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Sanford Health anchoring Rapid City footprint with $300M gift

T. Denny Sanford donation marks major expansion into western South Dakota

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Jonathan Ellis
Nov 17, 2025
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Sanford Health’s yearn for westward expansion took a major leap Monday, with the state’s largest health care system announcing plans to open a new medical campus in Rapid City.

The move comes through a $300 million donation from the health care system’s namesake, billionaire banker and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, Sanford President and CEO Bill Gassen announced.

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Sioux Falls will decentralize its Spanish immersion high schoolers

Joe Sneve
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12:50 PM
Sioux Falls will decentralize its Spanish immersion high schoolers

The Sioux Falls School District is preparing a major change to its Spanish immersion program, one that will shift where hundreds of students attend high school beginning in the 2028–29 school year.

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