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Friends and Neighbors: Medicine came naturally for new KHS physicians assistant Jonna Beyer

Medicine and giving a helping hand came naturally for Jonna Beyer.

The Donnelly, Minn., native was just 5 or 6 years old when she was pouring hydrogen peroxide on her father's hands after he came home from work in the autobody field. Beyer recently joined the staff at Kimball Health Services as a certified physicians assistant.

"He used to come home with cuts all over his fingers, and I used to pour hydrogen peroxide on them," she said. "There was something about just helping and healing a person that it doesn't really seem like a job. It definitely makes me feel good at the end of the day. It...