Liberal Democratic icon George McGovern was taken to a South Dakota hospital after falling Friday night at a nearby university, a library staff member told CNN.
The library staffer at Dakota Wesleyan University -- who asked not to be identified, because he was not authorized to discuss the incident -- said McGovern fell on the campus in Mitchell, South Dakota.
McGovern was initially sent to Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell after the fall, according to a member of that hospital's nursing staff who asked not to be named, because she was not authorized to speak on the hospital's behalf
He then was transferred to Avera McKennan Hospital about 75 miles east in Sioux Falls, because he required a higher level of care, the nursing staff member said.
McGovern is in "guarded condition ... not in critical condition, but his injuries bear watching," added the hospital staffer.
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