• Call me, maybe. Sioux Falls School Board members last week heard a proposal to update the district's cell phone policy to allow high schoolers to use their phones during lunch and during passing periods, as shared by incoming-Superintendent Jamie Nold. The recommendations for elementary and middle school were to make no changes – i.e. no phones at all during the school day.
    • Tell me more: Want to look at how students/teachers/parents felt about phone usage? Click here to see survey data included in the presentation showed to school board members.
  • Meet the Mash Madness champions. DTSF, Inc. announced the winners of all three categories in the 2025 Mash Madness competition. Remedy took home the beer win with their Huckleberry Heaven. Lucky's snagged the cocktail trophy for their Key Lime Pie-jito, and Perch won the NA category with Pandan Cloud, a vegan small-batch cold brew creation. All told, downtown businesses sold more than 7,500 drinks during the month of March as part of this competition.
  • 🌩ī¸ Alert: weather. It's Severe Weather Awareness Week, and to celebrate, you can participate in the citywide tornado drill that'll take place at 10:15 a.m. today. You won't see a practice weather emergency alert on your phone, but the city will run the outdoor warning sirens.
  • Historic preservation, or nah? City Councilors on Tuesday heard a presentation on the economic, cultural and community benefits of historic preservation efforts.
    • Meanwhile, Sioux Falls Live reports that Sanford Health is going to ask the Board of Historic Preservation this week for permission to tear down a central Sioux Falls house built by a noted local architect in the 19th century.