The NHS Northstar Blog

We are excited to formally announce the NHS Northstar Employee Owner of the Year recipient, Ana Wisocki! Ana was presented with this award at our annual ESOP event on June 10, 2025, at the MN Discovery Center. The Employee Owner of the Year award in presented annually to an employee who has stood out and exhibited the characteristics of an employee owner by making decisions based on our guiding principles: What is in the best interests of our clients? Dignified Care Personal Development Individual Choice Community Integration What is in the best interests of our coworkers? Respect Collaboration Health and Wellness What is in the best interest of NHS Northstar and our ESOP? Financial Integrity Stewardship Growth and Sustainability Ana [...]

NHS Northstar wants to celebrate our staffs' milestones, whether they have worked here for 36 years, or they just started! We would like to recognize the following employee anniversaries and their years of service: June Anniversaries Shelly Tahija, Hibbing Community - 36 years Eric Larson, Linden - 17 years Anna Ruper, Administrative - 13 years Jessica Matteson-Bowman, Health Services - 10 years Terrance Samuelson, Horizons - 9 years Roy Sanders, Grandview - 7 years Jamie Moberg, Hibbing Community - 7 years Debra Slobodnik, Yellowstone - 7 years Susan Ollila, Linden - 6 years Nikki Squires, Accounting - 5 years Tina Young, Residential Services - 4 years Amy Southard, Hibbing Community - 3 years [...]

Residential Services Supervisor II @ Sierra (Virginia, MN) Employed with NHS Northstar 5.8 years Ann was nominated by her Program Coordinator, Krista Stafsholt. Krista shared that Ann pays attention to the personalities and wishes of her clients, providing everything from small craft projects such as “pour painting” to a large project requiring several people and many days to turn the whole living room in to a gingerbread house for Christmas. Ann has planned group vacations and birthday parties. She works with the clients to select themes and has hosted tea parties, a carnival, and a haunted house. Ann’s holiday parties are popular and have been attended by many individuals and staff across NHS Northstar. Ann [...]