Community How the Girl Scouts are preparing for cookie season Hundreds of Sioux Falls-area Girl Scouts gathered Saturday for "Cookie University," an annual event to teach girls entrepreneurship skills and get them excited about selling cookies.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Jan. 24, 2024 The latest on the city's response to childcare needs, winter fun for all, lots of events and also too many geese.
City Councilor suggests 'immediate action' in childcare "If you look at some of the research that has already been done ... the office of a childcare coordinator, or whatever you want to call it, is necessary," Councilor Alex Jensen said.
Simplified Presents How Great Bear is making winter fun accessible for everyone Winter weather doesn't have to just be tolerated – it can be celebrated. That's the philosophy Great Bear Ski Valley is bringing to its already record-breaking season.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Jan. 19, 2024 Meet some burger battlers and some doulas -- not in the same story.
Community How folks are strategizing the month-long burger battle Sioux Falls Simplified chatted with several folks about how they're approaching the battle (and is anyone going to eat all 37?).
Simplified Presents This group is working to make doulas more accessible statewide A nonprofit is working to bring prenatal, birthing and postpartum doula services to more people statewide by advocating for legislation to ensure these services are covered by Medicaid. Meet South Dakota Doulas.
City Councilors get a snapshot of the childcare crisis The city regularity oversight committee on Tuesday heard from about a half-dozen people in the childcare industry about why their industry is struggling, as well as the resulting affect on parents.
Community This comedy festival hopes to end on a high note It's the eighth and final year of the Sno Jam Comedy Festival in Sioux Falls.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Jan. 12, 2024 Sioux Falls is getting sooooo big! And so is my littlest baby <3
City What did growth in Sioux Falls look like in 2023? The City of Sioux Falls is seeing growth normalize after a couple of years of "anomaly," officials said Friday morning.
Events Stuff to do: Jan. 12-18 Food, music, shopping and comedy -- it's a full week of events in Sioux Falls!
City How a new loan program will help preserve historic homes The city announced this week a new pilot program to offer zero-interest loans to rehabilitate homes in Sioux Falls' historic districts.
SoDak Simplified Your week, simplified: Jan. 10, 2024 What's coming up in Pierre that could affect Sioux Fallsians? And a chat with Mayor Paul TenHaken.
City Here's what Mayor Paul TenHaken is watching in 2024 Mayor Paul TenHaken sat down with Sioux Falls Simplified to get into the specifics of what he expects the city will be working on in 2024.
SoDak Simplified How Noem's legislative priorities could impact Sioux Falls Gov. Kristi Noem kicked off South Dakota's 99th legislative session on Tuesday with a State of the State address focused on the top 10 ways that "freedom works here" – also the tagline for a recent state-funded marketing campaign to recruit workers to South Dakota.
Simplified Presents How the library is expanding access across the metro Siouxland Libraries has a long history of serving the rural communities in the Sioux Metro. Now, they're expanding services and programming to make it even easier for people in the region to take advantage of library resources.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Jan. 5, 2024 Peep the big giveaway inside...(plus lots of news, obvs)
Simplified Presents These women are here to help you heal Selah Space, a Sioux Falls holistic wellness cooperative, opened in 2020 with the mission of bringing healing to all aspects of a woman's life – mind, body and spirit.
SoDak Simplified What Sioux Falls-area lawmakers are focusing on in Pierre Some themes that emerged in the event this week included support for counties, funding for infrastructure, a tuition freeze for state universities and the need to discuss the ongoing childcare crisis.
SoDak Simplified How to contact your state lawmakers South Dakota's 99th annual legislative session kicks off next week.
