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The hearings give city officials a chance to brief the council on their chunk of the $654.2 million budget proposed by Mayor Paul TenHaken.

View Comments The City of Sioux Falls is spinning up a new division aimed at simplifying how the city works to improve its neighborhoods. The duties of the Neighborhood Revitalization Division, which will officially launch June 1, range from working with neighbors on property issues and code compliance to rehabilitating older properties and boosting community engagement. Mayor Paul TenHaken announced the new division in his 2021 State of the City address, saying the city's "approach to improved accessible housing also requires continued emphasis on the preservation and revitalization of exi...

Dawley Farms was a cornfield 20 years ago. A couple thousand cars drove down Powder House Road a day, barely giving it a second glance on their way to the newly built Wal-Mart and Menards in 2002. The east-side Target didn't exist yet. The idea of an east-side movie theater was only a dream. Now, Dawley Farms is a bustling retail center in eastern Sioux Falls with more than 10,000 driving through the area each day. Housing developments are popping up all around the area, and there is soon to be more offices and mixed-retail developed right down the road. Lloyd Companies developed Dawley Farms...

Argus Leader Corrections & Clarifications Phone: 605-331-2300 The following corrections & clarifications have been published on stories produced by the Argus Leader newsroom: March 2021 News: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated a bill would change teacher certification protocols for homeschooli. The story has been amended to reflect the change. February 2021 News: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Anderson was involved in three altercations dating back to Oct. 2019 that involved a gun later used in the shooting. He was involved in arguments but they ...

By Anson Mareus SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) —  Sioux Falls has once again broken its year-end construction valuation record. The City’s Planning and Development Services Department reports that 7,222 building permits filed in 2020 were valued at $919.6 million. “To set a record this year speaks to the resiliency of our City and represents our confidence in the future,” said Jeff Eckhoff, Director of Planning and Development Services. “I am extremely proud of our staff who, with the rest of the community, worked under unique, and often difficult, conditions to get the job d...