WADENA, Minn. – Jan. 6, 2025 – Astera Health celebrated the first birth of 2026. On January 2 at
5:22 p.m., Beth and Jesse Mitchell welcomed Quinn Beth in the Obstetrics department at Astera
Health. Dr. Shaneen Schmitt delivered baby Quinn, assisted by nurse Sharon Cottrell.

Quinn weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long at birth. She has five siblings: Emery,
Hayden, Sutton, Lennox, and Warren. Her grandparents are Charlie and Mary Schornack, and Matt
and Stacey Mitchell.

The family received a care package from the Astera Health Foundation to commemorate the special
occasion. The package included baby toys, diapers, bathing tub, and baby supplies placed in a
wagon and presented to the parents before they were discharged.
For more information about birthing services, please visit asterahealth.org.

ABOUT ASTERA HEALTH
Astera Health is a private, not-for-profit health care system based in Wadena, Minnesota. It offers
care services such as primary health, surgery, cancer care, diagnostic imaging, obstetrics,
orthopedics and rehabilitation. Astera Health operates a hospital and medical clinic in Wadena, and
serves the counties of Wadena, Todd and Otter Tail through five satellite clinics and two physical
therapy clinics in Bertha, Henning, Ottertail, Sebeka and Verndale. Visit asterahealth.org.