Gene Hetland

People who live in the area of a proposed Walmart in southern Sioux Falls are getting more time. Mayor Mike Huether's office says the public hearing on the rezoning of the southwest corner of 85th Street and Minnesota Avenue has been changed from May 7 to the May 21 City Council meeting

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Gov. Dennis Daugaard and representatives from 15 business and agriculture-related groups are headed to China.
Daugaard says the week-long trade mission is aimed at continuing to develop relationships that he says were formed during a similar mission last year

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A road project that begins soon will affect travel in and around northern Sioux Falls.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the work will involve the interchange on Interstate 90 and North Cliff Avenue

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We're getting into spring, and that means construction season, here and away.

You know, the season where you're driving up to a Twins game, for example, and you either get to take a detour or drive at a reduced speed in head-to-head traffic somewhere between here and there

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Governor Dennis Daugaard says he is appointing Lucas Lentsch of Pierre to replace Walt Bones as Secretary of Agriculture.
The Governor announced that Bones is retiring after more than two years on the job to return to his farming operation near Parker

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I've written before about how it's mostly safe for any baseball fan to be optimistic at this time of year.

I love Opening Day (I capitalize the words because it's a significant day that should be a holiday)

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I can maybe say it now: I never liked the name "Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants."

Never. Not even a little bit.

Ownership has announced that the "Pheasants" name is gone, and the "Canaries" are back

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An international company that's accused of committing fraud has been issued a "cease and desist" order by a state agency in South Dakota.

The Division of Securities announced the issuance of the order to Profitable Sunrise on Tuesday

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Weekend snow in the central and eastern United States was another reminder that seeing spring on the calendar doesn't mean you're going to see spring-like weather when you look out your window.

Snow in the Sioux Falls area hasn't amounted to much--more of an annoyance than anything else, and not enough to fire up the snowblower for

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Growing grapes in South Dakota is not something we might think about.

Oh, sure, there are vineyards in our area and throughout the state, and the wine they make is good. But what if you're  not opening a vineyard? It turns out you could still grow some grapes, for whatever reason

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