New Edgerton Hospital is cutting-edge

You know you’re not at a big-city hospital when the head guy hops on a mower to cut down the weeds. That was Jim Pernau, chief executive officer of Edgerton Hospital, tidying up the place before hundreds of local residents poured in Sunday to get a look at the community’s new hospital. The $26 million, 18-bed facility has a geothermal heating and cooling system, two miles of hiking trails snaking through the nearby woods, a menu based on fresh produce grown in the hospital garden, patient rooms featuring foldout couches for overnight guests and windows that open to let in fresh air. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 9/26)