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Guardian Angels Health & Rehab Center

1500 East Third Avenue, Hibbing, MN 55746 · 65 beds · Non profit - Corporation

The records flag: 1 citation at the most serious level.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★
Below average · 2 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
4.77
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.83
Weekend RN coverage
−77%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
26%
state average 42%
1 citation at the most serious level
Inspectors judged that residents were placed in danger of serious injury or death. See the inspection section for dates and whether each was corrected.
Weekend nurse coverage drops 77%
Some weekend drop is normal across the industry; a fall this size is at the steep end. Try to visit on a weekend.
Staff turnover of 26% is below the state average
The average across this state is 42%.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.90 hrs
Weekends
0.21 hrs
MN average
1.21 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 77% at weekends.

Staff turnover: 26%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 41 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Immediate jeopardy
Residents placed at risk of serious injury or death
1
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
3
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
36
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
1

10 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Medicare has issued $26,481 in fines here over the past three years.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Bach, Curtis Corporate director, Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 08/28/2024
Big Stone Therapies INC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 02/03/2015
Black, Patricia Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/09/2024
Brownlee, Carissa Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 11/11/2008
Burrows, Amanda Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/02/2024
Caspers, Megan Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/29/2014
Contreras, Ricardo Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 11/11/2024
Copeman, Jeffrey Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Dripps, Daniel Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2016
Ehlers, Douglas Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2023
Eide Bailly LLP Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/03/2023
Goodnough, Jennifer Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2021
Gramm, Timothy Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2023
Hanneken, Michelle Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/20/2022
Hejhal, Roxanne Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/10/2023
Hobbs, Joyce Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/06/2022
Hofmann, Reed Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/08/2023
Just, Matthew Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Lair, Michael Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Lease, Cheyenne Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 10/07/2024
Lienemann, Steven Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2025
Luetmer, John Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2021
Marlow, Jina Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/06/2022
Moore, Laurelle Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 08/19/2024
Nelson, Patrick Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2020
Peterson-Devries, Cami Corporate director, Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/08/2022
Raw, Carol Corporate director, Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Owner, partner or trustee of an additional disclosable party, Additional disclosable party 08/16/2005
Rentz, Laura Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2024
Rentz, Mark Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/22/2024
Rentz, Paul Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2021
Roche, Shane Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/08/2017
Ryan, Ben Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 12/27/2012
Ryan, Geoffrey Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/12/1998
Schneider, Todd Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/01/2013
St. Francis Health Services of Morris, INC Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/09/2008
Stock, Kelsey Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/01/2022
Thompson, Renee Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 10/10/2018
Tomoson, April Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/12/2021
Walker, Amy Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/13/2024
Wiese, Lorraine Governing body, Corporate director, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/25/2017
Savolainen, Shawn Additional disclosable party 09/29/2025
Squires, Kelly Additional disclosable party 09/21/2015

Of the 42 parties disclosed here, 0 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Heritage Manor
Chisholm
5.3 1 1.17 −56%
Cornerstone Villa
Buhl
8.4 3 0.74 −65%
The Waterview Woods LLC
Eveleth
18.8 1 0.31 −94%
The Waterview Pines LLC
Virginia
19.0 1 0.89 −45%
Essentia Health Virginia Care Cent
Virginia
19.4 5 2.68 −52%
Cook Community Hospital C&nc
Cook
31.5 3
Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center
Aurora
33.7 5 1.45 −57%
Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation and Skilled Nurs
Duluth
57.1 2 1.19 −42%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Medicare's records show a citation at the most serious level. What happened, and what changed afterwards?
  3. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.