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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2024 THE N'WEST IOWA REVIEW/SHELDON, IA D4 BUSINESS New medical practice offers options of where to get care Offers in-person home visits and telemedicine BY RENEE WIELENGA RWIELENGA@NWESTIOWA.COM SIOUX CENTER—A Sioux Centerbased nurse practitioner is looking to serve the community by offering in-person medical appointments whether she comes to your tractor in a field, your office or your living room. Kelli Joffer-Hinsch, 42, began Hinsch Health & Wellness six months ago and is working to grow her practice that includes telemedicine and in-person at-home appointments for those in need of a clinician. “My goal is to create access for patients who find it challenging to get to a provider during those hard days — for our hardworking farmer that has to bring the crop in and needs to be seen and cannot get into the clinic, to a nervous mom with a newborn who wishes to be in a more intimate location for a wellness check or it could just be someone is sick and would like to be seen in the comfort of their own home,” she said. “I want to bring the small-town feeling into my medical care and not have patients feel like I’m rushing to get to the next patient.” Joffer-Hinsch accepts various forms of insurance and cash pay. “I’ve partnered with patients who have a preferred primary care provider in the area or who have been looking for a new one to help serve their needs,” she said. “I see all ages, too.” The mother of four who is a native of Harrisburg, SD, has 20 years of health-care experience, starting with being a volunteer emergency medical technician for the Canton/ Inwood squad while earning her nursing degree from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD. Upon graduation in 2005, she became a direct commission officer in the U.S. Army. She trained at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and then was stationed in Hawaii as part of her four years of active duty. She stayed working as a nurse in Hawaii for two more years after her Army duty, then returned to Harrisburg in 2011. AT A GLANCE: Business: Hinsch Health & Wellness Owner: Family nurse practitioner Kelli Joffer-Hinsch Address: Sioux Center Phone: 712-363-0643 E-mail: hinschhealthandwellness@gmail.com Online: hinschhealth.com “I needed to take this leap of faith to take steps that support my family, and it has been a blessing.” KELLI JOFFER-HINSCH, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER “When 9/11 happened, I was a freshman in college,” Joffer-Hinsch said. “A girl I went to college with had an aunt in one of the towers who died that day after just coming back from maternity leave. I knew I wanted to be a nurse, to serve others. My parents encouraged me to finish college, but I knew I wanted to be an Army medic to serve my country in that way. I learned quickly I had a lot to learn.” The nurse practitioner Joffer- Hinsch shadowed in high school and whose work convinced her that was the career path she wanted also advised her to be a nurse for a period of time after college before getting the nurse practitioner degree. “She said that the hands-on experience of being a nurse was so valuable; that I wouldn’t regret that, so I felt joining the Army was a way for me to gain a lot of experience, too,” Joffer-Hinsch said. Much of her work was with soldiers who had incurred massive trauma. “Here I am in my early 20s taking care of service members,” she said. “I still recall one of my first patients was a 97 percent burn victim. He asked me how a woman would ever love him. I told him I believe in God, that God has a plan, that he was here for a reason. He passed away about five years later, but he went on to help other patients in the States. There were more than 1,000 people at his funeral. He’s one of the many lessons of how I’ve seen God working through the broken and injured.” Back stateside, Joffer-Hinsch enrolled in South Dakota State University in Brookings to become a nurse practitioner. Afterward, she worked in various departments, from pediatric intensive care unit, cardiology, step-down ICU, general pediatrics and pediatric oncology. She worked as a nurse practitioner at a primary care provider in Worthington, MN, for five years following her graduation in 2016 before transitioning to Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, to work in psychiatric care. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020. “I was a single parent trying to do home-school and questioned how I could feasibly work and take care of my one child at the same time,” Joffer-Hinsch said. “The answer was transitioning to doing home health Medicare evaluations in people’s homes.” By 2021, she moved to Sioux Center because she married Jason Joffer of Sioux Center, and they were expecting a child. She transitioned to doing hospitalist work in Sioux City through which she diagnosed and treated a wide variety of illnesses in patients who were admitted to the hospital. “Both of those roles were so educational,” Joffer-Hinsch said. “Through both types of work, I felt there was a lack of education and felt giving medicine was more reactive not proactive. During this time, she received the COVID-19 vaccine and encouraged her husband to receive the shot as well. Yet, within eight hours of receiving the shot, he was in the emergency Nurse practitioner Kelli Joffer-Hinsch of Sioux Center started Hinsch Health & Wellness, which includes telemedicine and in-person at-home appointments for those in need of a clinician. Photo by Renee Wielenga room with shortness of breath and fainting. They have gone through many different medical tests since. “The once healthy farmer can no longer farm or do much exertion due to his disability,” Joffer-Hinsch said. “Through all those things — the hospitalist work, the home evaluations, Jason’s battle — I felt the brokenness of the health-care system.” Still wanting to serve others while using her medical skills but also seeking the flexibility to be home, Joffer-Hinsch dreamed of becoming a home-based provider who could go to other homes for well checks to increase access and prevention. “I had heard about other providers around the country doing this, and it felt like the answer we were praying for. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain by starting Hinsch Health & Wellness,” she said. “I needed to take this leap of faith to take steps that support my family, and it has been a blessing.” Her services are available for those living within a 75-mile radius of Sioux Center, which extends to Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Worthington. Her website — hinschhealth.com — offers information of how to book an appointment, but Joffer-Hinsch also encourages anyone to text her or give her a call at 712-363-0643 and ask questions or if looking for someone to do a free evaluation of their medications or health goals. “I have loved living in Sioux Center; the schools are amazing as well as the people and the churches,” she said. “I hope this is one way I can be of service to the community who has supported us through a lot.”
