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Sioux Falls, Avera and Sanford launching three-year health assessment

Sioux Falls, Avera and Sanford launching three-year health assessment

City asking residents to take online health survey before end of November

Oct 7, 2026

Jonathan Ellis

VIEWPOINT | Congress should not reopen the hemp loophole

Guest column by State Rep. David Kull, District 2

Oct 7, 2026

The Dakota Scout
VIEWPOINT | Congress should not reopen the hemp loophole

OBITUARY | Rosanne Marie Kirts, 79

Feb. 11, 1947 – Oct. 2, 2026

Oct 7, 2026

The Dakota Scout
OBITUARY | Rosanne Marie Kirts, 79

Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Ramp leases, fines also set to increase downtown, but hourly cost at two ramps set to fall

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve
Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Commissioners approve immediate relief funded by a new half-cent sales tax; security objections raised to proposed courthouse tour

Oct 6, 2026

Todd Epp
Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Let’s eat: Choice South Dakota-raised beef awaits The Scout's subscribers

CONTEST — Rancher celebrates local journalism revival with meat giveaway through partnership with The Dakota Scout

Sep 3, 2026

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Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

District officials are urging low-income families to complete applications before Friday’s deadline for free and reduced-price meals.

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve
Trump poised to act on South Dakota senator's push to cut fuel costs

Trump poised to act on South Dakota senator's push to cut fuel costs

Executive order of the president follows letter from Sen. Mike Rounds Friday

Oct 5, 2026

Joe Sneve
Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

Guardsmen in Sioux Falls and Rapid City have assisted with more than 1,000 deportations

Oct 5, 2026

Jonathan Ellis
Rounds presses Trump for relief as fuel prices drag pocketbooks, GOP poll numbers

Rounds presses Trump for relief as fuel prices drag pocketbooks, GOP poll numbers

South Dakota's junior senator calls for gas tax suspension and refinery changes as inflation and affordability remain top concerns for voters

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve
South Dakota’s Democratic Congressional candidate not joining party’s socialist shift

South Dakota’s Democratic Congressional candidate not joining party’s socialist shift

Nikki Gronli and GOP's Marty Jackley agree in support for capitalism, Farm Bill, diverge on degree of government intervention, tariffs

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve
ANALYSIS | Ahlers’ plane allegations hit turbulence

ANALYSIS | Ahlers’ plane allegations hit turbulence

Newspaper sued over South Dakota gubernatorial credit card records, not state airplane records

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve

Sioux falls

Sioux Falls, Avera and Sanford launching three-year health assessment

Sioux Falls, Avera and Sanford launching three-year health assessment

City asking residents to take online health survey before end of November

Oct 7, 2026

Jonathan Ellis
Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Ramp leases, fines also set to increase downtown, but hourly cost at two ramps set to fall

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve
Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Commissioners approve immediate relief funded by a new half-cent sales tax; security objections raised to proposed courthouse tour

Oct 6, 2026

Todd Epp
Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

District officials are urging low-income families to complete applications before Friday’s deadline for free and reduced-price meals.

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve
Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Family gifting adjoining land, increasing size of park by nearly 10 percent

Oct 6, 2026

Jonathan Ellis
Third defendant charged in connection with death of McKenna Wendel

Third defendant charged in connection with death of McKenna Wendel

Newly unsealed court documents charge sex offender as co-defendant in death of Sioux Falls 14-year-old, accusing him of selling cocaine to Mark Milk

Oct 5, 2026

Hunter Dunteman

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Horse slaughter & smoking | 13 inches | 25 years since 9/11 | Commissioning public utility politics | Staying dry | Data center outrage & Chi-coms | Sept. 12, 2026 Frank Kloucek

Horse slaughter & smoking | 13 inches | 25 years since 9/11 | Commissioning public utility politics | Staying dry | Data center outrage & Chi-coms | Sept. 12, 2026 Frank Kloucek

Sep 12, 2026

English origins | Coming to America | Coaching success | Data center lobbying | Defending the Flock | Zoo ask | Turfing a field | Sept. 5, 2026 James Oppenheimer

English origins | Coming to America | Coaching success | Data center lobbying | Defending the Flock | Zoo ask | Turfing a field | Sept. 5, 2026 James Oppenheimer

Sep 5, 2026

Beating a dead pandemic | Banking on journalisms future with The Collegian | Marijuana markets | The Scout's next big step | Aug. 29, 2026 Ben Nesselhuf

Beating a dead pandemic | Banking on journalisms future with The Collegian | Marijuana markets | The Scout's next big step | Aug. 29, 2026 Ben Nesselhuf

Aug 29, 2026

Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration

Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration

Aug 22, 2026

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