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View Comments Authorities responding to a report of an assault and attempted abduction were taken on a high-speed chase from Parker to Sioux Falls on Wednesday night. Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Turner County deputies responded to Get N' Go in Parker for a report of an assault and abduction attempt, according to a post on the agency's Facebook page. When Turner County deputies approached the vehicle, the driver fled the scene in a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee and went east at a "high rate of speed," the post said. The deputies were able to identify the license plate and pursued the vehicle. A...

An apartment complex in northwestern Sioux Falls is one step closer to completion after the Sioux Falls City Council approved its rezoning plan at its Tuesday meeting. The rezoning was one of two controversial items that passed at the meeting, after previously drawing heated discussion and ire from the public and councilors alike. The plan, which passed 7-0 after Councilor Alex Jensen recused himself, rezones 18.94 acres near the intersection of West Benson Road and North Marion Road for the construction of eight apartment buildings and several villas. The application is actually a "downzone"...

The Sioux Falls School District's first class of Spanish Immersion students will graduate this spring, and parents and students are praising the program's success. The district's school board heard report from school officials at Monday night's meeting about how the program, which opened in one elementary school in 2008, has gone for the last 13 years. And that included first-hand accounts from those about to cross the stage. From its inception in 2008, the program’s first kindergarten class included 25 students at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Now, those students are graduating from high s...

Avera and Avera McKennan has been named as one of IMB Watson Health Top 15 Health Systems in the nation.  The IBM Watson Health study used performance indicators such as: lower inpatient mortality rates and fewer patient complications, lower 30-day readmission rates, faster emergency care and higher patient ratings of their overall hospital experience.  Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls was also named as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health.  “This award recognizes the consistent and innovative care Avera provides - no matter whic...

Group protests police brutality through downtown Sioux Falls A group of people met at a park in downtown Sioux Falls on Sunday to protest police brutality. Abigail Turner, a student at Roosevelt High School, said she’s seen an increase in police brutality and deaths recently and wanted her message to be heard. She started with a protest at her high school on Friday and on Sunday organized another one in downtown Sioux Falls. The protest was organized by word of mouth and on the social media app Snapchat. According to the flyer shared on social media, the Justice For Daunte Wright rally was...