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Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Ramp leases, fines also set to increase downtown, but hourly cost at two ramps set to fall

Oct 6, 2026

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Commissioners approve immediate relief funded by a new half-cent sales tax; security objections raised to proposed courthouse tour

Oct 6, 2026

Todd Epp

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

District officials are urging low-income families to complete applications before Friday’s deadline for free and reduced-price meals.

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Family gifting adjoining land, increasing size of park by nearly 10 percent

Oct 6, 2026

Jonathan Ellis

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Farm diesel is now fair game on South Dakota roads

Gov. Rhoden directs state highway inspectors to stop enforcing restrictions on tax-exempt dyed diesel as states, Trump address high fuel costs

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve

Farm diesel is now fair game on South Dakota roads

Let’s eat: Choice South Dakota-raised beef awaits The Scout's subscribers

CONTEST — Rancher celebrates local journalism revival with meat giveaway through partnership with The Dakota Scout

Sep 3, 2026

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Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

District officials are urging low-income families to complete applications before Friday’s deadline for free and reduced-price meals.

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve

Trump poised to act on South Dakota senator's push to cut fuel costs

Executive order of the president follows letter from Sen. Mike Rounds Friday

Oct 5, 2026

Joe Sneve

Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

Guardsmen in Sioux Falls and Rapid City have assisted with more than 1,000 deportations

Oct 5, 2026

Jonathan Ellis

Rounds presses Trump for relief as fuel prices drag pocketbooks, GOP poll numbers

South Dakota's junior senator calls for gas tax suspension and refinery changes as inflation and affordability remain top concerns for voters

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve

South Dakota’s Democratic Congressional candidate not joining party’s socialist shift

Nikki Gronli and GOP's Marty Jackley agree in support for capitalism, Farm Bill, diverge on degree of government intervention, tariffs

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve

ANALYSIS | Ahlers’ plane allegations hit turbulence

Newspaper sued over South Dakota gubernatorial credit card records, not state airplane records

Oct 2, 2026

Joe Sneve

Sioux falls

Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Ramp leases, fines also set to increase downtown, but hourly cost at two ramps set to fall

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Commissioners approve immediate relief funded by a new half-cent sales tax; security objections raised to proposed courthouse tour

Oct 6, 2026

Todd Epp

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

District officials are urging low-income families to complete applications before Friday’s deadline for free and reduced-price meals.

Oct 6, 2026

Joe Sneve

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Family gifting adjoining land, increasing size of park by nearly 10 percent

Oct 6, 2026

Jonathan Ellis

Third defendant charged in connection with death of McKenna Wendel

Newly unsealed court documents charge sex offender as co-defendant in death of Sioux Falls 14-year-old, accusing him of selling cocaine to Mark Milk

Oct 5, 2026

Hunter Dunteman

Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

Guardsmen in Sioux Falls and Rapid City have assisted with more than 1,000 deportations

Oct 5, 2026

Jonathan Ellis

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Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Farm diesel is now fair game on South Dakota roads

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State Politics

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Trump poised to act on South Dakota senator's push to cut fuel costs

Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

Rounds presses Trump for relief as fuel prices drag pocketbooks, GOP poll numbers

South Dakota’s Democratic Congressional candidate not joining party’s socialist shift

ANALYSIS | Ahlers’ plane allegations hit turbulence

Sioux falls

Sioux Falls plans parking meter rate hike, enforcement later into evening hours

Lincoln County cuts homeowners’ property taxes by more than half

Nearly 1,000 Sioux Falls families could lose school meal help

Broin land donation to increase size of Great Bear by 20 acres

Third defendant charged in connection with death of McKenna Wendel

Rhoden extends National Guard immigration enforcement deployments

THE LATEST FROM…

Check out what veteran reporters Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve are covering as well as The Dakota Scout’s other trusted team members.

Joe Sneve

Jonathan Ellis

Dan Gehlsen

Dominik Dausch

VIEWPOINTS

Horse slaughter & smoking | 13 inches | 25 years since 9/11 | Commissioning public utility politics | Staying dry | Data center outrage & Chi-coms | Sept. 12, 2026 Frank Kloucek

English origins | Coming to America | Coaching success | Data center lobbying | Defending the Flock | Zoo ask | Turfing a field | Sept. 5, 2026 James Oppenheimer

Beating a dead pandemic | Banking on journalisms future with The Collegian | Marijuana markets | The Scout's next big step | Aug. 29, 2026 Ben Nesselhuf

Room for improvement | ‘Back to normal ... what we have here is good’ | A big job | The Democrats most winnable race? | Using AI to improve record keeping | Online & early voter registration

THE SCOUTING LOUNGE PODCAST

A weekly podcast where award-winning reporters Joe Sneve and Jonathan Ellis ditch the gotcha journalism to bring candid, behind-the-scenes conversations with South Dakota’s political leaders, celebrities and newsmakers.

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