Cindy Hagen returns home after 10 months

Hagen, who is quadriplegic from a childhood car accident, had been living at the Mayo Clinic hospital in Austin since last July, even after she was deemed healthy enough to leave. She was unable to find and retain enough staff to provide care at the apartment in Mankato where she had lived for 21 years.

May 3, 2023 at 8:35PM
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Liz Flores, a photojournalist for the Minnesota Star Tribune for 12-plus years, previously worked at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 8 years.

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