Jodi Schwan

Falls Park of the future? Design competition offers glimpse of what’s possible

Get ready for a lot of big ideas for the city’s namesake park. That’s what the Falls Park design competition was all about – a hope that firms would bring their A-game, offering creative approaches to building on the park’s success and giving visitors a reason to return for years to come. Confluence, a firm

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Little-known haunts downtown to be revealed – and you can hunt for them

Mitchell Olson was hoping to learn six ghost stories about downtown Sioux Falls. He found more than 20. “I have 22-plus, and they’re still coming in, so it was way beyond what I expected,” he said. And that doesn’t count the people who alluded to their own strange encounters but neglected to make them public.

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Service club aims to add accessible playgrounds, starting at Sertoma

The Sioux Falls Noon Sertoma Club is starting a major effort to add all-abilities park equipment, potentially citywide. The effort is starting at Sertoma Park at 4300 S. Oxbow Ave. where the group hopes to replace two sections of aging equipment with new play options geared for all ages and abilities. The equipment provides a

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Road Report: Week of Oct. 4

Construction season is here, so we’re giving you a weekly look at what projects are done, where you’ll find traffic impacts and what’s scheduled next. What’s done Here’s a big one: Phillips Avenue between 14th and 18th streets has reopened to traffic. This was a major project for the season, with work that included replacement

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Zomer family wins again – get ready for another ‘Family Feud’

The Zomer family notched a second consecutive win on “Family Feud,” meaning they’ll be back to play again. The margin was closer than their first appearance, when they pitched a shutout Thursday, but still enough in the final round to prevail over the Williams family, a self-described “family of property flippers.” A crowd gathered again

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