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2024 THE N'WEST IOWA REVIEW/SHELDON, IA D5 BUSINESS Fairfield provides new, comforting hotel option in Sioux Center Sits right next to city’s Terrence View center BY ERIC SANDBULTE ESANDBULTE@NWESTIOWA.COM SIOUX CENTER—After a year of work to build, Sioux Center’s newest hotel, Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites, opened for guests May 30. It was a day property manager Henry Byl of Sioux Center was eager to see. Fairfield, located at 290 St. An - drews Way, is a neighbor to the Terrace View Event Center and boasts impressive views of The Ridge Golf Club. Its four-story structure with 76 rooms is about the smallest scale the hotel the franchise allows. There also are rooms designed for those with hearing impairments. Fairfield has 22 employees, including full-time and part-time workers. Byl, who also runs the nearby Holiday Inn Express & Suites, said Sioux Center has demonstrated a need for more hotel rooms, which led to this project getting started. “When we have events in town, we are able to sell out. We just got to that point where we felt — it is a gut feeling that another hotel would work in town,” he said. “It just gets scary when you put this many more rooms up. The numbers are really hard to make work because we then need more people to come and stay to make this run effectively, but you just can’t build a hotel with much fewer rooms today.” Byl has been working in the hotel industry for 24 years, getting his start with the Econo Lodge in Sioux Center in 2000. Being part of opening the third hotel in Sioux Center has been an exciting process for Fairfield’s general manager, Lisa Gritters-Juranek, who has been with the Sioux Center Holiday Inn for nine years before taking on the management role for the new Fairfield hotel. “I just love working in hospitality, so even though it’s scary to switch, I did it,” she said. “I love working with people. So far, the employees have all been great.” The hotel’s interior design, officially called Modern Calm by the company, incorporates elements that evoke nature, with features such as wavy glass that looks like flowing water. This is meant to call back to the chain’s roots. “The first Fairfield was on a farm, The 76-room Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites is Sioux Center’s newest hotel. Located by Terrace View Event Center and overlooking The Ridge Golf Club, it opened May 30. The hotel joins the ranks of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites and the Econo Lodge in Sioux Center. Photo by Eric Sandbulte “I just love working in hospitality, so even though it’s scary to switch, I did it. I love working with people. So far, the employees have all been great.” LISA GRITTERS-JURANEK, FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOTT INN & SUITES GENERAL MANAGER and that’s why the drapes in the rooms have leaves on them and the carpet is blue like water. It’s all down to earth,” Gritters-Juranek said. The hotel comes with ample seating for its daily continental breakfasts, a swimming pool and a fitness center equipped with treadmills, ellipticals, weights and a yoga area. But management’s favorite feature is certainly the golf course view. “We did not think we could get on this lot because it wasn’t big enough,” Byl said. “We were shy by about 0.2 acres. Well, if you don’t fit, you don’t fit. But Sioux Center Land Development worked with us, and we were able to get a bit of the fescue of the golf course. It was just 30 feet, but without that, we wouldn’t have been able to be here.” If that had not worked out, the hotel likely would have been located on the other side of the street. “He already has the Holiday Inn Express with a golf course view, so we knew how much the guests love the golf course view. It was a nobrainer to be here,” Gritters-Juranek said. Byl is pleased with the end results of the building project, with the pop of colors throughout the hotel and the desirable location. “It looks really nice, and I love this spot. It sits up on a hill and you can really see it from a distance,” Byl said. “I didn’t have any other hotels where we had hallway windows as big as we have. You walk down our hallways, and it’s like, ‘Wow, there are some really nice views.’” The opening day was a bit later than originally planned. Early on, Fairfield was expected to open in April, but delays with the elevator pushed it back. “The elevator was scheduled to arrive on our site sometime in January, and it didn’t arrive until March 18 or so. It takes about two weeks of work for each elevator, and we have two elevators. Then they had a few complications, which took another AT A GLANCE: Business: Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Property manager: Henry Byl Address: 290 St. Andrews Way, Sioux Center Hours: Open 24 hours daily Phone: 712-722-3131 Online: marriott.com/suxsf week and a half,” Byl said. Thankfully, recent severe weather did not damage the new building. During storms April 16, a tornado was spotted within view south of the hotel; in fact, a construction worker filmed it from the building’s fourth floor, posting it on social media. “This has been a long time coming, so this is a big deal,” Gritters-Juranek said. “It’s been exciting and fun to see it all come to fruition.”
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