News and Announcements

Governor Noem stopped by Prairie Lakes Healthcare System to show her support of the COVID Vaccine Clinic. At the time of her visit, Prairie Lakes team members had already administered almost 100 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers at Prairie Lakes.  You can view some more photos from her visit via the…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) and Sodexo, the provider of nutritional and environmental services at PLHS, are pleased to announce Marty Young is the new Environmental Services Manager. The Environmental Services Manger oversees the operations of housekeeping, custodial, and laundry services. Young is a graduate of Watertown High School and…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS) is pleased to announce Becky Weitbrecht as the new Critical Care Unit and Respiratory Therapy Director. Weitbrecht’s position oversees the unit that cares for critically ill patients staying in the hospital. Weitbrecht grew up in Webster, SD, where she currently resides with her husband Scott…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System and Watertown Area Breast Cancer Support Group jointly announce their sixth annual Celebrating Life event! Celebrating Life is a breast cancer awareness event typically held in person every October. Due to the pandemic, the groups decided it is best to take the free awareness event online…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System welcomes Katelynn Bailey, DO to our emergency medicine staff. She joins Gregory Erickson, MD, Elliott Filler, MD, Leighton Singh, MD, and Jacob Lyngaas, PA-C in the care of patients with emergent health conditions. Dr. Bailey is specialized in emergency medicine. She graduated from University of Pikeville…

The Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Board of Directors elected officers and elected new board members at its annual meeting in May. Officers are Chair Robb Peterson, Vice President Shan Kruse, Treasurer Mike Luken, Secretary Vince Foley, and Past Chair Jim Redlinger. New board members Kristen Henderson, Paul Macek, and Scott…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare Foundation’s Board of Directors has made a decision, for the safety of the guests and staff, to cancel BASH 2020.  This decision took careful consideration and follows COVID-19 Pandemic guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.) BASH is an annual gala fundraising event hosted…

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System and Sodexo, the provider of nutritional and environmental services at PLHS, are pleased to announce a new Nutritional Services Manager, Kathie Manzey. Kathie Manzey has 16 years experience in the food industry through owning and operating a catering business. In her spare time, Manzey enjoys spending…

We recognize that family member, caretaker, and visitor support is important to our patients. Prairie Lakes Healthcare System leadership is confident we can now update our visitor policy to allow more visitors while maintaining proper safety measures to protect our staff, patients, and the community. Starting Monday, March 29 we…

Governoer Noem announced that long term care facilities will conduct mass testing over the next few weeks. Prairie Lakes staff geared up to assist  with testing.   Photos below picture Deb Bludorn (MSP), Kristi Jensen (MSP), Michelle Zafft (MSP), Mike Byer (House Supervisor), Becky Davis (Lab), and Nancy Slostad (House Supervisor) in isolation…