Garrison Keillor hospitalized after minor stroke

[September 10, 2009]  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Humorist Garrison Keillor is being treated at a Minnesota hospital for a minor stroke.

A Mayo Clinic spokesman says Keillor suffered the stroke Sunday morning. Keillor is at Saint Marys Hospital on the Mayo campus in Rochester.

Mayo spokesman Karl Oestreich (ACE'-strike) said Keillor was moving around and working on a laptop Wednesday. Oestreich said Keillor should be released on Friday and resume a normal schedule next week.

A representative for Keillor didn't immediately comment.

[Associated Press]

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