Bethany Ouren
Licensed Veterinary Technician

Bethany joined Lake Region Veterinary Center in June 2005 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Veterinary Technology from North Dakota State University. She is a native of Evansville, Minnesota. She and her husband, Chad, live near Rothsay. Bethany enjoys trail riding and camping. She has three horses, three dogs, three cats and two mini donkeys.

Jacqueline Wettstein
Certified Veterinary Technician

Jacqueline started at Lake Region Veterinary Center in March of 2007 after working at her hometown Veterinary Clinic in Long Prairie. She graduated from the veterinary technology program at Ridgewater College in Willmar with an AAS degree. Now a Evansville resident, she enjoys gardening, drawing, riding bike, hunting, fishing, four-wheeling, and spending time with family and friends. Her pets include Bruno, an English Bulldog, her cat Oscar, and three pot belly pigs, Orson, Wilber and Abigail, as well as fainting goats, Linus and Lucy, and chickens.

Leah Freitag
Certified Veterinary Technician

Leah joined LRVC in October 2008. She earned her AAS degree in Veterinary Technology from Ridgewater College in Willmar, MN. Leah is a native of Fergus Falls and enjoys riding her horses Jack and Elmer. Other pets include a boxer named Honey and a Beagle named Murphy.

Christine Kram
Large Animal Veterinary Assistant

Christine joined Lake Region Veterinary Center in November 2008. Christine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Morris with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She enjoys competing in barrel races and horse shows with her horses, Wahoo and Onyx. Christine and her husband, Jared, reside near Evansville.

Julie Vikesland
Veterinary Assistant

Julie joined Lake Region Veterinary Center in February 2007. Julie and her husband Todd have three children and live in the area. They have a small grain farm, raise angus/hereford cross cattle, have several horses and three dogs. She enjoys motorcycling and dirt bike riding with her children.

Wendy Ahlschlager
Certified Veterinary Technician, Crosby Location

Wendy joined Lake Region Veterinary Center, Crosby location, in August of 2009. She is a graduate of North Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Technology. Wendy moved from the Twin Cities metro area and now lives near Crosslake. She and her fiancé share two dogs, Casey, a golden retriever, and Chino, a German Shepherd mix.

Rebekka Sievert
Veterinary Assistant, Crosby Location

Rebekka joined Lake Region Veterinary Center, Crosby, in August of 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Crookston with a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Industries Management.  Rebekka lives in Crosslake with her husband and twin boys.  Along with spending time with her family, she enjoys training, showing and trail riding horses.

Dave Gilbertson
Farrier

Dave is certified by the Minnesota School of Horseshoeing and is in his ninth year as a professional farrier. He furthers his education every year through seminars on lameness diagnosis and corrective shoeing and is a member of the American Farriers Association. He began working with LRVC in June of 2007. He and his wife, Joni, enjoy camping and showing horses with their son, Wyatt.

Diane
Office Coordinator

Diane started at Lake Region Veterinary Center in June 2006. She had been a stay at home mom, raising three daughters, prior to working at LRVC. Diane and her husband, Radford, live just East of Elbow Lake with two of their daughters. They have two cats, Winsor and Eddie. She enjoys the outdoors, gardening, and crocheting.