Long time CEO at Heartland Regional Medical center says goodbye. Heartland Health threw a huge retirement party for Lowell Kruse. Mr. Kruse celebrated with friends, family, Heartland Employees and community members this evening.

It was held under a big white tent in the hospital parking lot with free food, carriage rides, music, games and more. Mr. Kruse managed Heartland for more than two decades. Among his many successes, he was an influential health leader who oversaw the merger of two downtown hospitals into a new campus on the fringe of town.

Heartland is still in the process of hiring a new Chief Executive Officer.