Opinion

The latest turn in the Village on the River project in downtown Sioux Falls was announced by Mayor Paul TenHaken last week.

The debate over a $190 million bond vote to build some new schools in Sioux Falls is heating up. It's a big number that has raised eyebrows in the city, to be sure.

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks is hellbent on changing how deer licenses are drawn.

The compromise forged over the gurgling controversy of open public input at Sioux Falls City Council meetings is a good one.

Donald Trump told Republican lawmakers in a tweet last week that trying to craft a deal on immigration, even minor adjustments, is a waste of time. It’s disappointing because we need to do something. For far too long, going back decades, we have faced this immigration dilemma. The truth is that we don’t really want to stop immigration. Our economy depends on it.

A couple weeks ago I wrote about how the City of Sioux Falls lets the grass grow tall along the Big Sioux River and some other parks in order to filter storm run-off.

The City of Sioux Falls started using unmowed strips along the Big Sioux River several years ago to help improve water quality.

We just got 13+ inches of snow in the worst blizzard I can remember in a long time. A snow alert was issued and the streets are getting plowed. And people are crying like a 2-year-old who didn't get a candy bar at the check out.

President Donald Trump had quite a week. From the FBI searching his personal lawyer's office, to pardoning Scooter Libby, to the first early details of the James Comey book, to finishing up the week with launching a round of missiles into Syria, it's fair to say that, even for Trump, it was eventful.

The results of the city election on Tuesday (April 10) were something of a repudiation of the current state of local government.