Pigeon605 Staff

‘The Dutch on 7th’ is reborn in Cathedral neighborhood — with a mission

By Jill Callison, for Pigeon605 It was, with little exaggeration, the roughest, toughest house on the block. It was the house everyone in a neighborhood dreads, the rental property that frequently draws police officers to its front door. The party house. The drug house. But if you looked closely, you could see that it had […]

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Meet the man and the motive behind the message: You. Are. Amazing.

By Patrick Lalley, for Pigeon605 Rich Merkouris has something to tell you. You’ll see it on billboards. It will show up in social media. And you’ll hear it on the radio. You. Are. Amazing. That’s it. Just when it feels like we’ll never have a pleasant conversation that doesn’t involve politics or the pandemic.  When

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My 605: Kuol Simon

What’s home unless you make it your own? My 605 takes you inside the lives, loves and little secrets of those who call South Dakota – area code 605 – home. This week’s My 605 features Kuol Simon, director of philanthropy and community engagement for ACE Academy, a year-round mixed-age private school started last year,

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School news you’ll love: Must-see videos, St. Patrick’s Day fun

Amazing things happen in our schools every day — if you know where to look! Do you know some school news others would love? Let us know at [email protected]. Take a moment and enjoy the students of Whittier Middle School congratulating Dr. Ann Robertson, Native American Connections teacher, on becoming the 2021 Sioux Falls teacher

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My 605: Sadie Swier

What’s home unless you make it your own? My 605 takes you inside the lives, loves and little secrets of those who call South Dakota – area code 605 – home. This week’s My 605 features Sadie Swier, community outreach coordinator for Downtown Sioux Falls Inc. and the owner of pigeon Hattie. My home in

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