The Link, a 24-hour triage center for people in crisis in the Sioux Falls area, is looking for a new operator as demand for services increases.
Patient encounters at the center at 132 N. Dakota Ave. were up 8 percent year over year through July 31, totaling 2,305 compared with 3,630 in all of 2025.
The Link is meant to bring “a sense of respect and dignity for this population that doesn’t always get it,” Thomas Otten, vice president of Avera Behavioral Health Services, said in an update Tuesday to the City Council…