Minnesota Department of Health holds hearing about closures at two Allina Health hospitals
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The Minnesota Department of Health is holding a public hearing Thursday in response to service closures at two Allina Health hospitals. On the agenda is the planned closure of Allina Health's inpatient chemical dependency unit at Mercy Hospital-Unity Campus and changes to the kidney transplant program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
A statement from Allina Health said care options for addiction treatment have rapidly evolved — and cited a lack of patient demand. A statement from the Minnesota Nurses Association said nurses are outraged at the Fridley hospital's reduction in services.
Prosecutors have dropped federal hate crime charges against a white man from Belle Plaine who's accused of attacking a Black man outside a bar. A state-level assault case remains active.
The state’s Board of Pardons voted Wednesday to commute the sentence of Brian Pippitt, a Native American man convicted of murdering a convenience store owner more than two-and-a-half decades ago.
The Robbinsdale school district says it plans to close some school buildings to deal with a budget crisis.
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