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Unlike the building that needed to go down for the events center that was eventually to be its partner, the proposed rec center for Sioux Falls was decimated Tuesday. Voters rejected it about 2-to-1 in a voter turnout of about 23 percent. Seems like quite a slap in the face to city government, the […]

Priceless Zip

You knew it had to be coming.

(The photo was e-mailed me by a friend who doesn’t know its original source. If it’s your handiwork and you want appropriate credit, let me know)

[T]his one here is a slam dunk. This is about as easy as they come.

Zip demolition contractor, Nov. 25, […]

Part of the reason we’re last?

A headline on the last page in the local news section of the local daily this morning: “Iowa slips to 41st in teacher pay rank.” You had to go to the fifth paragraph to find out South Dakota ranked dead last. (On a somewhat positive note, the NEA report (PDF file) indicates South Dakota rose […]

End of the year book lists

I will have my selections for “best books” closer to the end of the year. But, for the hell of it, here’s where I end up with a few of the best books of 2005 lists that are popping up. (For those who may be interested, Fimolculous is keeping track of the 2005 lists in […]

Big boom a big bust

The local media, particularly the daily, have been blathering about and hyping it for weeks. “It” was the plan to use explosives to bring down in one fell swoop a 202-foot concrete feed mill not too far from downtown Sioux Falls. The mill would be removed for commercial development and, in the dreams of city […]