Valley City  (CSi) – Dr. Chelsea Traverse is now the Barnes County health officer, assuming the position on September 2, 2021.   She succeeds  Dr. James Buhr.

Dr. Traverse originally from Munich, ND, attended college at the University of Sioux Falls and attended the University of North Dakota Medical School. She completed a residency in family medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and began work at Sanford Health in Valley City in July of 2016.