City of Sioux Falls

$2 million donation could bring ice skating, new playground downtown

By Jodi Schwan | February 16, 2021

Ice skating downtown just took a huge step forward thanks to a $2 million donation. Sioux Falls business owners Garry and Dianne Jacobson are pledging to donate $2 million toward an ice ribbon at Falls […]

New at the zoo: Plans for more animals, other improvements

By Jodi Schwan | February 3, 2021

If all goes according to plan, new animals will be moving into the Great Plains Zoo and others will get new and improved homes in the coming years. “We have a big year in front […]

City begins testing ‘smarter’ parking meters

By Jodi Schwan | February 3, 2021

Downtown parking meters could be getting “smarter.” The city of Sioux Falls is testing enhanced smart parking meters that could replace the ones that have been used since 2012. The new ones offer multiple ways […]

Sioux Falls in 2030: Forecasting the city of the future

By Jodi Schwan | January 26, 2021

Want 2020 to feel as far in the past as possible? Start thinking about 2030. Your city leaders are. Land developers are. Health systems are. And so are school districts. So here’s your first look […]

Forgotten no more: Park improvements are coming to west-side neighborhood

By Jodi Schwan | January 26, 2021

Most of us won’t ever drive by Hayward Elementary unless it’s on purpose. Take 12th Street west. Pass Interstate 29. Pass Marion Road. It’s an industrial area — probably not the kind of place you’d […]

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