Sen. John Hoeven spoke at the Aug. 27 grand opening of the Heart of America Medical Center in Rugby, where he gifted the new rural health care facility an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol.

“It’s kind of scary thinking about traveling an hour plus to get the care we need,” Marketing and Human Resource Specialist Lauren McClintock said at the Aug. 27 grand opening for the new Rugby hospital. “We want to think about the future when we think of health care, and we want to think about our communities and what can help us the most.”