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Thrifting pro turns hobby into shopping service

Diana Janzen can claim responsibility for her granddaughter’s career. She’s the one who introduced Aftyn Janzen to the joys of thrifting, finding value in something…

What could downtown become by 2035? The planning starts today

Sioux Falls will spend the next year studying, listening and visioning around what downtown Sioux Falls could become in the next decade. The city launched…

Health officials report positive trends in COVID cases, hospitalizations

There’s “hope on the horizon,” Sioux Falls health officials said today, pointing to 10 straight days of active cases decreasing. The state reported 20,824 active…

Sioux Falls superintendent offers look at plans, priorities and leading through changing times

If there is such a thing as a normal school year, Jane Stavem hasn’t seen it in Sioux Falls yet. Stavem became superintendent in mid-2020….

School news of the week: Teacher of the Year nominees, celebrating community

Amazing things happen in our schools every day — if you know where to look! Do you know some school news others would love? Let…

Great Plains Zoo announces new addition

There’s a new tiny bundle of primate joy in the family at the Great Plains Zoo. The baby squirrel money was born overnight between Jan….

In neighborhood tucked out of sight for most, links to brighter future are being formed

By Steve Young, for Pigeon605 When children grow up with hunger, in a latchkey world where parents struggle to make ends meet and role models…

Ready for kindergarten? Review 4 things before deciding on a school

This paid piece is sponsored by Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools. If kindergarten is in your child’s future, keep these four things in mind when enrolling….

Milestone shopping spree leads to fitting winner

Eight-year-old Lily had her strategy planned out long before she gripped the handle of a shopping cart Saturday. Technically, it was her father, Steve Whitman,…

More than a marker: Effort takes shape to restore obelisk with complex history

Before there was a prison overlooking a meatpacking plant, before there was anything more than a cavalry fort in downtown Sioux Falls, there was a…

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