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 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 has been with us since August 2003.  She works in both Cold Spring and St. Joseph doing small animal work.  Mary Beth was a volunteer at the Tri-county Humane Society for 3 years.  She graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Ridgewater College in 2003 and completed an internship with us.  Mary Beth has two cats, Reeses and Scout.

Nicole Uphoff:

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 "Abby" a Chocolate Lab and 2 German Wirehair Pointers, "Nelli" and "Jem".  Nicole enjoys spending time with family, friends and her pets.  She also enjoys outdoor activities.

Sue has been working for our team since September 1996. She can usually be found working at the Paynesville clinic and occasionally at Cold Spring.  Sue has a daughter named Megan, and also a cat named Peachy.

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.

Cindy Started working at the St. Joseph small animal clinic in July 2004.  Previously she had worked at a veterinary clinic in Colorado.  Cindy is married and has 3 kids and 2 grandchildren.  At home she has 3 dogs, 2 cats, and both a salt and fresh water aquarium.

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.  She has a Black Labrador, Chloe, two Siamese Cats, Lucky and Ashes, 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 Heinen

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. 

Sonya Sabraski

Sonya 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 3 dogs and 1 cat at home.  Her and her family have an interest in car racing, both her dad and brother are active racers.  Sonya likes to go camping and enjoys snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, pretty much anything fast.  She likes most outdoor activities.  Sonya likes to spend time with family and friends.  She has a beautiful boy named,Skyeler.

Diana Brown

Diana joined our staff in February 2007.  She works at both of our St. Joseph and Cold Spring locations.  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".  Diana and her husband Ryan are expecting another child soon.  Right now they have one daughter named Nyra.