Archive - The Dakota Scout

SCOUTING REPORT | USS Pierre gift box, USD's nurse anesthesia grads, evolving fentanyl, Sioux Falls school buildings

A weekly digest of interesting local, state, national and even international developments

2 hrs ago • Jonathan Ellis

Janklow rail prophecy materializing in South Dakota decades later

Bidders answer state's call to return last public rail to private sector

2 hrs ago • Joe Sneve

CARTOON | State (Theatre) centenarian

As seen in the Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2026, edition of The Dakota Scout

3 hrs ago • Ryan M Stoick

LETTER | ICE actions in Minneapolis go too far

The recent shooting deaths of two people in Minneapolis have been met with an unsettling silence from many in positions of leadership.

20 hrs ago

January 2026

VIEWPOINT | Time to relocate our state Capitol out of Pierre

Guest column by Joe Kirby

Jan 31

South Dakota High Court deals Kevin Costner another defeat in Black Hills statue dispute

Actor had planned to use artist's bronze statues at Deadwood casino that was never built

Jan 31 • Jonathan Ellis

A very bad day | Nosey neighbors | Rescued by a former legislator | Data center defeat | The GOP's consigliere | Nibbling on property taxes…

Sponsored by Juna Sleep Systems & Beal Distributing | Mayoral candidate & state Rep. Greg Jamison stops by the Scouting Lounge to talk about the…

Jan 31 • The Dakota Scout, Jonathan Ellis, and Joe Sneve

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Sioux Falls data center vote denied

Petition drive fails to gather enough signatures to push Gemini Capital's rezone to referendum election

Jan 30 • The Dakota Scout

Jorge Vasquez, 56

May 23, 1969 — January 3, 2026

Jan 30

VIEWPOINT | We’re fed up with non-serious politicians

Guest column by Wendy Schulz

Jan 30

Crossword, Sudoku answers: Jan. 30-Feb. 5

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Jan 30 • The Dakota Scout

Legals & Public Notices: January 30, 2026

City of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls School District, Harrisburg School District, City of Baltic, Minnehaha County, Lincoln County, Name Changes, Notices to…

Jan 30

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