Jodi Schwan

Health officials report positive trends in COVID cases, hospitalizations

There’s “hope on the horizon,” Sioux Falls health officials said today, pointing to 10 straight days of active cases decreasing. The state reported 20,824 active cases today and 312 hospitalizations. That includes 3,469 cases in Minnehaha County and 890 in Lincoln County. But, “we’ve seen this before,” said Dr. Michael Wilde, Sanford Health’s vice president medical

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Sioux Falls superintendent offers look at plans, priorities and leading through changing times

If there is such a thing as a normal school year, Jane Stavem hasn’t seen it in Sioux Falls yet. Stavem became superintendent in mid-2020. Ever since, she has led against the backdrop of the pandemic. And while school buildings have remained “open” throughout her tenure, that does not mean it has been business as

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Health systems: Omicron surge forcing ‘harder and harder choices’

Both Sioux Falls health systems reported they are having to make increasingly hard decisions about who is admitted to the hospital because of an all-time surge in COVID-19 patients. The COVID-19 variant is spreading faster and causing a greater percentage of positive tests than at any time during the pandemic. For instance, positive tests at

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