Townsend new St Luke's CEO in Cedar Rapids
Townsend becomes chief executive of St Luke's after merging competitive insight with Geisinger experience. He cites hospital rivalry as potentially beneficial while warning about market mass and cost pressures. Townsend moved from marketing to hospital leadership and reshaped St Luke's with a focus on recruiting nurses and navigating Iowa Medicaid.
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Iowa
Theodore Townsend Jr
St. Luke’ Hospital
ConAgra recalling contaminated meat nationwide
Con Agra Beef Co of Greeley Colorado is recalling about 354200 pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef products possibly contaminated with E coli. Labels show EST969 inside the USDA seal. Distributed nationwide May 31. FSIS urges consumers to avoid eating and return purchased product.
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Washington
ConAgra Beef Co
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Agriculture Department
Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Wildfire threatens Deadwood as thousands evacuate
A 4,500 acre wildfire in the Black Hills near Deadwood, South Dakota, forced about 15,000 people to flee as crews of 325 firefighters and nine airplanes battled the blaze. Winds pushed flames toward town but a bulldozer line and burned lands helped shield homes. two houses and six other buildings burned. Authorities noted casino shutdowns and urged Lead residents to evacuate due to the fire’s spread.
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Black Hills
Joe Lowe
Lead
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Mark Johnston
South Dakota National Guard
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Lowe
Beth Adams
Rapid City
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Steve Haseworhl
South Dakota Wildlands Fire Suppression Division
North Dakota
Shields
Fire setting case near Show Low leads to preliminary hearing
Gregg faces two counts of willfully setting fire to timber or underbrush after allegedly using matches to ignite dry grass near Cibecue. He warned a woman he must return home for a fire call, though the blaze grew beyond control west of the lines. a judge set a Wednesday hearing and appointed counsel. Gregg, a Fort Apache Reservation resident, is jailed in Coconino County. Ronnie Lupe notes he was tribal member born on the reservation and adopted by tribal members.
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Largest Arizona wildfire, Show Low area evacuated and burned
The Net Arizona fire grew into Arizona s largest wildfire after merging with another blaze set by a hiker Signal for help. About 25 000 residents returned to the Show Low area as firefighters held the fire half a mile from town. Dozens of homes burned in Pinedale Pine top Lakeside and Hon Dah while Timberland Acres remained heavily damaged and Linden residents remained barred from Timberland Acres.
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Pinetop-Lakeside
Hon-Dah
Linden
Timberland Acres
Wildfires Hit Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota and Colorado
Lightning sparked several wildfires across the region threatening rural homes and towns. A 4600 acre blaze west of Wheatland burned ranchland owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Ray Hawkins who paused his campaign. Shields North Dakota saw an 1000 acre fire devastate 30 buildings in a 15 resident town. Deadwood South Dakota faced widespread evacuation as a 35 percent contained blaze destroyed two homes six other buildings. Durango area Colorado reported containment progress on a 71000 acre fire that still threatened 152 homes and destroyed 56 houses.
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Ray Hawkins
Shields
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