Jeremy Fugleberg

INFORUM • 30th September 2020

South Dakota hospitals dispute claims they're full, but transparency remains an issue

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota's three largest health systems are disputing claims from some patients they're running out of room at their hospitals amid a near worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 surge in the state. Sanford Health, Avera Health and...

The Mitchell Republic • 18th September 2020

At the scene where their cousin died, two brothers return again and again, seeking justice

HIGHMORE, S.D. — Nick and Victor Nemec have returned to this straight stretch of asphalt again and again in the last few days. Nick points down to a long shadow of a streak that has soaked into the highway. "That's a blood mark," he said, his tone...

Forum News Service • 30th May 2020

Tale of 2 Dakotas: Why ND is a top COVID-19 tester and SD isn't

If more COVID-19 testing is better, North Dakota’s approach has paid off. It stands in stark contrast to the approach taken by its neighbor to the south. In South Dakota, a state with similar demographics and political culture but a slightly larger...

INFORUM • 27th April 2020

'We’re just trying to uncover every stone we can': Farmers, states scramble to keep animals in play

ST. PAUL — As the coronavirus hits some meat processing plants and shuts down others, farmers and ranchers are asking for state and federal help with a big question: What should be done with their growing backlog of hogs, turkeys and other...

INFORUM • 16th April 2020

1 dead from Sioux Falls pork plant COVID-19 outbreak; cases soar past 700, stoking anti-immigrant furor

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The coronavirus outbreak at the now-shuttered Smithfield Foods pork plant in Sioux Falls has claimed the life of one of its workers, as officials say cases link to the facility have surged past 700 on Thursday, April 16. A...

Grand Forks Herald • 30th March 2020

States swap COVID-19 test supplies to fight shortage

North Dakota had a problem. The state was sorely lacking a crucial testing tool for the coronavirus: long, thin collection swabs. South Dakota had its own problem. It had run out of lab supplies needed to process tests for the virus. Both states...

The Daily Republic • 7th February 2020

Medicine or jail? As state lawmakers eye transgender bill, doctors rise in alarm

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Faced with the possibility of breaking the law, Dr. Keith Hansen took a moment to consider his options. If legislation now before South Dakota state lawmakers is made law, Hansen could go to jail if he prescribes the use of a drug...

inforum • 27th December 2019

ND hospitals grapple with poor patient safety grades

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — North Dakota is one of three states without a top-graded hospital for patient safety, according to a widely-respected yet disputed industry review, with Sanford Health facilities earning the worst rankings in the state. The...

inforum • 26th December 2019

After Netflix show on rare illness, a new family bonds

VERMILLION, S.D. — Starring in an episode of a Netflix show doesn't help you pick your child up when her rare disease has crumpled her to the ground in a parking lot. It's a lesson Breteni Morgan-Berg has been learning again and again after a...

Rochester Post-Bulletin • 26th November 2019

In Minnesota, rising health costs hitting home

What good is health care you can't get? Ask Katie Larson. She's 30, a resident of Lake George, Minn., and the office manager at Coldwell Banker Clack & Dennis Real Estate in Park Rapids. “I avoid using the doctor any time I can,” she said. “I think...

Rochester Post-Bulletin • 26th October 2019

Voices from Farm Country: What's bad, and getting worse

There's a invisible, deadly storm brewing in farm country. For many farmers and rural communities, these are hard times. Prices are down. Trade wars rage. The weather won't let up. Many friends and neighbors are going out of business, selling their...

The Daily Republic • 11th September 2019

Sioux Falls digs out from 3 tornadoes, 100 mph winds

Overnight, three powerful tornadoes and devastating winds carved destruction across parts of the city, ripping open medical facilities and businesses, flipping cars, uprooting trees and cutting power to about 25,000 residents. Officials estimate one...

argusleader • 16th May 2019

Best chislic in Sioux Falls? This man is on a quest to find it.

Who makes the best chislic in Sioux Falls? This man is on a quest to find out. Tom Douple is on a quest. But he's sly about it as he slides up to a high-top table at TommyJack's Pub in downtown Sioux Falls. Let's try the chislic. Medium rare. Tots...

Argus Leader • 9th April 2019

How a year of bad luck drew thousands of fortune hunters to a small South Dakota town

HUDSON – Everybody agreed: It wasn’t supposed to go like this. The Southeast Area Pink Ladies dart team’s usual Wednesday nights at Waddy’s Bar involved darts, beer and 60-cent wings. Not this Wednesday. As a cold rain fell, the group huddled under...

Argus Leader • 18th March 2019

We're No. 1! Or ... are we? Inside the hidden economy of all those city and state rankings

Everyone wants to be No. 1. This goal is what powers a unique, hidden economy, one that churns out praise in return for attention: city rankings. So are these rankings true?

Argus Leader • 16th November 2018

Hunting season’s underbelly: Stripping, sex trafficking and small towns looking the other way

Pheasant hunting season was once a homespun South Dakota tradition. But increasingly it is a commercial enterprise, one that comes with a dark side: sex trafficking and pop-up strip clubs that cater to hunters here for a good time. The hunting...

Argus Leader • 12th October 2018

Once a family tradition, South Dakota pheasant hunting season has gone commercial

Here, the color of money is orange – blaze orange. Here, in just a few months, hunters – mostly out-of-state hunters – will infuse millions of dollars into what would otherwise be an economy struggling with all the woes of farm country. Here for many,...

Argus Leader • 30th September 2017

Aquaponics CEO self-named 'The Tiger' wields gun while talking cryptocurrency

Ian Dixon turned to make a point, and there was the gun. It didn't fit. This was supposed to be a business meeting. Instead, here was Tobias Ritesman, head of Global Aquaponics, wielding a firearm while talking about starting his own cryptocurrency.

Cincinnati Enquirer • 15th October 2016

Appalachian Highway: A tale of unintended consequences

Roads might seem like bland public works projects, made of concrete, asphalt, gravel and dirt. But they are not. No other type of construction so mirrors the human existence, with all its paradoxes. No other piece of civil engineering so binds...

Cincinnati Enquirer • 21st July 2016

RNC pedicab confidential: Politics, secret sadness and a $10 fight

The pedicab's open-air back seat serves as an impromptu confessional. It's a place where riders can open up about politics, their dreams and disappointments to someone they may never see again. “Twenty dollar counselor, right? Short-term therapy" ...