an escaped prisoner from Fairview State Hospital. With the aid of a Pennsylvania National Guard helicopter, law enforcement would be focusing their search in the marshlands near Lake Ariel.

The Minnesota Department of Health's decision grants Fairview's proposal an exception to the state's moratorium on building new hospital beds. But state health officials also raised concerns that ...

Fairview did not immediately respond to questions about the disagreement. Fairview is one of the state's largest hospital operators, including University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis ...