Sanford Health, the nation’s leading rural health care system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, a trusted independent provider serving Watertown and a 10-county region in northeast South Dakota, and western Minnesota, announced on Friday, Oct. 31, that the two systems have combined their organizations, according to a release.

The partnership includes financial investments in the Watertown community, making lasting impacts on health, wellness and quality of life in the region for many years to come.

“As mission-driven nonprofit health care systems, Sanford Health and Prairie Lakes Healthcare System are dedicated to caring for the communities we serve,” Andy Munce, president and CEO of Sanford Health, Sioux Falls region, said in a release. “Ou

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