TWO RIVERS (NBC 26) — A former Union State Bank building in Two Rivers has been transformed into Awakened Lakeshore, a wellness center offering holistic healing practices in an unexpected location.

The building, originally constructed as Union State Bank in 2009, now houses a wellness room and features the old bank vault converted into "The Salt Vault" for salt therapy sessions.

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Owner Tammie Trippler, a nurse with 28 years of experience who worked as an ICU manager during the pandemic, said the stress of that period became a turning point in her life.

"When COVID first hit, I was calling funeral homes, I was calling refrigeration trucks … people dying every minute. I didn't even know how to relax in my o

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