Category: Breaking News

Nice to spin the radio dial while driving around the country and catch some local news with back-home connections!

Yes, everyone’s favorite part-time Sioux Fallsian is still out there, working hard on the behalf of her man, Mr. Putin. In an interview with the BBC she got a chance to share here message with the world… that the Ukrainians are bombing themselves in an attempt to make the peaceful Tzar Putin look like a war-criminal. Who’dda thunk it! Thanks, Maria for setting us straight on that. Glad to know the truth.

What a nut!

Political blogger and watchman Cory Heidelberger crunched the numbers for us, and found that voter registration for the Libertarian Party has jump by 9.55%! But don’t get too excited, Freedom Lovin’ Folks… there’s still only 2,605 of y’all. That’s only half-a-percent of registered voters.

As he reports:

“There are 279,331 registered Republicans, 152,709 Democrats, 139,874 independents, and 2,605 Libertarians. If Libertarians can continue their annual growth rate of 9.55%, their ranks will top 100,000 in South Dakota in 2062.”

So keep the faith! In forty years you might have a voting bloc the Republicans will have to take seriously!

Honestly, we’re kinda surprised you’re not doing better. We know some good people working hard for Libertarian-leaning groups, and with the post-Trump weirdness in the GOP, there are plenty of younger folks that stammer a “well, I’m kinda Libertarian” when pressed on their political values. Maybe you kids just aren’t registered? Or maybe you register as an R or D strategically to better vote in primaries?

That might be wishful thinking.

Whatever your take on the issues, get educated and then get involved, m’kay? See you at the polls!

We guess this is good news. It can’t hurt, right? Here’s the deal: Effective Jan 1st, the minimum wage in South Dakota has increased by $0.50 to $9.95/hr.

So here’s what we’re wondering: Who’s making the official minimum right now? Not to sound like out-of-touch elitist snobs, but we don’t know of anybody. Our friends working “minimum wage” jobs have been making over $10 for awhile now. (Mind you, these are mostly part-time hustles or seasonal gigs.)

And every Taco John’s or shelf-stocking position seems to be loudly declaring that they’re hiring at something more like $12-$15.

Maybe that’s a Sioux Falls thing? Wages in the “big city” might be higher than they are in small towns. Maybe this will make an impact for the folks out in Menno. Anyway, if you’ve got the scoop, drop us a line and let us know.

With inflation on the rise and Covid still cutting into many working hours, every little bit helps. No doubt you’ve earned it.

Sioux Falls started taking applications to open a medical marijuana dispensary on October 29th. And so far not one person has turned in the forms. Zero. Nada. Zilch.

So the good news? There’s still time to get yours in to claim one of the five (five! yes, five!) spots! The bad news? Getting your store up-and-running is going to be a real hassle.

With unsettled court challenges lingering and Noem’s icy stare looming, it’s still not a sure thing that the MJ industry (medical or otherwise) will get off the ground.

And then there’s the onerous zoning laws that have boxed in (or out, if you will) most of the good spots. Take a look at the map below and just try to find a cool location to make your herbal dreams come true. Between state-level foot-dragging and the passive-aggressive legislation coming from city council, you’d have to be high to submit a THC-based business plan at the moment.

The green’s where you could make some green selling some green. Dark is a go, light is currently up for (endless) debate.

If you haven’t found yourself waylaid by a Gilli’s burrito in the wee-hours of the night, you haven’t partied in Sioux Falls. That’s facts. And Gilliberto’s always seemed like a safespace too, where everyone could show up, united by the basic human compulsion to revel in adobado, cabeza, lengua, and a side of guac.

Until this weekend when shots rang out.

Seriously guys, what you gotta do this? There were ten shots fired at our local Walgreen’s this summer. My kid spotted a drug deal in the parking lot of HyVee. We watched the mobile crime unit investigating a sketched-out minivan at a south-side Burger King a few weeks ago.

Sioux Falls is definitely experiencing some growing pains. Not that we’re special. Per-capita crime isn’t much different here than any similarly-sliced chunk of America. (Last year we watched the cops amass at a tidy suburban California shopping center, between a Marshall’s and a boba-tea joint. Why? Some wanna-be gangbangers had a throw-down there the day before and social media was indicating they were going to do it again.)

Chill out, y’all. Everyone’s begging for workers. We’ve got plenty of entertainment. Local bands would love to have a few new fans. Don’t you have something better to do than strut your stuff over a little baggy of ditchweed? Let’s figure this out before a stray bullet puts a tragic end to some burrito-lovin’ kid’s life. Seriously.