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Articles with the Tag: St. Luke Community Healthcare

St. Luke Convenient Care offers curb-side screening

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare By now you are likely well aware of the Novel Coronavirus and the corresponding COVID-19 illness. You may be concerned or anxious about how this virus could affect your health, or the health of those near and dear to you. This is a completely understandable reacti...

St. Luke receives stroke recognition award

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare  RONAN – St. Luke Community Healthcare representatives were presented with the Stroke Recognition Award at the Montana Hospital Association’s annual meeting in Billings on Sept. 19th.   The award is sponsored by the Cardiovascular Health P...

Healthcare facility gives back to schools Healthcare facility gives back to schools

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare As a community-owned healthcare facility, St. Luke Community healthcare is showing support for local youth activities by donating $25 for each well-child check to the athlete’s school.  Rob Alfiero presented a check to the Ronan High School for $2,37...

Births for Sept. 18, 2019 Births for Sept. 18, 2019

Josephine Vassar RONAN — Josephine Louise Vassar was born on Sept. 4, 2019, at St. Luke Community Hospital. Parents are William “Chris” and Andee Vassar of Polson. Paternal grandparents are Howard and Debbie Vassar of Polson. Maternal grandparents are Bill Chapman and Monica Chapman of...

Giving thanks for great care

Editor,  St. Luke Community Healthcare: to everyone I’ve been lucky enough to cross paths with in the last eight months at the hospital, “Thank you.” Your caring, professionalism, courtesy and true concern have been second to none. Even the food was great, especially the pasties (wo...

Births for July 3, 2019 Births for July 3, 2019

Eli Bundy POLSON — Eli James Dennis Bundy was born on June 18, 2019, at the Nesting Place in Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 22 and one-fifth incheslong and weighed 9 pounds, .04 ounces. Eli’s parents are Veyanna Curley and Zane Bundy. Maternal grandparents are Lennie Webster an...

Women 4 Wellness health fair improves, saves lives Women 4 Wellness health fair improves, saves lives

PABLO – Diana Cote looked out at the women and a few men exploring the booths of almost 100 vendors on Thursday during the 11th annual Women for Wellness health fair held at the Salish Kootenai College gym. “It’s good when women get together,” she said. “It’s really goo...

Woman killed in rollover wreck

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell released the name of the woman killed in a one-vehicle rollover as 30-year-old Tania Oldhorn.  The incident occurred on May 8 east of U.S. Highway 93 between Ronan and St. Ignatius. Oldhorn’s hometown is listed as Missoula, but she has family in Ronan.  The ...

Michel gets 20 years for assault

A Ronan man was sentenced at District Court in Polson on April 24 to 20 years in the Montana State Prison with none of that time suspended on an amended charge of aggravated assault. Keith Lee Michel Jr., 28, was initially charged with sexual assault but entered into a plea agreement on Jan. 2 that amende...

Students donate blankets to hospital Students donate blankets to hospital

By Rob Zolman Valley Journal RONAN – Infants born at the St. Luke Community Healthcare hospital’s New Beginning Birth Center will receive cozy blankets thanks to the generous donation from the Charlo High School class of 2022. On Thursday, the freshman donated handmade fleece blankets to ...


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