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You can check out books for your kids through Siouxland Libraries. You can send a document to be printed via your cellphone to the branch libraries in Sioux Falls and Brandon and pick it up there. Your book club can choose its selection for September and reserve up to 12 kits containing not only the […]
Astounded and chagrinned, Art Slumskie walked out of his meeting with Darrell Schultz. He thought his interview to be a salesman at Westmoor Music had gone perfectly, and he couldn’t believe he hadn’t been offered the job immediately. “Three, four days later, I was getting kind of mad, and I thought, what have you got
Longtime Westmoor Music leaders reflect as one of Empire Mall’s oldest businesses closes Read More »
Ever since it held its grand opening as the Sioux Empire Plaza on Sept. 24, 1975, The Empire Mall has seen ongoing changes as businesses opened and others closed. Take Westmoor Music, for example. When it opened in August 1977, it was the second music store to occupy the same space in the JCPenney wing.
Then & Now: The Empire Mall Read More »
Victoria Walgrave-Charlson and Ophelia the ragdoll cat met when the owner was 14 and the pet was 3. They had six years together at the family home near 26th Street and Sierra Circle before Ophelia vanished one day. Five years later, Walgrave-Charlson tragically died. When her family put together a final tribute, they emphasized that
Family’s cat, missing for 8 years, returns for incredible reunion Read More »
A pop-up grocery store will bring inexpensive products to the public while helping reduce waste in the local landfill. Fair Market, a reduced-price food store, and the Multi-Cultural Center at 515 N. Main Ave. are collaborating on the event, which could become a monthly offering. The first one is scheduled for 1 to 6 p.m.
Pop-up grocery store to bring affordable options to diverse community Read More »
When a dog leaves Amy Wickman’s grooming business, it has been trimmed, pedicured, bathed, styled again, fluffed and pampered. It also has been loved. Because Wickman and others who become groomers wouldn’t do it if they didn’t enjoy being around the animals who may come in their studios doubtful but leave immaculately coifed, prancing down
New, relocated pet parents cause surge in demand for dog grooming Read More »
Eleven months ago, when Steve Blumke and Lisa Esser served a burger to a first-time customer, they had no idea it would change their lives. The customer: Scott Blount, senior broker associate with Lloyd Cos. He had stopped by Papa Woody’s Wood Fired Pizza to try the eatery’s entry in the annual Downtown Burger Battle
Burger Battle champs prepare to defend title while working on expanded new location Read More »
Christmas lights draped across Phillips Avenue and hanging from light posts have been a holiday tradition in downtown for decades. Over the years, however, their appearance has changed. This is downtown Sioux Falls this Christmas season. Charlene Hall shared this photo taken on Phillips Avenue in 1968. She called it an “idyllic Christmas scene
Then & Now: Downtown Christmas scenes Read More »
Santa Claus in a bathtub, scrubbing his back. Santa cheerfully offering a holiday greeting by mooning his viewers. Santa with his arms outstretched. St. Nick with a beard that’s soft to the touch and a satiny robe. Two St. Bernards, puffy stand-ins for the real dogs who live there. Angels. Christmas trees. The Grinch after
Behind this yard of inflatables is couple with boundless Christmas spirit Read More »
Porter is a snappy little girl with blond hair tied up in pigtails and a quick wit. She loves collecting things but has a problem: what to save and what to toss. “She can’t decide what’s good and what’s gross,” author Sean Covel said. “She loves everything equally, and she tends to hoard.” But Porter
South Dakota collaborators create children’s book that kids ‘can’t get enough of’ Read More »