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5 tips to keep kids safe, healthy this Halloween

By Submitted | October 25, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. With another pandemic Halloween around the corner, families can make plans to stay safe and healthy during the evening’s festivities. You can make your celebration safer by […]

Sioux Falls airport makes upgrades as passengers, flights return

By Jodi Schwan | October 13, 2021

A runway project is done, a restaurant upgrade is preparing to start, and several gate areas are under construction at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. “We’ve got a lot of people starting to fly through […]

‘Rainbow’ twins arrive after small-town pregnancy care

By Submitted | October 4, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. Scott and Tiffany Langer are proud parents to newborn twins, but their journey to parenthood wasn’t easy. “We had experienced a loss with our first son, Kellan, […]

Meet Lilah Newton, 10-year-old stroke survivor

By Submitted | September 8, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. On the Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge near the small town of Moffit, North Dakota, sits a little house near the prairie. Jared and Brenda Newton call […]

City, health leaders: Sioux Falls weeks away from another COVID-19 peak

By Jodi Schwan | September 1, 2021

Sept. 1, 2021 Sioux Falls is three to four weeks away from another peak of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, health officials predicted today. Leaders from Avera and Sanford Health and the city of Sioux Falls […]

‘Like February in August’: Hospitals report spike in sick kids

By Jodi Schwan | August 23, 2021

Want a sense of how many kids are sick right now? Dr. Jennifer Haggar, a Sanford pediatrician, did an interview for this story at home with her sick five-year-old on her lap. “It feels, in […]

What parents need to know as new school year approaches and pandemic persists

By Submitted | August 18, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. While kids prepare for another year in the classroom and shop for school supplies, it’s another year through the lens of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Physician leaders […]

Model good manners for toddlers

By Submitted | August 9, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. Young children are capable of learning their colors, numbers and manners too. Manners are behaviors. Good manners are acts that are seen as positive, helpful and kind. […]

How to manage your preschooler’s screen time

By Submitted | July 28, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. Preschoolers learn by interacting with the world around them. They need to be physically active — to run, climb and swing on the playground — and to […]

Self-care, mindfulness benefit whole family

By Submitted | July 14, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Sanford Health. As a parent, your job is stressful. Do you feel rushed for time to get children fed, dressed and out the door? When your child is “acting […]

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