Erica Lessman is a cancer education and outreach coordinator at Sanford who has worked for more than a decade to help educate Sioux Falls' diverse populations about the importance of regular checkups and cancer screenings.

There's a sense of tension between the City of Sioux Falls a number of local artists. But recent changes to a city arts board and a new full-time employee dedicated to the arts signal an opportunity for change.

The freshly renovated Wells Fargo Cinedome and Sweetman Planetarium at the Washington Pavilion is ready to show off what it can do.

Feeding South Dakota is seeing fewer large-scale donations and a significant uptick in families who need food assistance. Here’s how to help.

Here's how a six-month-old English cream golden retriever scored a college job.

A group of central Sioux Falls neighbors is looking to turn the site of a former elementary school into a public park in an effort to preserve green space in the city's most densely populated area.

The museum – which featured a collection of taxidermy – first opened in 1984.

The rate of recycling – i.e. the percentage of waste that gets diverted from the landfill – has seen a steady decline over the last five years. Here's what we know about why that's happening.

It's back-to-school season! I looked for the best deals around town on school supplies – here's what I found.

Sioux Falls doesn't have enough affordable housing options available for people with low wages, from preschool teachers to grocery store clerks to hospitality workers.

It's World Breastfeeding Week. Sioux Falls Simplified talked to several women in town about how they're finding support and where they could use more help.

More than 100 local artists will bring their talents to the stage in the inaugural Live & Local Series at the Washington Pavilion.

A two-day forum this week brought food producers, restauranteurs and nonprofits together to find some fast, tangible solutions to food insecurity in Sioux Falls.

Ashley Ballou-Bonnema founded nonprofit Breathe Bravely to share the healing powers of singing with cystic fibrosis patients worldwide

After seeing a lemonade stand in her neighborhood, 7-year-old Zoe Bieber wanted to run one of her own.

Sioux Falls’ local theater scene is both growing and carving out new niches in culture and entertainment.

There's plenty of fun to be had to celebrate the Fourth of July in Sioux Falls. Here's a look at what's happening.

It costs more in one year to send your kid to a childcare center in Sioux Falls than it would to send them to a South Dakota state university.

Thousands of Sioux Falls families are eligible for federal funds to help support internet access.

About 50 kids will participate in the Children's Business Fair next week.

Childcare tuition is unaffordable for about 9 in every 10 Sioux Falls families who don't qualify for state childcare assistance.

Here’s a look at how the nonprofit is taking a unique, collaborative approach to making performance art accessible.

Tyler Northrup was starting to think he'd never see his kayak again. But don't worry, his story has a happy ending.

"Constant prevention and education is key to be able to identify what is happening within our community," Executive Director Becky Simmons told City Council Tuesday afternoon.