A group of the regions leading healthcare officials and local government leaders met Monday morning to discuss a continuity of operational plans aimed at protecting the region and its many high risk residents in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was guided by Countryside Health's Gloria Tobias, the emergency preparedness coordinator and current incident commander for the organization's COVID-19 response. Also present in the room were numerous representatives from the Clarkfield Care Center, the Mayor and the city Administrator for Granite Falls, County Commissioners from Chippewa and Yellow Medicine, Project Turnabout reps, the Granite Falls Lutheran Pastor, Family Services workers, a Minnesota West rep, Avera Granite Falls and Ambulance leads, Clarkfield home care and ambulance director, as well as Yellow Medicine Sheriffs and Jailers...
