News

I find it interesting that the greatest hitter in major league baseball history has a career batting average of .366. Almost ⅔ of Ty Cobb’s plate appearances ended up with him walking back to the dugout. That means that the best hitter to ever step to the plate failed to accomplish his goal of getting a base hit almost ⅔ of the time. By failing almost ⅔ of the time Ty Cobb earned his way into the baseball hall of fame and received a record 222 out of 226 possible votes.

CCM Health is excited to welcome Brittiny Cherveny, APRN, CNP to their team of providers! Brittiny attended Walden University for her Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner and is board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, is a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Brittiny has wanted to become a nurse for as long as she can re member. While she was pursuing her bachelor’s degree, she decided to further her education and become a nurse practitioner. She jumped in headfirst and never looked back! Brittiny grew up in a rural community and is thankful she can start her practice in rural Montevideo. “I love people and relationships; I am so excited to be able to provide continued care and management of health care needs to all ages and build long term relationships with patients and colleagues.”

CCM Health is excited to welcome Tasha Eichorn, APRN, CNP to their team of providers! Tasha received her master’s in nursing degree from Walden University and is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is a member of the American Nurses Association. Tasha will be providing care in Family Practice and Dermatology services at CCM Health. Tasha has worked in the health care industry since graduating high school. She has always had a goal of one day becoming a provider. “I have a strong passion for working with people and making a difference in the lives of others. Continuing a career in health care allows me to do this as well as being able to learn new things every day.” Tasha is most passionate about improving rural health care and providing more access to patients in rural areas. “I have lived and worked in the community in a variety of health care roles which has allowed me to build relationships and develop trust here. I’m looking forward to working at CCM Health to continue to improve rural health care”.

Montevideo visual artist, M E Fuller, will exhibit new works at the K. K. Berge Gallery in Granite Falls, MN. The exhibit, Original Forms, is a collection of abstract expressionist landscapes and other inspirations. The exhibit is open to the public from May 9th through June 18th.

Randy Knutson worked alongside his father Lowell since the age of 14, helping out part-time on the family farm to raise cattle. The farm, purchased in 1960, is where Randy now works full time to raise cattle for beef with some assistance from his brother and a neighbor. It wasn’t what Randy always thought he would be doing. Lowell purchased the farm in 1960 and raised beef cattle until he was diagnosed with cancer in 2013. Doctors told Lowell he could no longer work outside, and so Randy stepped in to take the reins. Shortly before Lowell passed in October of 2014, he asked Randy if he would continue to care for the cattle, but Randy was still unsure. Until one day, as he stood in one of the cattle lots in a snow storm looking over the cattle bunk, he realized that continuing the family tradition was what he would do. “The snow was drifting up over the cattle bunk where the cattle always stand to eat. It was getting buried in the snow. I was sitting there thinking, and I grabbed my cell phone and called my banker and said I’m going to buy 75 cattle,” he says. “There was a long hesitation and then he says, you know what happens when you start that? I said, yeah, you don’t stop. My father worked all his life for that setup, and I just couldn’t let it sit empty. Couldn’t do it.”

Shi-Quan Nettingham spent his first winter in Minnesota after moving from Las Vegas a little over a year ago running the frigid prairie to train for his long-time goal of running in the Boston Marathon. Nettingham, the Sports Director at KDMA, has been running for nearly 13 years, starting out with track and cross country in high school. It wasn’t his intention, originally, to become so involved in running, as at the time, basketball was his preferred sport. He says he used running as a way to stay in shape in the off-season, but soon discovered a love for the sport. “I kind of just fell in love with it. It’s a healthy lifestyle, and really something that became kind of an addiction,” he says.

Arthur Norby was born on Christmas Day, 1937 in the Montevideo Hospital. Being raised in Montevideo, he carries many memories of what the town once was, recalling various elements of the community that no longer exist, such as the shoreline of the river being located much closer to downtown than it was today. It is those memories that inspired a series of mysteries set in and around Montevideo that he has penned over the years. The series, titled Tom Hall Mysteries, is comprised of seven novels with the eighth in production currently.