Community Why Sioux Falls is looking to businesses for help solving the childcare crisis Leaders of a community initiative to find solutions say there's one group who will need to play a bigger role in finding solutions: local businesses.
Education Where Sioux Falls high schoolers go after they graduate In general fewer kids are going to college now than they were five years ago.
Education What Sioux Falls schools are prioritizing this budget season The Sioux Falls School District is focused on making sure money spent is going toward programs that make a real difference for kids. Here's how they'll do it.
Simplified Presents This new development will bring much-needed housing to Dell Rapids A new housing development will open up 105 lots on the north side of 15th Street in Dell Rapids. Here's how it came together and what happens next.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Nov. 25, 2022 Why shopping small matters and an event guide for your holiday weekend.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Nov. 23, 2022 This week, we simplify a new city website, a local coloring book and a bunch of Super Simplified headlines before the holiday weekend.
City Why the city is spending $600,000 on a new website The City of Sioux Falls is in the early stages of a roughly 18-month process to update the entire city website. All told, it'll be a $600,000 affair.
Simplified Presents Your guide to recycling over the holidays Here's a guide to what can go in the recycling bin, and what should go to the trash (or other places) instead.
Community This local artist made a coloring book version of Sioux Falls She's created 15 drawings to give people a chance to channel their inner artist and celebrate various landmarks and local businesses around Sioux Falls.
Simplified Presents Hard time sleeping? Your mattress might be the problem If you're feeling tired, having trouble getting comfortable in bed or are unable to sleep through the night, your mattress might be the problem.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Nov. 18, 2022 See updated skate park renderings, get smart about a new business child care collaborative and catch up on upcoming events.
Simplified Presents This growing manufacturing business is expanding in Humboldt First Manufacturing employs 40 people in the region, and a new facility in Humboldt will promote and support further growth.
Get Smart Get smart about a new statewide child care collaborative with Kayla Klein Kayla Klein is the director of Early Learner South Dakota, one of the partners in the new South Dakota Child Care Business Collaborative.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Nov. 16, 2022 This week, we simplify the future of Sioux Falls pools, video lottery caps, laws schools want to see and the Sanford Health merger.
City Here's an early look at future Sioux Falls pools Sioux Falls will have three brand new pools and a couple more upgraded ones in the coming years.
Education What Sioux Falls schools want lawmakers to prioritize in Pierre The big takeaways? They want to change how school board elections happen, and pay special attention to juvenile justice and funding.
City Council votes to limit video lottery in Sioux Falls There's now a cap of 186 video lottery licenses in the city.
Health Sanford Health looks to merge with Minneapolis-based health system Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services are looking to team up.
Newsletter Your weekend, simplified: Nov. 11, 2022 Voter turnout, simplified. Plus see an update on how the mission is turning old clothes into roofing materials, and catch the weekly event guide.
Elections Analysis: Sioux Falls has more registered voters, but fewer showing up at the polls An increasing percentage of registered voters aren't voting, according to a Sioux Falls Simplified analysis of two decades of turnout data.
Community How the mission turned a truckload of unusable clothes into $10,000 In its first load, the mission saved 45,000 pounds of clothes from going to the dump.
Newsletter Your week, simplified: Nov. 9, 2022 This week, buckle up. It's a newsy one. We simplify election results, housing for formerly incarcerated folks and a planetarium at the pavilion.
SoDak Simplified What we know so far about election results South Dakotans largely know who's representing them in Congress, in Pierre and in the Governor's mansion – though some tight legislative races are close enough that we might see a recount.
Why a planetarium is the next big project at the Pavilion The CineDome needed a more sustainable future plan, and the planetarium was the right idea at the right time, museum officials say.
County How a new partnership and a potential $4 million grant will address unique housing needs The county is asking for an additional $4 million to help fund a unique partnership with the Glory House to help house people who've been incarcerated.
