ROCHELLE — On Friday, a ribbon cutting was held for Essential Infusions Plus for its new location at 604 N. Main St. in Rochelle. The wellness business offers services including men’s hormone therapy, medically-managed weight loss, anti-aging peptides, regenerative joint therapy, vitamin IV infusions and injections and botox.  

The event Friday saw Essential Infusions Plus welcomed by representatives from the City of Rochelle and Rochelle Chamber of Commerce. The business’s owner, Angie McGough, is a local nurse practitioner and said she saw the benefits of infusions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re happy to be here,” McGough said. “I was born and raised in Rochelle a block away from here. We’re just really excited to be able to bring alternative health and wellness to the community and offer something that you can’t typically get anywhere. We want to keep people out of the hospital and away from my other job. I saw the success and a lot of benefits of infusions. Initially during COVID-19, it was people turning around and not even going into the hospital when they were really ill with COVID-19. I’ve added a lot of things and I keep learning every day. I pray we’re a blessing to this community.”

Chamber Executive Director Tricia Herrera spoke at the event and said Essential Infusions Plus has been part of the chamber for about a year and has participated in its events. 

“We want to welcome you guys,” Herrera said. “We’re very excited. We’re glad you have found your forever home. Congratulations. You guys provide a very unique service and we’re very excited about that and the fact that you’re local girls is also very exciting to me. Thank you for your support of the chamber and for being involved in several of our events in the past year and always adding something. We’re very encouraged by that.”

Mayor John Bearrows welcomed Essential Infusions Plus on behalf of the City of Rochelle. The mayor spoke about partnership in the community and said that he sees the city and chamber’s relationship with local businesses as a triangle. 

“A business is one side, and then you need two more sides,” Bearrows said. “Those would be the chamber and the city. No matter what happens and whichever way you turn that triangle, you still have a triangle. You now have partners for your business in this community. This became very apparent through the pandemic of how the chamber and the city collectively helped our businesses without losing businesses through COVID-19. On behalf of the City of Rochelle, welcome.”