Goodhue County Public Health

Goodhue County identifies three health improvement priorities

Apr 8, 2026

Goodhue County is proud to release the 2026-2028 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), a community-driven plan designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Goodhue County residents. This plan is the result of months of community engagement, data collection, and meetings with community...

County health dept. encourages breast feeding after rates drop during pandemic

Aug 11, 2021

A key focus for Minnesota Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (MN WIC) during Breastfeeding Awareness Month is to call attention to the importance of breastfeeding and to support parents to get back to all the benefits of higher breastfeeding rates....

Officials - With COVID-19 infection rate rising, simple steps can have an impact

Jun 11, 2020

Spring has turned to summer, but this year, as has been the case for most of 2020, it is a different experience for most of us. As health and human services professionals, we have been watching and learning about COVID-19 since reports first emerged in late 2019 and early 2020. We have worked...

County issues coronovirus advice for individuals, communities

Mar 19, 2020

When a novel (new) virus emerges, community mitigation or community level strategies are often the most readily available interventions to help slow transmission of the virus in communities. Community level strategies are a set of actions that persons and communities can take to help slow the...

Public flu shot clinics coming to schools, including Lake City

Oct 2, 2019

Lake City Public Schools are hosting community flu clinics in the coming weeks. The first will be at Lincoln High School on Oct. 10 from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Bluff View Elementary will host a clinic on Oct. 22 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The community clinics are open to the public. Anyone age six...

Members sought for Goodhue County community health committee

Jun 19, 2019

The Community Health Assessment Committee (CHA Committee) is looking for new members. The group, which meets quarterly, is now beginning to implement the 2018-2023 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). The new health improvement plan is based on the health issues identified in the group’s...

Goodhue County gets 5-year health check-up

Mar 21, 2018

Goodhue County ranked 23 in health outcomes and 33 in health factors, according to county health rankings, released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). Minnesota is consistently ranked as one of the healthiest states in...

Radon is common, deadly

Jan 17, 2018

January is National Radon Action Month, the month for promoting radon testing. In Goodhue County and Southeast Minnesota, approximately half of radon test results have been high enough to warrant mitigation. Radon test kits are available for $10 at Goodhue County Health and Human Services, 426...

Facts about the zika virus

Sep 8, 2016

It’s hard to not have heard about the Zika virus, as it frequently dominates news headlines. As a Minnesotan, sometimes it’s harder to see the connections between a hot climate disease and our temperate climate. September is National Preparedness Month, so now is a good a time as any to review...