Awards were presented at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health on March 23–25 in Mandan. The Dakota Conference is a joint effort by Altru Health System of Grand Forks; the North Dakota Public Health Association; the North Dakota Rural Health Association; the UND College of Nursing; and the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Center for Rural Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine.

The North Dakota Public Health Association presented two awards:
• Public Health Worker of the Year to Wanda Agnew, Bismarck Burleigh Public Health;
• Outstanding Service to Joce Koch, Custer Health, Mandan.

The North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program’s Making a Difference Award went to Sanford Medical Center Mayville.

The Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health planning committee presented three awards:
• Outstanding Rural Health Professional to Robin Iszler, Central Valley Health District, Jamestown;
• Outstanding Rural Health Provider to Gerald D. Larson, Park River Dental Office;
• Outstanding Rural Health Volunteer to Wayne Evans, Mountrail County Medical Center/Mountrail Bethel Home, Stanley.