Ascension’s Spirit 1 helicopter relocated to Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee – WJFW-TV

MOSINEE - Ascension's medical transport arm, Spirit, will now fly one of its helicopters out of Mosinee.

For the past two years, Spirit 1 was based out of the Stevens Point Municipal Airport. After a land lease agreement for a new hangar fell through in Stevens Point, Spirit 1 will relocate to an existing hangar at Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA).

"Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee was one that really fit what we're trying to do as a service," said Spirit EMS outreach coordinator. "They're very centrally located from all of our hospitals from Stevens Point to the north and it allows us an opportunity to be based at an airport where we have 24-hour security, 24-hour snow removal and all of the things that go with being at a larger airport."

"We're just excited to have them here," said CWA director Brian Grefe. "Having a 24-hour medical operation ready to respond is a very big deal for not only the airport but the airport board."

The Central Wisconsin Joint Airport Board approved a lease agreement at CWA October 18. The project will still require approval from the City of Mosinee Plan Commission and the state. Once approved, Ascension's new hangar at CWA is expected to be complete by August 2020.

Spirit 2 will remain at the Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff and Spirit 3 will continue to call Arbor Vitae home.

Spirit transports nearly 5,000 patients every year through ambulance and air.

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