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Faribault Holds Lieutenant Retreat!
By Melissa Paquette
MCF-Faribault held an all-day Lieutenant retreat at the Faribault Police Department on June 13 & 22. The retreat was held to show appreciation & support for the hardwork that facility Lieutenants do on a daily basis.
The morning consisted of Warden Beltz presenting the new curriculum for "Effective Communication in Corrections" to facility Lieutenants and Captains. Staff were able to give valuable feedback and provide suggestions upon completion. The afternoon consisted of Captains having open discussions with the group on succession planning, Lt. duties, pros/cons of Lt. positions as well as an entertaining table top exercise to finish out the day.
THANK YOU to all of the FRB Lieutenants for all that you do!
Staff listed below attended one or both of the trainings:
Lieutenants----Proehl, Frantesl, Morgan, Opsal, Dusbabek, Kasten, Sunde, Olson, Duffy, Sutlief, McCarthy, Wilkemeyer, Sterling, Hanson, Davis, Ward, Wadzinski, Mueller & Wagner
Warden Beltz
AWA Westphal
Captains----Paquette, Mitchell, Dahlen & Cunningham
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Amanda Tuthill Promotes to CPD at Faribault!
By Melissa Paquette
Amanda began her career with the DOC in 2009 as a Corrections Officer at MCF-Faribault. She completed a one year WOOC Case Manager position in 2012, promoted to a Transitions Coordinator in 2013 and obtained a permanent Case Manager position later that year. Amanda has been involved in many pilots and initiatives involving streamlining case management and transition services to better align with the person centered approach, including most recently the DOC virtual court team, Faribault's caseload restructure pilot and Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
She has been involved with a variety of committees throughout her career to include, Restorative Justice, Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Gender Identity Committee, Integrated Conflict Management System (ICMS), Workforce Development Recruitment, Special Operation Response Team (SORT), PRT and Mentor.
Amanda has a B.S. Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation - Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology from UW-Stout and completed her internship at MCF-Stillwater in case management. Amanda's promotion is effective June 21st.
Congratulations CPD Tuthill!
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Shout Out: Faribault Maintenance Staff
By Melissa Paquette
I'd like to give a huge Shout Out to the FRB maintenance staff that assisted with multiple issues recently.
As the OD, I was contacted with several facility concerns that required immediate resolution. Within a few hours, the facility had a living unit without A/C, lost hot water throughout the facility, and experienced a truckgate malfunction.
Scott Ewest (Power Plant Chief Engineer), Brett Grunklee (Plant Maintenance Engineer), Tim Conway (Stationary Engineer), Bob Steele (Stationary Engineer) and Chad Robertson (Electronic Systems Specialist) were all instrumental in ensuring these issues were resolved with little to no disruption to normal operations.
Thank you for your great work! You are greatly appreciated!
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Faribault Celebrates Corrections Week
By Melissa Paquette
MCF-Faribault elected to celebrate and show appreciation for staff throughout the month of May rather than just during Corrections Week. The work that each of our staff does on a daily basis is stressful and exhausting to say the least. We sincerely appreciate the hard work and dedication shown by MCF-FRB staff each and every day. Handing out treats, providing lunches and having food trucks on grounds are just small ways to recognize staff and say "Thank You" for all that you do.
Left to Right: Lt. Josh Sterling, Capt. Chris Mitchell, Warden Tracy Beltz & CPT3 Rebecca Ramsey 
Left to Right: CPT3 Jaime Paukert, CPT3 Sean Sisler, Capt. Arti Cunningham, CM Jason Starkson, Capt. Melissa Paquette, CM Quenilla Evans, CPT3 Rebecca Ramsey & CO2 Alec Pfarr 
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Faribault Shows Support for Stillwater and Oak Park Heights Staff
By Captain Martin Dahlen
Sergeant Jason Anderson and myself met with MCF-Oak Park Heights and MCF-Stillwater staff on April 29, 2023 as a show of support from MCF-Faribault. Appreciation banners signed by MCF-Faribault staff were presented and pizzas were provided.
The courage, dignity, and respect of MCF-Oak Park Heights/Stillwater staff was very apparent during our visit. Sgt. Anderson and myself were welcomed into both facilities and relayed Faribault's sincere appreciation for the work that must be done every day. Together we will continue to traverse the path of Corrections.
Special thanks for MCF-Faribault's Local 3607 for providing the pizzas.
L-R: Sgt. Anderson (FRB) and Officer Moua (OPH) 
L-R: Officer Ramirez (STW) and Sgt. Anderson (FRB) -
Faribault Staff Attend Tribal Relations Training
By Melissa Paquette
Warden Tracy Beltz, AWA Laura Westphal, Executive Assistant Kay Grunseth, and Lieutenant Josh Sterling attended the Tribal-State Relations Training on April 25-26. The mission of the training is to educate Minnesota state employees about American Indian tribal governments, histories, cultures, and traditions in order to empower state employees to work effectively with American Indians and promote authentic and respectful relationships between state agencies and American Indian tribes.
The vision is one community that values and promotes knowledge, understanding and respect for the American Indian governance, history, and way of life. Goals of the training included: educating state employees about American Indian people and governments, create partnerships, building respectful relationships between the State and Tribes, and create an enduring commitment by the state to learn about tribal governments.
Left to Right: Chairman Kevin Jensvold, upper Sioux Board of Trustees; Vice President Shelley Buck, Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council; President Robert L. Larsen, Lower Sioux Indian Community Tribal Council; Tadd Johnson, Esq., Professor Emeritus, moderator. -
Shout Out: Molly Gleason Faribault Training Specialist
By Jon Chappuis
I would like to give Molly Gleason a shout out. In her short time in Employee Development, Molly has become one that others look to for answers. Molly handles training tasks including Academy training and graduation, In-Service training, annual training plans, assisting with facilitation of the FRB Training Advisory committee amongst many others things, for over 600 staff at MCF-FRB. Molly also plays a vital role in helping with recruitment at the facility with the Workforce Development team.
Thanks Molly for all of your hard work!
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Retention Heroes: Faribault Staff
Retention Hero stories differ from Shout Outs in that they showcase special things people do that make working at the DOC great. Captain Lisa Connors submitted this on behalf of Stillwater's staff.
By Lisa Connors
MCF-Stillwater would like to give a HUGE message of appreciation and thanks to the staff at MCF-Faribault. On Saturday, April 29, Captain Martin Dahlen and Sergeant Jason Anderson came to the facility to meet with staff in an expression of respect and a "one team" message. MCF-Faribault's Unit 8 provided pizzas for all of the staff on all three watches at the facility. Additionally, Capt. Dahlen and Sgt. Anderson brought a "Thank You" banner signed by their staff with messages of support. It is acts of kindness like these that truly represent the incredible family our Department is. Thank you, MCF-Faribault!
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Faribault Staff Attend Owatonna Job Fair
By Melissa Paquette
MCF-Faribault staff participated in a job fair held at the Four Seasons Arena in Owatonna on April 25th in an effort to recruit potential employees.
Left to Right: CPD Melissa McCann, Sgt. Mathieu Richer, RN Jessica DayPhillips and Lt. Paul Banon -
Faribault's New IMT Members
By Melissa Paquette
Congratulations to Safety Administrator Greg Heldt and Lt. Tony Sunde for being selected to serve on the Agency's Incident Management Team (IMT). The team consists of individuals from a wide variety of disciplines who work in support of planned & unplanned agency activities. Once selected, team members commit to serving a three year term. Congratulations!
Safety Administrator Heldt & Lt. Sunde
