• 🚨Last chance to sign up for camp (for real this time!).* Registration for YMCA Camp Leif Ericson closes TODAY. Don't miss your chance to give your kids an unforgettable summer camp experience at the place where Sioux Fallsians have been making summer memories for generations. Get registered here.
  • New fire station. The city this week broke ground on the new Fire Station 13 in northwest Sioux Falls at 5200 N. Career Ave. The 12,000-square-foot station is expected to cost just over $5 million, and will employ 15 new firefighters. You can find more details here.
  • Who's ready for pool season? The city this week announced outdoor pools will open May 29, weather permitting. Can't wait that long? The splash pads at both the Great Plains Zoo and Jacobson Plaza are already open. The new McKennan Park wading pool is also on track to open with the rest of the public pools, and for west-siders awaiting a new Kuehn Park pool, know that you can still enjoy the old pool while the new one is being built. Learn more about city pools here.
  • Switching up swimming lesson sign-up. The city is switching to a lottery system for swimming lesson sign-ups – probably because parents like me have been setting calendar reminders to log on at the exact moment registration opens to try to secure a spot. Here's how it'll work:
    • Participants will choose first, second and third preferences. After the lottery closes, swimmers will be randomly assigned to classes with available openings. If the first choice is full, the system will attempt to place the participant in their next choice. Anyone not placed in a class will be added to the first‑choice waitlist.
    • Learn more and sign up for the lottery here.
  • 🎓Congrats, grads! Nearly 1,800 Sioux Falls School District high schoolers will graduate this weekend, with ceremonies running all day Sunday at the Sioux Falls Arena. Some fun stats about this year's class:
    • 484 students are recognized as Regents Scholars by the state education department; 103 earned a Seal of Biliteracy; 13 are National Merit Finalists; and 325 are members of the National Honor Society.
    • Good job, kids! You're off to great places, as the great Dr. Seuss would say.

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