Sioux Falls News

For Meat Plant Workers, Virus Makes a Hard Job Perilous

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Kulule Amosa’s husband earns $17.70 an hour at a South Dakota pork plant doing a job so physically demanding it can only be performed in 30-minute increments. After each shift last week, he left exhausted as …

Street Safety Campaign Prompts Warnings in Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, S.D., police targeted about two dozen people with warnings each day during the first week of a campaign aimed at enhancing safety on city streets. The push to change behavior was prompted by a summer of fatal accidents …

Sioux Falls Police Announce Crosswalk Patrol Initiative

The Sioux Falls, S.D., police department has announced a new initiative to make travel safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Argus Leader reports that citywide patrolling of crosswalks will begin to increase Wednesday. Police will focus on areas with heavy …

Sioux Falls Dips Into Reserves for Storm Cleanup

The Sioux Falls City Council is taking $8 million from the South Dakota city’s reserve fund to cover most of the cost of cleaning up from a three-day snow and ice storm in April, while officials debate whether to accept …