MNA Nurses to Hold Informational Picket at Aspirus Lake View Hospital

Nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association held an informational picket outside Aspirus Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors today, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, between 3 and 5 p.m. The action took place on the hospital campus in Lake County and was identified by the union as informational rather than a strike.

The Minnesota Nurses Association filed formal notice of the action on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, and followed that filing with a press item announcing the picket for Feb. 25. The MNA press item specifically described the event as informational and stated it was not a strike, framing the activity as an opportunity to share information outside Aspirus Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors.

Aspirus Lake View Hospital is the local hospital serving Two Harbors and surrounding Lake County communities; the MNA picket targeted the facility’s public frontage during the 3–5 p.m. window on Wednesday. Nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association organized the presence at that time, and the announcement emphasized the limited, informational scope of the activity rather than work stoppage.

The filing of notice on Feb. 23 follows the procedural step the MNA used to notify Aspirus Lake View Hospital and the public of the planned informational picket. The union’s public statement accompanying that filing reiterated the single-day timing for Feb. 25 from 3–5 p.m. and reiterated that the action was not to be treated as a strike.

Today’s informational picket at Aspirus Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors is the latest public demonstration by Minnesota Nurses Association members connected to local facilities; the union’s Feb. 23 filing and Feb. 25 picket focused attention on the hospital campus in Lake County during the mid-afternoon hours. With the MNA’s characterization of the action as informational, the event concluded at 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, and the union’s Feb. 23 notice remains the formal record of the action.