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Willard L. Ogren Willard Leonard Ogren, 87, of Iron River, WI, died on Friday, March 5th, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, MN. Willard was born on September 22, 1933 in Superior, WI, the son of Swan Leonard and Amanda Sabina (Gustafson) Ogren. Willard grew up in Port Wing, WI and graduated from South Shore High School in 1951, where he was an outstanding athlete in basketball, track, and baseball. Sadly, his athletic endeavors were cut short when he was diagnosed with Tuberculosis and had to spend the majority of his Senior year in the Bayfield Sanitarium. He married Geraldine M...

A work in progress. That's how a panel of local health service providers on Feb. 25 all described their efforts to better serve the LGBTQ-plus community in San Luis Obispo County. "Every day, it's progress on that journey," said Mark Lisa, CEO of Tenet Health Central Coast, which operates Sierra Vista and Twin Cities hospitals. "We're not perfect. We're working to change generation after generation of beliefs into something greater so we can all celebrate everybody." Leaders from nearly a dozen health and social service organizations participated in the Feb. 25 LGBTQ+ Mental Health ...

click to enlarge File Photo Courtesy Of SLO County HEAVY LIFT SLO County Public Health has administered the majority of local COVID-19 vaccinations thus far. At press time, SLO County had received 22,660 total doses of vaccine from the state and administered 10,539 first doses and 2,300 second doses. Public health is currently vaccinating between 4,000 to 5,000 residents age 75 and older each week at its clinics. ...

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–This week, Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton and Tenet Health Central Coast’s Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo were both awarded an “A” from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grade, demonstrating the hospitals’ commitments to delivering safe, high-quality patient care to the Central Coast community. This designation recognizes Sierra Vista and Twin Cities’ efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. The Hospital Safety Grade is designed to give consumers information they ca...