Herald Journal Blog

Carver County wants to be known as the healthiest county in the nation, according to KDUZ Radio. To reach that goal, health officials want to perform physical exams and health assessments on more than 63,000 people — all the adult residents. Moving forward with this idea, the Carver County Board approved spending $45,000 donated by a local hospital to hire a consultant to help determine whether the idea is feasible. Robert Stevens, CEO of Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, came up with the idea for the communitywide survey. It was his hospital that donated the money for the feasibility study. Health officials will have to figure out how to come up with the $3-million that Stevens estimates it would cost to conduct the countywide health assessments.