Essentia Health

Oct. 1, 2026

Opinion: Essentia’s merger raises a bigger question: Why give up independence?

Mar. 18, 2026

Howie: The day Minnesota health care went national — and what Duluth should be watching next

Feb. 26, 2026

Howie: Essentia’s ER is the spine of Northern Minnesota

Feb. 26, 2026

Essentia Health: No layoffs planned amid role changes, informational picket scheduled

Feb. 25, 2026

Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic welcomes Elizabeth LaFrance to practice physiatry

Feb. 25, 2026

Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic welcomes Kaylyn Holets to practice physiatry

Feb. 25, 2026

Howie: Essentia Health is the power behind northern Minnesota’s health care

Dec. 10, 2025

Howie: Essentia Health hosts bipartisan lawmakers, highlights rural care challenges

Nov. 1, 2025

Howie: Division I rural health teaching

Nov. 1, 2025

Howie: The Gift From the North

Oct. 31, 2025

Howie: Policy from the North

Oct. 31, 2025

Howie: Un-burdening the healers

Oct. 31, 2025

Howie: The doctor will text you now

Oct. 29, 2025

Howie: When hospitals become economic engines

Oct. 28, 2025

Howie: The Next Great Minnesota Export: Rural Health Innovation

Oct. 27, 2025

Howie: The Color of Rural Health

Oct. 26, 2025

Howie: Food, Heat and Hope: The Social Side of Medicine

Oct. 25, 2025

Howie: From Fee for Service to Fee for Results

Oct. 23, 2025

Howie: The 340B Lifeline Under Attack

Oct. 23, 2025

Howie: Inside Rural Minnesota’s 96-Hour Trap

Oct. 21, 2025

Howie: How Minnesota is quietly rewriting the rules of rural health care

Oct. 14, 2025

Emily Martinson joins Duluth's Essentia Urgent Care team

Oct. 8, 2025

Essentia Health to offer walk-in flu shot clinics across Duluth area

Sep. 23, 2025

Howie: Essentia Health report shows $4.5 billion Twin Ports economic impact

Jul. 22, 2025

Clinic nurses, APPs at Essentia Health end historic ULP strike, return to work

Jun. 19, 2025

Essentia Health advanced practice providers move toward ULP strike vote

Jun. 12, 2025

MNA nurses request mediation in negotiations with Essentia Health

Jun. 4, 2025

Nurses picket Duluth, Twin Cities hospitals seeking new contracts that prioritize patient safety

May. 23, 2025

Nurses plan to picket Duluth hospitals to demand action on staffing crisis

May. 8, 2025

Minnesota Nurses Association: Essentia executives choosing PR over patients

Apr. 15, 2025

Certified physician assistant Elizabeth Siikarla joins Essentia Health-Hayward Clinic

Dec. 12, 2024

Essentia East Market APPs honor union anniversary, call for return to bargaining table