read by the Willmar Police Department Cold Case Review Team to help determine the primary suspect in the 1974 killing of Mabel Mae Agnes Boyer Herman this past July.
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A few Minnesota newspapers get new owners
Papers in southeastern and northeastern Minnesota have been sold.
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In a year where Minnesota s newspaper landscape has seen a lot of change, more is on the horizon after three more community papers have new owners.
The Republican Eagle, which covers Red Wing, and Hudson Star-Observer, which covers Hudson, Wisconsin, newspapers have been sold to O Rourke Media Group.
Forum Communications Company, which owns several newspapers in the state, sold RiverTown Multimedia, which publishes the two papers, according to a story on the papers website.
And for the time being, O Rourke Media Group says readers of the two papers won t see any immediate changes to the print or digital sides after the transition takes effect Jan. 1, 2021.