Matt Zimmer

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer

SIOUX FALLS — Jhace Woods was one of the first local standouts to get a scholarship offer from South Dakota State after the Dan Jackson regime took over for Jimmy Rogers, but the Sioux Falls Washington multi-sport standout took his time before accepting.

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins |Matt Zimmer |Makenzie Huber

The season may be over, but the work is far from done for college basketball coaches like the University of Sioux Falls' Chris Johnson, who dives right in to the rigorous postseason recruiting efforts now required in the portal era? Does the always candid and "good hang" Div. II bench boss bemoan the portal, and the new 3-balls and transition style of basketball at all levels?

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer |Makenzie Huber

Checking out some books through local libraries could soon cost more than a standard library card fee. Libraries were instructed Monday to immediately suspend use of the state’s interlibrary loan courier program. The courier service transports books and other library materials across South Dakota from the libraries that have them to those that don’t, typically faster and more efficiently than would be possible though the U.S. Postal Service.

1 week ago | newscenter1.tv | Matt Zimmer |Joshua Haiar

Checking out some books through local libraries could soon cost more than a standard library card fee. Libraries were instructed Monday to immediately suspend use of the state’s interlibrary loan courier program. The courier service transports books and other library materials across South Dakota from the libraries that have them to those that don’t, typically faster and more efficiently than would be possible though the U.S. Postal Service.

1 week ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer |Joshua Haiar

It’s out with the new and in with the old again for students in South Dakota’s English and Language Arts classrooms. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards approved revisions to the English and language arts state standards Monday in Rapid City, aligning them with a once-abandoned instructional approach in hopes of improving students’ reading comprehension. The revision follows a global debate — often called the “reading wars” — about how best to teach children to read.