No Messing Around.
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The Dakota Scout is South Dakota’s leading journal of politics and culture, locally owned and printed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.Veteran reporters Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve cofounded the newspaper in 2022. Together, they have more than 40 years of combined experience in South Dakota journalism, earning them reputations as dogged reporters who’ve not lost touch with their neighbors’ sensibilities.
The Scout’s logo is modeled after famous surveyors Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, representing our relentless pursuit of truth in a vast, new era of South Dakota journalism.
Stay on top of what’s happening at Sioux Falls City Hall and the State Capitol in Pierre with breaking news, investigative reporting and a constant drumbeat of information about the world around you.
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The Dakota Scout prints and distributes a newspaper each Friday without charge at convenient stores, grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars and waiting rooms. Signing up today ensures you’ll receive the digital version of the weekly newspaper in your inbox each week.
Our weekly print newspaper hits newsstands every Friday in Alexandria, Aberdeen, Baltic, Brandon, Brookings, Canton, Chester, Colton, Colman, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Emery, Harrisburg, Hartford, Madison, Mitchell, Pierre, Sioux Falls and Tea.
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To submit a letter to the editor or guest column, email our staff at [email protected]. Guest columns must be between 400-1,000 words, include a brief biographical note about the author and should be accompanied with a photograph of the author.
Letters to the editor are 400 words or less and must be submitted with information that identifies the author and where the author resides.
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