NorthLakes Welcomes Three New Board Members

Iron River, Wisconsin – NorthLakes Community Clinic (NLCC) recently welcomed Nick Eliot and Lisa Kingfisher of Ashland and Jason Martell of Chippewa Falls to its Board of Directors. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, NorthLakes is governed by a patient majority Board of Directors. This volunteer Board of Directors provides leadership and guidance in support…

Bearheart Joins NorthLakes

Hayward, Wisconsin – Penny Bearheart, LPC, SAC, has joined the staff at NorthLakes Community Clinic, providing behavioral health services. She will be seeing patients of all ages at the clinics in Hayward and Minong. Penny earned her bachelor of science from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville and her masters of arts in addiction studies…

Three Behavioral Health Groups

NorthLakes Community Clinic is hosting a series of three Behavioral Health group discussions for its patients, which includes Trauma and Loss, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills, and Parenting Skills for Complex Kids. Learn more in the blog post about what each discussion entails and how to participate.

NorthLakes Establishes Extraordinary Service Award

In recognition of long standing board member Dr. John B. Schrock, NorthLakes Community Clinic established the Dr. John B. Schrock Extraordinary Service award. Dr. John Schrock served continuously since 2008 as Medical Director; on the NLCC Board as Board Committee Chair, Vice President and President; and with his wife, Mary Berube, as a generous donor.…

Diabetes Prevention Program

12 month virtual group for anyone with pre-diabetes. All Participants must be: • At Least 18 years old and not pregnant at the time of enrollment • Overweight with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater • Hemoglobin A1C of 5.7% to 6.4% or fasting blood sugar of 100 to 125 mg/dl or…

Parenting Expectations

We frequently think of grief as something we feel when we lose someone close to us or have a life threatening diagnosis. It can be difficult for us to embrace the grief we feel for the loss of something we expected to be a certain way. We may not realize we are grieving. We may need someone to tell us it is normal and natural to grieve a loss of expectations.