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07/31/2025

One way Essentia Health achieves health and vitality with the communities we're privileged to serve is by supporting local farmers markets, which bring people together over locally-grown food, artisan craftsmanship and a sense of connectedness.

Find an Essentia-supported farmers market near you 🪴👇

Detroit Lakes:

▪ Lakes Area Farmers Market: Open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1310 Phinney Ave.
▪ Pelican Market: Open 3-6 p.m. Fridays in Downtown Pelican Rapids.
▪ Park Rapids Farmers Market: Open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at 910 First St. E.
▪ White Earth Community Farmers Market: Open 3-6 p.m. Thursdays at the corners of SE Main Street and Lincoln Ave. in Mahnomen.

Duluth:

▪ Central Hillside Farmers Market: Open 2-5 p.m. Tuesdays at Essentia’s parking lot 30 across from the Ronald McDonald House.
▪ Duluth Farmers Market: Open 2-5 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturdays at 1324 E 3rd St.
▪ Lincoln Park Farmers Market: Open 3-6 p.m. Thursdays at the Harrison Community Center, 3002 W. 3rd St.

Fargo:

▪ Red River Market: Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at Broadway Square.
▪ Moorhead Farmers Market: Open 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Hjemkomst Center Parking Lot, 202 1st Ave N.

Grand Rapids:

▪ Grand Rapids Farmers Market: Open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays through September and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays in October at 11 Golf Course Rd.

Minnesota's Iron Range:

▪ Virginia Market Square: Open 2:30-6 p.m. Thursdays at 111 S. 9th Ave. W.
▪ Hibbing Farmers Market: Open 2-5 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at 1309 E. 40th St.
▪ Cook Area Farmers Market: Open 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at 127 S. River St.
▪ Tower Farmers Market: Open 4-6 p.m. Fridays at the Depot in Tower, 404 Pine St.

07/30/2025

At Essentia Health, we take pride in the care we provide our patients and communities. We also like to recognize the contributions of our caregivers who help make a healthy difference in people's lives every day.

We encourage you to share your appreciation for the services our colleagues provide by casting a vote for Essentia and our teammates in The Bismarck Tribune's “Best of the Best 2025" — voting open through August 13!

07/30/2025

Please join us in congratulating Essentia Health's Volunteers of the Year who are recognized for going above and beyond to help make a healthy difference in people's lives.

▪ Lindsay Paulson, clinical assistant, St. Joseph's-Brainerd Clinic
▪ Katie Bauman, operations manager, Duluth region
▪ Melissa Williams, registered nurse, Northern Pines (Aurora)
▪ Rebecca Wutzke, nursing assistant, St. Mary's Hospital-Detroit Lakes
▪ Ginny Jesser, clinical applications analyst, Fargo region
▪ Nikhil Kalothia, quality partner, Mid Dakota Bismarck 9th St. Clinic

07/29/2025

Essentia’s sports medicine team is proud to maintain partnerships with about 40 school and community organizations, or 250 teams, serving about 25,000 students across our service area.

Essentia Health and Fosston Public Schools are extending their sports medicine contract. The new, 10-year agreement builds on a successful partnership and marks a significant investment in the health and well-being of students in the community.

07/28/2025

An organization is only as good as its people. We’re so grateful to add these outstanding members to our team.

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07/26/2025

"Essentia is thrilled to collaborate with the City of Sandstone on this essential workforce-housing project, addressing a critical community need," says Sam Barney, administrator at Essentia-Moose Lake.

"By contributing to the revitalization of the historic Sandstone School, we're reinforcing our commitment to economic vitality and quality of life in a region we're proud to serve."

The building has been vacant since 2004 and should be move-in ready by July 2026.

Full story 👉 https://tinyurl.com/4rfwwtbk

07/25/2025

“I’m extremely proud of our EMS teams as they continually strive to provide the highest quality pre-hospital care,” says Joe Newton, EMS senior director at Essentia.

The American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline EMS® Bronze achievement award recognizes our colleagues' commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks and strokes.

Essentia Health’s emergency medical services (EMS) teams in Deer River, Detroit Lakes, Fosston, Moose Lake and Sandstone have received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Mission: Lifeline EMS® Bronze achievement award.

07/24/2025

At Essentia Health, we take pride in the care we provide our patients and communities in our mission to make a healthy difference in people's lives. We also like to recognize the contributions of our caregivers.

We encourage you to share your appreciation for the services our colleagues provide by casting a vote for Essentia and our teammates in the Duluth News Tribune's “Best of the Best 2025" — voting open through August 8!

Best of the Best is back! It's time to nominate your favorite local businesses. The nomination phase is June 23 to July 11. The top five businesses in each category move to the final ballot. Voting begins July 21 and runs through August 8.

07/23/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 Values Awards recipients from Ashland, Spooner, and Superior, Wisconsin!

Please join us as we celebrate Essentia Health colleagues who are honored for exemplifying one of our seven values — quality, hospitality, respect, joy, justice, stewardship, and teamwork.

▪ Quality: Alicia Lindgren, registered nurse, Spooner Clinic
▪ Hospitality: Heidi McLeod, occupational therapist, St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior
▪ Joy: Deb Karasek, sonographer, Ashland Clinic
▪ Justice: Sherry Bruner, patient scheduler, St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior
▪ Respect: Cassandra Schuman, health unit coordinator, St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior
▪ Stewardship: Timothy Mott, maintenance engineer, Ashland Clinic
▪ Teamwork: Andy Radzak, pharmacist site lead, St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior

07/21/2025

Looking for a new provider? Then we hope you’re as excited as we are to have these experts join Essentia. See if they’re practicing near you.

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07/19/2025

07/18/2025

Special thanks to members of Essentia Health’s Military & Veteran Colleague Connection Group for hosting the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) during a recent tour of St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minnesota!

The sailors were in town as part of Navy Week activities in Duluth and were able to tour the 6th floor concourse/rooftop garden, the OR and the ED/Helipad.

The BUMED group is a decorated group of medical professionals, including an internal medicine provider in the medical corps, biochemist, dentist, nurse and a manager of Navy hospital corpsman.