Joe Sneve

Sioux Falls

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Articles

South Dakota pheasant harvest soars to highest in over a decade

3 days ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

Pheasant hunting is back, baby!The state of South Dakota is touting the best bird numbers it’s seen in years following the 2024 hunting season, according to recently released harvest tallies from Game, Fish and Parks (GFP). Hunters took more than 1.3 million roosters during the 2024 season, enjoying conditions not seen in more than a decade, the agency announced Wednesday. And it was the highest pheasant harvest on record in 13 years.
Space crunch has Minnehaha County retrofitting vault into offices

3 days ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

Old, unused jail space won’t be much help as Minnehaha County Commissioners face more than $1.3 million in projected space needs for its government employees.
Sioux Falls reaches labor deals with police, fire, employee unions

4 days ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

The city of Sioux Falls has finalized new collective bargaining agreements with the three major unions representing most of its public workforce, marking the end of Mayor Paul TenHaken’s tenure with a clean labor slate. The new agreements — reached with the Sioux Falls Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 L.C., the MEA/AFSCME representing civil servants, and Local 814 of the International Association of Firefighters — will take effect in 2026 and 2027.
Amid national outbreak, South Dakota reports its first measles case of the year

4 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Joe Sneve |Trisha Taurinskas

As a national outbreak of measles continues, South Dakota has detected its first case of the year.
Showdown looms as competing election ideas emerge in Sioux Falls

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Joe Sneve |Trent Singer |Trisha Taurinskas

A high-stakes debate is taking shape inside the Sioux Falls City Council that will consider competing proposals that will determine whether voters cast ballots for mayor and city council in June or November of 2026.
Jamie Smith, enthusiastic supporters launch Sioux Falls mayoral bid

1 week ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

Standing in the shadow of the Washington Pavilion — a building that once housed his high school — state legislator and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Jamie Smith officially launched his campaign for mayor of Sioux Falls. The Dakota Scout is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “For those who have not yet met me, my name is Jamie Smith,” he said to cheers from a crowd of supporters.
The French Creek news drip, when deportation isn't justice, Doeden's lawnmower & Taffy Howard's place in the governor's race

1 week ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve |Jonathan Ellis

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:03:37Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report? Downloaded hundreds of times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes last week, there’s still time to catch up, hit the link below to listen to ‘A governor's visit, arm wrestling the boss, wrangling Rasner, taking notes & auditor aspirations’ and check out all past shows by visiting the podcast archive.
Showdown looms as competing election ideas emerge in Sioux Falls

1 week ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

A high-stakes debate is taking shape inside the Sioux Falls City Council that will consider competing proposals that will determine whether voters cast ballots for mayor and city council in June or November of 2026.
South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation command reshaped

1 week ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is putting a top cop on each side of the Missouri River. The Attorney General’s Office this month announced the creation of two new regional leadership positions within the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation, a move Jackley says is aimed at improved management and outcomes in some of the most serious cases handled by state law enforcement.
Doeden enters South Dakota governor’s race with anti-establishment assault

1 week ago | thedakotascout.com | Joe Sneve

ABERDEEN — Republican businessman and political firebrand Toby Doeden kicked off his campaign for South Dakota governor Wednesday with a promise to shake up Pierre — vowing to reject a yearly salary of $140,000, forgo the use of state-owned airplanes and abolish property taxes. Speaking to hundreds at the Wylie Park Amphitheater, Doeden leaned into his political outsider image and unveiled a populist platform rooted in spending reform and anti-establishment appeal.