Mayo Clinic just closed 6 rural Minnesota health clinics. More closings may follow ^78.2%

MPR News - By Molly Castle Work - 12/19/2025, 11:13 PM

On a snowy December afternoon, Brian O’Brien walked out of his final appointment with his doctor at the Mayo Clinic Health System’s St. Peter clinic feeling disappointed and frustrated. The next day, Dec. 10, the clinic closed, as is becoming quite common in rural towns and small cities across Minnesota. “I was pretty much devastated,... more