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Steve Haney

Other

October 20, 2021

If you told me at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic my future would include spending 12 days in the a hospital located 1,300 miles from my home, I would have thought that cannot be possible! But sure enough, that’s what happened. While making a personal trip to Sioux Center, I came down with COVID 19. As it became…

Gertrude Jansen

Senior Living

January 01, 2020

“It was a God thing.” This is how Gert Jansen views the path that took her to living in Crown Pointe. She moved into the independent living community in May of 2014 shortly after Ed, her husband of 72 ½ years, passed. It was hard for her to make the move into a senior living community, but Gert wishes she…

Mike Drooger

Other

January 01, 2020

It was a beautiful fall day.  I love fall.  Usually the humidity of summer has left.  The evenings and mornings are cool while the daytime hours are just the right temperature.  September 22 was of those ideal autumn days. To make matters even better, I had the day off.  And—to make matters doubly better—Luke had a baseball game.  A beautiful…

Elijah Troll

Pediatric Therapy

January 01, 2020

My son started seeing Sara Wielenga (physical therapist) and Andrew Geleynse (occupational therapist) when he was about one. I had previously been driving back and forth to Sioux Falls because I was unaware of there being such a great pediatric team so close to home.

Shawndra Kuiken

Birthing Center

January 01, 2020

Parenthood has been an amazing adventure for us.  Watching as your child grows and learns new things fills your heart with such joy and happiness!  When we discovered that our family would be growing a little bigger, naturally we were nervous for the challenges, but similarly thrilled to welcome a new little one to our home.

Alanna Janssen, DO

Staff

January 01, 2020

Dr. Alanna Janssen, 30, is specifically a doctor of osteopathic medicine.“We do some training that’s similar to what chiropractors would do, learning things like skeletal adjustments or ‘back cracking.’” Her education also included an analysis of muscles and learning treatments similar to physical therapy. “I chose that type of degree over becoming an M.D. specifically because I knew I wanted…

Nicholas Mouw, MD

Staff

January 01, 2020

If someone had asked Dr. Nicholas Mouw what he wanted to do growing up, surgeon would not have been on his list. Mouw, however, is excited now to be the new general surgeon at Sioux Center Health. In his youth, Mouw’s grandfather planted the thought of being a doctor in his mind, and it was something he could never quite shake.

Mark Kreun

Other

January 01, 2020

On Friday, July 29 I was airlifted from Sioux Center to Avera McKennon in Sioux Falls. At the time the diagnosis was uncertain but was later determined to be an acute case of West Nile Virus. I was in McKennon until August 16. Because of the encephalitis from West Nile, my cognitive ability and balance were impacted. While in the…

Luke and Trent Hulstein

Pediatric Therapy

January 01, 2020

My name is Kaylee Hulstein and I am a mother of three wonderful little boys. Two of our boys have had the opportunity to work with therapists at Sioux Center Health as part of the Pediatric Therapy Program. Our two sons are Luke, age 3, who worked with Andrew Geleynse in occupational therapy and Trent,10 months, who is currently working…

David Janssen, MD

Staff

January 01, 2020

Dr. David Janssen will begin his family medicine with obstetrics practice at Sioux Center Health Medical Clinic on Monday, September 17, 2018. Sioux County native Dr. David Janssen hopes to brush up on his Dutch bingo before his start date in Sept. “Being from Sioux County, having been a patient in Sioux Center, I understand how people think and I’m excited…

Tina Timmerman

Staff

January 01, 2020

Working in health care has always been my dream. I chose to work at Sioux Center Health because I feel this is the right and best place to be. I have been working as a license certified nurses assistant since November 1998. I did this part-time in addition to my factory job for 11 years. During the time spent away from the nursing home each…

Daniel Vanden Bosch, MD

Staff

January 01, 2020

A Sioux Center native is returning to his roots to practice family medicine. Dr. Daniel Vanden Bosch — son of Mike and Nancy Vanden Bosch of Sioux Center — will begin his full-time practice Jan. 8, 2018, at Sioux Center Health Medical Clinic. “I’m excited to be coming back home,” he said. “I think the people in Sioux Center and all…