Half-way through the first day of the new year, Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes welcomed its first baby of 2025.

Vivian Marie McArthur was born exactly at noon Wednesday. She was born to parents Tasha Bellanger and Nathan McArthur of Naytahwaush, Minnesota. Vivian weighed 10 pounds, 12.5 ounces, and measured 21.5 inches long. She shares a middle name with her mother and grandmother, Ruth.

Vivian is the first baby for her father, Nathan, and has three older siblings — Monte, Carson and Scarlett.

Almost 500 babies were born at St. Mary’s-Detroit Lakes in 2024.