• Boil before drinking, northeast-siders. The city on Tuesday announced a precautionary boil water advisory after a mishap near Arrowhead Parkway and Veterans Parkway that has potential to release "unsatisfactory" water into the system, per a news release. Folks in the northeast side of town should boil water – a rolling boil for at least three minutes – before drinking it, brushing teeth, cooking or washing dishes with it. Learn more here.
  • 💰Counties advance budgets – but not without drama. Both Lincoln County and Minnehaha County held public hearings for their 2026 budgets Tuesday morning, but not without a little contention, particularly for our neighbors to the south.
    • In Lincoln County, commissioners ultimately voted 3-2 to advance the 2026 budget after Tuesday's hearing.
      • Before that vote, they debated the merits of buying in to local economic development organizations like the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Sioux Metro Growth Alliance. Ultimately, those memberships were not funded.
      • Additionally, Commissioner Jim Schmidt proposed cutting nearly all government funding for local nonprofits including the Children's Home Shelter for Family Safety, Helpline Center, Compass Center, Sanford Health and LifeScape. That motion failed, and funding stayed in place.
    • Meanwhile, in Minnehaha County, commissioners discussed increasing funding for The Link to help address the opioid epidemic. That'd bump the annual funding up from $400,000 to $600,000.
    • What happens next? Final action on both budgets will come later this month.

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  • Corrections secretary resigns. South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko submit her resignation amid calls for change from state lawmakers. South Dakota Searchlight and SDPB both have great explainers on what this means (and how it paves the way) for a proposed new $650 million jail.
  • Levitt sees record-breaking year. More than 120,000 people participated in Levitt programming this summer, according to a news release sent Tuesday. It's an all-time record for the concert venue in a season that brought more than 100 performance groups and 600 artists to the Levitt stage. Brulé drew the biggest crowd with 15,000 people across two nights, and the That Sounds Decent festival brought in another 5,500 with Soulcrate headlining.
    • What's next? The Levitt recently broke ground on a new expansion adding more indoor space for green rooms that's expected to be completed before the 2026 season. Expanded office and indoor programming spaces is expected to open later in the fall.
  • A milestone local business anniversary. Wayne & Mary's Nutrition Center is celebrating 55 years in business this month, and as part of the celebration, they're having all sorts of special giveaways, BOGO offers and prizes for customers. They're also donating a portion of the proceeds from Wayne & Mary's brand products to local nonprofit Bread Break, which promotes food security and reducing food waste.