George McGovern enters hospice care

Former senator George McGovern was admitted Monday to a Sioux Falls hospice, but details of his condition were not expected to be released until later Tuesday.

"We can confirm that Sen. McGovern is a patient at our Dougherty Hospice House, but we really don't have any information beyond that point," Avera McKennan spokeswoman Michelle Pellman said.

ON POLITICS:: McGovern enters hospice care

The Associated Press reported that his daughter, Ann McGovern of Sioux Falls, said: "He's coming to the end of his life." She declined to elaborate.

Marshall Matz, a friend and former staffer of McGovern's who worked with the former senator on food and poverty issues, said by e-mail that McGovern was taken to hospice Monday afternoon. He added that he wouldn't know more about McGovern's condition until after he reached family members Tuesday.