Jeremy Fugleberg
West Central Tribune
Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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Why this unique red dust could be a crucial clue in cold case of missing Bismarck woman Shelly Julson
'Clinker' found on the engine block of Michele 'Shelly' Julson's abandoned car in 1994 may be linked to an early sighting in rural Burleigh County, North Dakota, the Dakota Spotlight true crime podcast reports. → Read More
Wild Bill Hickok's Deadwood gun gets a buyer, nearly 150 years after the legendary gunslinger was slain
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was undoubtedly carrying at least one sidearm in the gold mining town of Deadwood in what was then Dakota Territory. So what happened to Hickok's gun? → Read More
True crime, true story: Dakota Spotlight podcast goes behind the scenes, interviews show creator James Wolner
Co-producer Jeremy Fugleberg interviews Dakota Spotlight creator and host James Wolner about his background, the story behind the creation of Dakota Spotlight, true crime, tales from creating five previous seasons of the podcast, and asks him a number of listener questions, including grilling James on his favorite music. → Read More
Last days of missing MN couple left tantalizing clues in 1993 ND disappearance
In the latest episode of investigative true crime podcast Dakota Spotlight, James Wolner and Jeremy Fugleberg explore what led up to those last fateful days for Kristin Diede and Bob Anderson, before the two disappeared from a small North Dakota town in mid-August 1993. → Read More
Smithfield fined $13,494 for COVID-19 outbreak at Sioux Falls plant that killed 4, sickened 1,300
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., the owner of the Sioux Falls plant, has agreed to pay the fine and develop an infectious disease preparedness plan for its plants nationwide, in a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the agency announced Monday, Nov. 15. → Read More
Public health officials concerned about STD rates in Dakotas, Minnesota, as COVID-19 pandemic limited testing
Sexually transmitted disease case counts are at or near record highs across the region, matching national trends. But public health officials say the COVID-19 pandemic likely limited testing in 2020, potentially masking an even more serious situation. → Read More
Health Variant: What makes football safer for young heads?
A Sanford Health research team followed a junior football team for eight seasons, using technology to track head impacts, and the results they found provided a powerful suggestion about what could reduce the number of head hits young players face while playing football. → Read More
What fueled the new South Dakota COVID-19 surge? Two things
A Forum News Service analysis finds the center of the new South Dakota surge in one area: the Black Hills. And the virus likely surged there for two reasons: low COVID-19 vaccination rates that made its population a relatively easy target, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which brought hundreds of thousands of people from around the country into close contact. → Read More
Health Variant: From masks to vaccinations, how has the COVID-19 delta variant changed the game?
In the latest episode of The Health Variant podcast, host and NewsMD Correspondent Jeremy Fugleberg interviews Dr. Louis Mansky, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute for Molecular Virology, about the rise of the delta variant of COVID-19, how much it has upended plans to end the pandemic is we knew it, and what we know, and don't know, about the variant. → Read More
This South Dakota nursing home was 100% vaccinated. COVID-19 broke through anyway
The COVID-19 outbreak in the Good Samaritan Society-Deuel County senior care facility in Clear Lake mirrors a rise in vaccine breakthroughs in nursing homes across the nation, as vaccinated seniors regularly deal with unvaccinated staff, visitors and community residents, face the rise of the more dangerous delta variant, and are less protected by vaccines that previously thought. → Read More
COVID-19 detonates long-standing financial woes for nursing homes
The COVID-19 pandemic tore through the region's nursing homes, killing many vulnerable elder residents, despite intense efforts to keep them safe. Now some nursing homes are facing a knock-on pandemic crisis of financial woes: Unexpected additional costs, throttled revenue and unending, expensive staff shortages. This could spell the end for some nursing homes, particularly some small rural… → Read More
NewsMD podcast 'The Health Variant' episode: 'COVID-19 Vaccine Answers'
NewsMD is a Forum Communications brand focusing on health and health care reporting, primarily in the Upper Midwest, including coverage of industry news, research, trends, technology, economic and policy issues. → Read More
Dakotas lead Minnesota in COVID-19 vaccine skeptics, resisters
North Dakota leads the nation in the percentage of people who said they're hesitant to get vaccinated, while South Dakota is home to one of the largest shares of people who said they had no plans to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Morning Consult poll released Thursday, April 22. Minnesotans, meanwhile, fall closer to the national average for vaccine hesitancy and resistance. → Read More
NewsMD podcast 'The Health Variant' episode: Cannabis Circus
NewsMD is a Forum Communications brand focusing on health and health care reporting, primarily in the Upper Midwest, including coverage of industry news, research, trends, technology, economic and policy issues. → Read More
Upper Midwest a circus of marijuana laws, proposals
A NewsMD analysis finds marijuana laws are in a state of flux in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. All three states have approved using marijuana for medical purposes. And each state is grappling with proposals that will make recreational marijuana legal, in line with a national sea change of opinion on the the drug. → Read More
NewsMD podcast 'The Health Variant' episode: COVID-19 vs. the governors
NewsMD is a Forum Communications brand focusing on health and health care reporting, primarily in the Upper Midwest, including coverage of industry news, research, trends, technology, economic and policy issues. → Read More
NewsMD podcast 'The Health Variant' launches, offers behind-the-scenes reporting
Hosted by NewsMD health correspondent Jeremy Fugleberg, the new podcast "The Health Variant" will take listeners behind the scenes of health reporting across the Forum Communications Co. footprint of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. It will also dig into health topics important to the region and introduce listeners to must-know research and people. → Read More
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and rapper Lil Nas X spar on Twitter over $1,018 'Satan Shoes'
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem called out rapper Lil Nas X via Twitter on Sunday, March 28, for his sale of the Nike shoes that had been modified to include a pentagram and a drop of blood, marketed as "Satan Shoes," framing them as part of the souls of children. → Read More
Officials ask consumers to conserve electricity to aid cold-strangled power grid
The electrical grid operator for 14 central U.S. states, including North and South Dakota, instituted its most serious level of alert for the first time in its history on Monday morning. Southwest Power Pool officials said electrical demand was exceeding generation, power surpluses had dropped below critical reserve levels, and it must force utilities to institute rolling outages or face more… → Read More
How COVID-19 measures throttled this flu season
Flu season should be hammering the Upper Midwest right now. It's not, and health experts say measures taken to fight the spread of COVID-19 are working to fight the flu too. → Read More