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Zimmer: A look at South Dakota's long history in the NFL Draft

1 day ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer

GREEN BAY — The last time there wasn't a single NFL Draft pick from South Dakota was in 2016. That year's South Dakota State Jackrabbits team had a handful of players who would eventually make their way to the doorstep of the NFL (some of whom are still playing today), but they were underclassmen. The development of NFL talent within South Dakota's high school and college programs was just beginning.
Thieves steal campaign funds from political committees and politicians, including Thune

2 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer |Patrick Lalley

Senate Majority Leader John Thune , R-South Dakota, is one of the most powerful members of Congress. But even he is not immune from thieves who’ve been raiding the accounts of politicians and political committees with near-impunity. Thune’s leadership political action committee, Heartland Values PAC , lost $5,949 in a “check fraud” incident on Nov. 1, according to Federal Election Commission records .
Augustana to begin $2.9 million Elmen Center project, will bring basketball back to campus

2 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer

SIOUX FALLS — Augustana basketball is coming back to campus. The University announced Tuesday a $2.9 million project to renovate the on-campus Elmen Center, sparked by a $2 million gift from the Bob & Rita Elmen and James & Eloise Elmen Family Foundations.
NFL Draft Preview: Grey Zabel could go in first round, but will any other South Dakotans get the call?

2 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Matt Zimmer

GREEN BAY — When Pierre's Grey Zabel hears his name called in this weekend's NFL Draft, it will mark the ninth consecutive year in which someone from South Dakota or a South Dakota college football program has been taken. If the projections out there are correct, Zabel has a good chance of going on Thursday in the first round. That would make the North Dakota State offensive lineman the first South Dakotan to be selected in the first round since Parkston's Riley Reiff in 2012.
Zeev Buium will make NHL debut in Wild playoff opener

5 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Jess Myers |John Shipley

LAS VEGAS – Even for a grizzled veteran like Wild defenseman Zach Bogosian, who has been in the NHL for 17 seasons and has a Stanley Cup title on his resume, standing in front of a backdrop that features the Stanley Cup logo as he talked to reporters in a Nevada suburb had a different feel. “This is why we play hockey,” Bogosian said of the playoffs.
Can Anthony Edwards outthink the Lakers? Timberwolves’ playoff hopes depend on it

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Jace Frederick

Saturday’s Game 1 will mark a rare first for Mike Conley in his 18-year NBA career. It’s the first time he’ll meet up with LeBron James in a playoff series. It’s remarkable that two players so accustomed to the postseason have never met on such a stage, but Conley has spent his entire career in the Western Conference, and James spent the first two-thirds of his in the East. But Conley has long admired one of greatest players in the game’s history from afar.
Sioux Falls battening down the hatches amid slumping tax revenues

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.
Millions spent to keep manure out of Big Sioux River paying off, speaker says

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.
Family poured passion into historic home now facing demolition

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Patrick Lalley

John and Kimberly Pederson flip through an album of photos from the early years of their family. The snapshots are misty mirrors of the hopes and dreams of the past, the kind we all collect of toddlers and Christmas trees and bright summer days. For the Pedersons, there also are pictures of cracks in the walls, a little water damage on the ceiling, a light switch plate and stripping years of paint from a hardwood door.
Blake Shelton will headline 'Jacks Bash 3' to kick off the school year at SDSU

6 days ago | siouxfallslive.com | Patrick Lalley

South Dakota State is hosting a massive party to kick off the school year in August with Jacks Bash 3, featuring country music stars Blake Shelton and Thomas Rhett. The outdoor concert at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the university’s football complex. SDSU and First Premier Bank announced the event on Friday during an event at the bank’s headquarters in downtown Sioux Falls.