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Ben Pike knew his son had a musical talent when Isaac was only 6 months old. “I was changing his diaper, and he started kicking his foot over and over,” Pike said. “I could see that his timing was just perfect.” As he grew, Isaac Pike took to musical toys and later to playing his […]
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Sarah was new to Sioux Falls and in the process of transitioning out of a halfway house when she got pregnant in late 2019. She was struggling to find a job, which made it hard to find stability. At one point, Sarah — whose last name is omitted for privacy reasons — said she was
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Shaun Daniel likes to start her day with a walk around her neighborhood. She can see the historic homes, admire the cobblestone paths and, at the peak of the walk, take in a view like none other in the city. “You get to the top of Duluth and Sixth Street, and it’s an incredible view,”
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Listen closely enough on a quiet, summer day, and you probably can hear the effervescence. Tiny, boozy bubbles bursting in cans and glasses in barefoot backyards, downtown patios and poolside parties. The sounds of seltzer. Hard seltzer stormed onto the drinking scene in the past few years. Vox called it the “unofficial drink of summer
How hard seltzer came to Sioux Falls — and where to find local ones Read More »
School is out. The sun is up, and the mercury is rising. It’s officially summertime. Whether you’re looking for ways to get out and enjoy the heat or if you just want a place to cool down, we’ve got a summer bucket list curated just for you. Here are 10 things to check out in
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Students from the graduating class of 2021 will take their South Dakota roots across the country — and world — when they start college in the fall. We got data from 630 students between Sioux Falls’ four largest high schools — Lincoln, O’Gorman, Roosevelt and Washington — and, oh, the places they’ll go. But not
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Rahele Megosha speaks with a calm, even tone, even when she has just won $20,000. Megosha, a senior at Washington High School, won the national Poetry Out Loud competition Thursday night. She beat out eight other finalists from across the nation with her performance of three poems. “I am kind of still in shock,” Megosha
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It was almost like magic, Katrina Lehr-McKinney said. For a few days in the All Saints neighborhood, all the junk, old furniture, used mattresses and more disappeared. The central Sioux Falls neighborhood was selected for Project NICE –Neighborhood Improvement Complaint Easement – and Project KEEP – Keep Environmental Enhancement Permanent – city efforts that work
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Ask any woman in South Dakota’s Pink Boots Society chapter to describe a stereotypical brewmaster, and you’ll likely get the same reaction. First, they’ll laugh knowingly. Then, they’ll describe some variation of a hipster, bearded, IPA-drinking, flannel-shirt-wearing man. They laugh because there’s a grain of truth behind all stereotypes, but they also know reality looks
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Our pigeons sometimes turn into lovebirds! The Pigeon605 Blind Date series is what it sounds like: the chance to make a love connection with our team serving as matchmakers. Businesses, would you like to sponsor the next Blind Date? Email info@pigeon605.com. And thanks to JJ’s Axes and Ales for sponsoring this one! Interested in going
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