Stu Whitney

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Patrick Lalley |Stu Whitney

Sioux Falls city councilors got a glimpse at where the city’s revenues are headed Tuesday, and they aren’t up. Sales tax growth slumped in the first quarter of 2025, expanding at just a smidge above 0 percent compared to last year. The 2 percent sales tax that Sioux Falls collects on goods and services is the most important revenue source – funding many employee salaries, including public safety workers – as well as road construction, maintenance and other capital projects.

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Patrick Lalley |Stu Whitney

SIOUX FALLS – Keeping cattle waste out of the river that runs through the state’s largest city will cost about $11 million over the next five years, and the city will pay more than half the price. One of the designers of the water quality program that money pays for, however, told an audience in Sioux Falls that past investments have paid off. The Big Sioux River is polluted with dissolved soils, agricultural chemicals and livestock waste beyond levels safe for uses like fishing and swimming.

1 week ago | sdnewswatch.org | Stu Whitney

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Toby Doeden was in Sioux Falls on April 9 when the Brown County Republican Party posted on Facebook about its Lincoln Day Dinner the following night, promising a “formal candidate announcement for statewide office.”Doeden, an Aberdeen businessman whose deep pockets and conservative activism have sparked speculation about a run for South Dakota governor in 2026, was the first person who came to mind for political enthusiasts.

1 week ago | mitchellrepublic.com | Stu Whitney

One of the first people Delta David Gier met after being named music director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in 2003 was Art Husboe, founder of the Center for Western Studies at Augustana University. Husboe pulled Gier aside at a dinner party and gave him a copy of “Giants in the Earth,” Ole Rolvaag’s classic 1925 novel depicting the struggles and sacrifice of Norwegian pioneers in the Dakota Territory.

2 weeks ago | sdnewswatch.org | Stu Whitney

One of the first people Delta David Gier met after being named music director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra in 2003 was Art Husboe, founder of the Center for Western Studies at Augustana University. Husboe pulled Gier aside at a dinner party and gave him a copy of “Giants in the Earth,” Ole Rolvaag’s classic 1925 novel depicting the struggles and sacrifice of Norwegian pioneers in the Dakota Territory.