Archive - The Dakota Scout

SCOUTING REPORT | Honoring heroes, Outdoor Campus events, joy of gardening, feeding seniors

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

11 hrs ago • Jonathan Ellis

Edmunds County puts final touches on $8.4 million jail

Sheriff Jonathan Waldner hoping extra cells will generate revenue for county

15 hrs ago • Elisa Sand

Rhoden's Sioux Falls, Rapid City airport funding idea survives legislative flak

House Speaker Jon Hansen tried to shoot down measure with super majority requirement

17 hrs ago • Jonathan Ellis

Steven Lyle Hendrickson, 78

May 24, 1947 - March 4, 2026

Mar 7

Classroom disruptions, violence drag teaching profession in South Dakota

Alternative approach to student discipline gaining traction with educators, lawmakerrs

Mar 7 • Jonathan Ellis

Vincent Gene Eide, 70

January 20, 1956 - February 28, 2026

Mar 7

Making a mayor mad | Crafting contracts | SNAP success | Stressing war | Balancing a budget | Policing in Sioux Falls | Creating a new tax

Listen now | Sponsored by Juna Sleep Systems & Beal Distributing | The Scouting Lounge hosts Jason Holbeck and Logan Eilers with the Sioux Falls Police…

Mar 6 • Joe Sneve, Jonathan Ellis, and The Dakota Scout

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Legals & Public Notices: March 6, 2026

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

Mar 6

South Dakota's largest city won’t host state basketball tournament for first time in decades

Venue scheduling conflicts send three South Dakota high school tournaments to Rapid City this March

Mar 6 • Virginia Olson

Crossword, Sudoku answers: March 6-12

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Mar 6 • The Dakota Scout

First big test of Rhoden property tax plan on its way to becoming law

Counties would be allowed to impose a sales tax in order to reduce property taxes under plan approved by House

Mar 5 • Jonathan Ellis

SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Sioux Falls defends story-telling sculptor behind Fawick Park Statue of David

This week in South Dakota history: Feb. 27-Mar. 5

Mar 5 • Dan Gehlsen

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