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Holly Compo was recognized in September by the Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association as Correctional Nurse of the Year. She was chosen from candidates recommended by jail administrators and sheriffs across the state. Compo was presented her award by Carlton County sheriff Kelly Lake at the annual Jail Administrators Conference in Baxter.

Compo is a lifelong Carlton County resident and has been employed as a public health nurse in the county since graduating from the College of St. Scholastica nursing program in 2007.

She started her nursing career with visiting prenatal and postpartum moms, th...