Community Memorial Hospital

Community Memorial Hospital Your Neighbors Caring for You. Community Memorial Hospital opened on July 27, 1958, as a 26-bed regional hospital.

In 2004, CMH completed a $15 million building project, the largest renovation project since the hospital was built, and we continue to update our technology and improve our services. In 2008, CMH celebrated 50 years of service to our community. CMH currently employs 400 people and directly and indirectly contributes over $40 million to the regional economy.

06/03/2026

Happy National Hand Therapy Week! To celebrate, we challenged our rehab staff to see who has the strongest grip strength. 👀

WINNERS:
Women: Sam 96 lbs
Men: Aaron 152 lbs

Did you know?
💪 Grip strength is an important indicator of overall strength, health, and function.
🚗 You need approximately 25 pounds of grip strength in at least one hand to drive a vehicle.
⛳Strong grip strength helps with everyday tasks like carrying groceries, opening jars, gardening, golfing, and more.
💕Hand therapists help individuals regain strength and function following injury, surgery, arthritis, and neurological conditions.

Your hands play a role in nearly everything you do—don't take them for granted!

Rehabilitation Services requires a provider’s referral. Talk to your primary care provider about a referral to CMH.

06/01/2026

Happy Wound Healing Awareness Month! 🎉

One of the most common reasons for needing advanced wound care is diabetes related wounds.

If you have diabetes, you may have:
🔷 Sores caused by poor fitting shoes
🔷 A callus that causes a hole in your foot
🔷 A decreased ability to heal due to high blood sugars
🔷 Decreased blood flow in your toes that slows the healing process down

If you are suffering from non-healing wounds, CMH’s Advanced Wound Clinic can help. To schedule an appointment, please call 218-878-7601. No referral is required.

05/27/2026

The sun is glittering through the trees, the air is warm, and a cool breeze passes through. Everything is great, until you feel that itching. The mosquitoes have arrived. 🌳🌻

For the most part, mosquitoes may are just an annoying part of the summer season in Minnesota. Sometimes, though, they can become a bigger problem, especially for kids.

Walk-in Care Physician Assistant Kate Kensrud shares what to do if your mosquito bites become swollen:
🔷 Apply ice
🔷 Try an over-the-counter steroid cream
🔷 Try an antihistamine
🔷 Avoid scratching

Scratching can lead to a secondary bacterial infection. Visit a provider if there is increased redness, increased swelling, honey colored crust, or pus coming from the site of the bite.

Walk-in Care is open weekdays, 8:30 AM-4 PM at CMH Raiter Family Clinic.

05/25/2026

Touch him again and you’re going to find out just who he is. 👀

At CMH, Dr. Kyle Menzel offers Orthopedics and Sports Medicine treatments alongside physician assistants Lisa Leedham and Ava Gonsorowski.

They offer surgical and non-surgical treatment plans for various musculoskeletal conditions, including:
✅ Sports related injuries, including torn meniscus or ACL injury
✅ Rotator cuff tear
✅ Arthritis
✅ Muscle and joint sprains, strains, dislocations, and tears
✅ Fractures
✅ Pediatric orthopedics
✅ Anterior navigated total hip replacement
✅ Total shoulder/reverse total shoulder replacement
✅ Robotic assisted total knee replacement

To schedule an appointment, visit https://healow.com/apps/practice/cloquet-specialty-clinics-cloquet-mn-10562?v=2&t=1 or call (218) 878-7626.

05/20/2026

School is out, and slides are in! 🌼🛝📘

Although some slides are more fun than others. For some kids, the “summer slide” means they experience a decline in skills over the summer break.

CMH’s Literacy Program addresses the decline in literacy skills, such as reading and writing, giving kids a boost or bringing them up to speed with their classmates.

Skills that may be developed in the Literacy Program include:

✏️ Decoding (reading words aloud)
✏️ Spelling
✏️ Vocabulary
✏️ Grammar
✏️ Reading comprehension
✏️ Letter formation
✏️ Spacing & handwriting legibility
✏️ Pencil grasp
✏️ Posture & positioning
✏️ Attention & task engagement

For more information, call 218-878-7040, or talk to your primary care provider about a referral to Speech Therapy at CMH.

05/18/2026

What a pain! 💥 💥 💥

Adulthood brings many things, one of those being chronic back, neck, or joint pain. Luckily, chronic pain CAN be treated.

CMH’s pain management team focuses on diagnosing and treating chronic pain effectively, so you can experience relief and improve your quality of life.

Pain Management Specialist Chad Johnson shares the core steps to treating patients with chronic pain:
🔍 Perform an exam to evaluate your condition
🏋️ Collaborate with physical therapy
🩻 Order imaging
💉 Perform injections

CMH Pain Management requires a referral. If you would like assistance obtaining a referral, please contact our team at 218-499-6722.

05/13/2026

What exactly IS Speech Therapy?🤔📢

Speech therapy isn’t just talking – our speech therapists work with adults and kids to improve their communication skills.

Helping adults with:
🔷 Communication problems after a concussion, stroke, brain injury, or illness
🔷 Swallowing disorders
🔷 Cognitive communication disorders
🔷 Stuttering/fluency disorders
🔷 Voice disorders
🔷 Communication following a laryngectomy

Helping kids with:
🔷 Language disorders
🔷 Articulation disorders
🔷 Swallowing disorders
🔷 Stuttering
🔷 Voice disorders
🔷 Concussion, brain injury, and stroke rehab
🔷 Social communication disorders

Speech Therapy services require a provider’s referral. Talk to your primary care provider about a referral to CMH.

05/11/2026

Is it good or is it bad? 🤔🔍

Not all cholesterol is created equal. Dr. Palmquist explains the difference between LDL and HDL cholesterol.

LDL
🔷 LDL = low-density lipoprotein
🔷 “Bad” cholesterol
🔷 Causes plaque buildup in arteries, increasing heart attack and stroke risk

HDL
🔷 HDL = high-density lipoprotein
🔷 "Good" cholesterol
🔷 Removes bad cholesterol from arteries and carries it to the liver for disposal.

Maintaining proper cholesterol levels can decrease your risk of heart attack and stroke. High cholesterol has no symptoms, so many people don’t know that their cholesterol is too high. It’s important to visit a provider who can provide guidance on how often you should have your cholesterol checked.

Online scheduling is available for new and existing patients at https://healow.com/apps/practice/raiter-clinic-6629?v=2&locale=en or by calling 218-879-1271.

05/06/2026

Every day, CMH nurses work hard to provide the best possible care to each patient that walks through our doors. Thank you to all our nurses for your expertise, dedication, and compassion. Happy Nurses Week! 💕🎉

Thanks to our Emergency Department nurses for sharing some of their most popular sayings!

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512 Skyline Boulevard
Cloquet, MN
55720

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+12188794641

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