Residents top priority at HLRC

Karl Rude has been the interim Administrator at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta since August and while some things have changed at the center, others have stayed the same, most importantly, the idea that residents come first.

“Residents are number one,” Rude said last week. “I go beyond the phrase ‘residents are number one.’ We are doing what is best for our residents and sometimes that comes with some difficult decisions.”

Rude’s companies, Health Management Services LLC (HMS), located in Billings, Mont., operate facilities throughout Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota, specialize in fa...