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Grief-support camp offered for youths

MADISON LAKE, Minn. — Camp Oz, a grief-support camp for children and teens, will be hosted Saturday, Oct. 1, by Mayo Clinic Health System Hospice. The day-long camp will be held on Lake Washington in Madison Lake, Minnesota, for children and teens ages 6 to 18 who have experienced the death of someone in their life. Participants will be able to share their feelings of grief and participate in remembrance activities. They also may connect with peers who have experienced loss. Activities include games, arts and crafts, music and small-group time to share about grief and ...

Music for Memories Alzheimer’s fundraiser in Gibbon

Team Gibbon will host a downtown concert/street dance Saturday, Sept. 10, to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses. Featuring Nashville recording artist Jay Allen and local cover band, 2nd Notion, proceeds from the one-night-only event will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. Gates open at 6 p.m., with 2nd notion kicking off the evening at 7 p.m. Jay Allen will perform from 8-10 p.m, and 2nd Notion will play a second set until midnight. Cost for the event is a $25 donation, $30 at the gate, with all proceeds being donated to ...

Webinar focuses on youth mental health

A free webinar, “Empowering Families: Strengthening Youth Mental Health,” will be hosted by Mayo Clinic Health System in response to increased anxiety and depression symptoms in people since the pandemic. Janice Schreier, a clinical therapist at Mayo Clinic Health System, will present the webinar Sept. 14 from 6-7 p.m. This webinar will offer a combination of life skills that, when practiced by parents and their children, can have a therapeutic impact on youth mental health. Families can register for the webinar on the Mayo Clinic Health System website. Mental health issues ...

Resources are available for helping loved ones living with mental illness

Family members and friends of someone living with a mental illness can get free help and resources through a program offered by NAMI Minnesota Family to Family workshops are a transformative opportunity in which participants learn about mental illnesses, the brain, treatment, and resources. Participants will also build communication skills, reduce stress, find support, and discover the common stages of emotional responses when supporting someone with a mental illness. “No one who lives or has relationships with an adult with a mental illness should miss these workshops,” said Sue ...

Judge puts hold on ND trigger law banning abortion

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge on Thursday again blocked a trigger law banning abortion in North Dakota as he weighs arguments from the state's lone abortion clinic that the law violates the state constitution. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick granted the request for a preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit brought by the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo. The ban was set to take effect Friday. The clinic already moved its services a short distance to neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion remains legal, even as it seeks to block the North Dakota law. Romanick ...

CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoeba

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha. Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha. Authorities have not released the child's name. People are usually infected when water containing the amoeba ...