Downtown boutiques are banding together to encourage people to shop local and to come downtown, even when it's cold.

It's been over a year since the city convened a task force to study homelessness in Sioux Falls -- have things gotten better?

Within just over a week, friends, family and the broader Sioux Falls community have raised more than $16,000 to support 34-year-old Ty Vuong.

A partnership between Augustana University and the Promising Futures Fund is giving dozens of Sioux Falls middle schoolers a chance to perform at the Washington Pavilion.

The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society has seen a nearly 23% increase in animal adoptions this year over last. Leadership credits community partnerships, open doors and Tik Tok.

Vicki Stewart is the executive director of Employment Disability Resources. She sat down with Sioux Falls Simplified to chat about National Disability Employment Awareness Month

A Rapid City foundation is laying the groundwork for a program where parents only pay one third of the cost of childcare.

A mobile grocery store is ready to hit the road next week, bringing fresh produce and affordable food to areas of town where groceries aren't otherwise accessible.

Victim advocates hope raising awareness and removing stigma will help reverse the trend.

Here's a "simplified" roundup of where to find all sorts of fall fun in the region.

Erica Lessman is a cancer education and outreach coordinator at Sanford who has worked for more than a decade to help educate Sioux Falls' diverse populations about the importance of regular checkups and cancer screenings.

There's a sense of tension between the City of Sioux Falls a number of local artists. But recent changes to a city arts board and a new full-time employee dedicated to the arts signal an opportunity for change.

The freshly renovated Wells Fargo Cinedome and Sweetman Planetarium at the Washington Pavilion is ready to show off what it can do.

Feeding South Dakota is seeing fewer large-scale donations and a significant uptick in families who need food assistance. Here’s how to help.

Here's how a six-month-old English cream golden retriever scored a college job.

A group of central Sioux Falls neighbors is looking to turn the site of a former elementary school into a public park in an effort to preserve green space in the city's most densely populated area.

The museum – which featured a collection of taxidermy – first opened in 1984.

The rate of recycling – i.e. the percentage of waste that gets diverted from the landfill – has seen a steady decline over the last five years. Here's what we know about why that's happening.

It's back-to-school season! I looked for the best deals around town on school supplies – here's what I found.

Sioux Falls doesn't have enough affordable housing options available for people with low wages, from preschool teachers to grocery store clerks to hospitality workers.

It's World Breastfeeding Week. Sioux Falls Simplified talked to several women in town about how they're finding support and where they could use more help.

More than 100 local artists will bring their talents to the stage in the inaugural Live & Local Series at the Washington Pavilion.

A two-day forum this week brought food producers, restauranteurs and nonprofits together to find some fast, tangible solutions to food insecurity in Sioux Falls.

Ashley Ballou-Bonnema founded nonprofit Breathe Bravely to share the healing powers of singing with cystic fibrosis patients worldwide