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The Sioux Falls City Council is on the hunt for a new member.

Larry Rhoden isn’t ready to move out of the Governor’s Mansion.

The state’s top legislative oversight committee moved Thursday to require the Department of Education to give an annual performance update amid slumping student achievement numbers.

When contractors first cracked into the exterior walls atop the Washington Pavilion, they knew a mammoth job awaited them.