The proposed hospital would include emergency and inpatient beds, primary care, lab and imaging services, the health system said.

Aspirus has completed preliminary plans for a new hospital and clinic that could be open to the public in as little as 18 months

In March 2024, Hospital Sisters Health System announced it was closing Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls.Nearly nine months later, Aspirus Health announced it is collaborating with Chippewa Falls Officials to build a new local hospital.

In a media release Thursday, Aspirus – a nonprofit health system that operates 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations across parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan — said it was “collaborating with Chippewa Falls officials to advance plans for the construction

According to a press release, preliminary plans are already in the works and the new hospital could be open to the public in as little as 18 months.

Wausau-based Aspirus Health announced Thursday it plans to build a new hospital along the Highway 29 corridor in the southeast corner of Chippewa Falls. The hospital would