Flu

The community of Hartford says goodbye to their beloved Elementary Counselor Kieron Murphy.

Comedian Jim Gaffigan once said, "Gee, thanks for the robe for Christmas...I can't wait to get the flu." Hold on there fella...this year's bug look a little nasty.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Health officials in the Dakotas say they're seeing cases of H1N1 flu — the same strain that caused a pandemic four years ago.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Department of Health says as the flu season begins, Rapid City is coughing and aching worse than any other South Dakota city.

SIOUX FALLS - According to KSFY-TV, a sixth-grade student at St. Mary School in Sioux Falls has died as a result of Influenza A. JP Peters died on Saturday.

SIOUX FALLS - South Dakota Department of Health officials say 30 people in the state have died from the flu, making it the deadliest winter in eight years.

HURON - A Huron hospital is restricting visitors because of widespread respiratory flu cases around South Dakota and specific instances of stomach flu around the city.

Now this may be just what you need, if you've been fighting influenza: a sorbet for people who have the flu. I'd never heard of such a thing, but something that came by e-mail quotes a story in the New York Post, and it sounds like somebody's old family flu remedy, although it's definitely not from my family...

Boosting your immune system is your best ammo.

Many businesses are doing what they can to slow the spread of this year's early and aggressive flu virus.