Technicians

Jolene Braegelmann:

Jolene started working at the St. Joseph Clinic in June of 1996 as a veterinary assistant. After receiving her AAS Degree from Ridgewater college and becoming a Certified Veterinary Technician in 1998, she began her technician career. Jolene has worked at all three of our locations over the years, but has primarily been at our St. Joe Small Animal Clinic. She is a member of MAVT and NAVTA-which are organizations supporting vet techs. In September 2004, she was EIA Certified and currently runs the clinic's Coggins Tests. Jolene lives on a dairy farm with her husband and their daughters, Emma and Jenna. She currently has one dog, Cooper and two cats, Clarance and Oscar.

Lisa Heinen:

Lisa has been working at the Cold Spring Veterinary Clinic and Paynesville Clinic since March 1996. Since 2003 she also started at the St. Joseph Small Animal clinic. She graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Ridgewater college. Lisa has a Lab and a German Shorthair at home; Jake and Luke.

Mary Beth Rudolph:

Mary Beth has been with us since August 2003. She works at St. Joseph Veterinary Clinic doing small animal work. Mary Beth was a volunteer at the Tri-county Humane Society for 4 years. She graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Ridgewater College in 2003 and completed an internship with us. Mary Beth has a cat, named Reeses and a dog named Daphne.

Nicole Blaskowski:

Nicole graduated form the Veterinary Technology Program at Ridgewater College in 2006. She joined our team in August 2006, after completing her internship with us. Nicole began working at a Veterinary Clinic as a receptionist/kennel girl in High School. She has "Macie" a Yellow Lab and 2 German Wirehair Pointers, "Nelli" and "Jem". Nicole enjoys spending time with family, friends and her pets. She also enjoys outdoor activities.

Tina Ludwig:

Tina has been working for the St. Joseph small animal clinic since November 1999, and has been working in Cold Spring since 2003 as well. She graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Ridgewater College. Tina currently has 1 bunny named Bam Bam. She also loves pugs.

Carla Hemmesch

Carla has been part of the team at the Cold Spring and Paynesville Clinics since December 2004. She graduated from the Veterinary Technology Program at Ridgewater College in 2004. Carla has four dogs, Bailey, Taffy, Smokey, and Bentley. She also has eight barn cats and one bunny.

Tracey Eikmeier

Tracey joined our team in January 2006. She graduated from ROCORI High School and from Ridgewater College with an AAS Degree in Veterinary Technology in 2005. Tracey worked on a dairy farm thru high school and has been doing tech work since May 2005. Tracey lives in Rockville with her husband Rick and their children, Gavin and Lydia. They share their home with their Labradors, Chloe and Jade; Six cats, Lucky, Ashes, Porter, Socks, Sneakers, and Veronica; an Arabian Horse, Tiffany; and Tequilla a pigmy goat. Tracey likes to spend her spare time with family, friends and pets. She also likes to go camping, 4-wheeling, snowmobiling and horseback riding-pretty much anything outdoors.

Melissa Hartung

Melissa joined our St. Joseph Clinic in October 2005. She received her AAS Degree from Ridgewater College in Willmar. Melissa has a Black Lab named Dexter, two horses - Cheyenne and Lacey and she also has two barn cats.

Sonja Stangler

Sonja has been working at our St. Joseph Clinic since June 2006. She received her AAS Degree from Ridgewater College and was certified in Veterinary Technology. She has been working in the veterinary field since 2003. Sonya has 1 dog, Blade and 3 cats, Dakota, Sprocket, and Throttle at home. Her and her family have an interest in racing, both her dad and brother are active car racers, and her husband is an active 4-wheeler racer and a Freestylest. Sonja and her husband have a beautiful boy named, Skyeler.

Diana Brown

Diana joined our staff in February 2007. She works at all three of our clinic locations: St. Joseph, Cold Spring and Paynesville. Diana graduated from Sartell High School in 2001. She attended Winona State University for 2 years before realizing she was interested in animals. Diana graduated from Ridgewater College with an AAS Degree in Veterinary Technology in 2006 and was later certified. She has a poodle named "Lexi" and 3-legged cat named "Trinity". Diana and her husband Ryan have one daughter, Nyra and two boys, Aidan and Aryn.

Nicole McKay (Equine Technician)

Nicole, CVT graduated in 2001 from the Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology in Denver, CO. She worked at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Hospital from 2002-2008. She has two Quarter Horses, NoMo, Paint, and two dogs, Barron a German Shepherd and Bella a Great Dane.

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