Good morning, Sioux Falls.

LifeScape dedicated a time capsule on Oct.

23, 2026, at its new Children's Campus in northwest Sioux Falls (it will be opened in 100 years) and placed artifacts documenting the agency's history inside.

Sioux Valley Energy and Southeastern Electric Cooperative honored meter coordinator Sheryl Fromm and engineering manager Michele Nielson on Oct.

28 for National Co-op Month (Careers in Energy Week), highlighting their technical work and the growing demand for skilled co-op energy jobs.

Nielson Construction recently launched a community partner program offering a $15,000 credit toward any move-in-ready or pre-designed Nielson home for firefighters, police, EMS, 911 dispatchers, teachers, and active-duty, Guard, Reserve and veteran military members.

Buyers can stack it with the city's incentive if the home is $385,000 or less; Nielson listings start at $280,000.

Dick's House of Sport has opened at The Empire Mall, filling the former Sears space with a more than 100,000 sqft experiential store offering an outdoor turf field, climbing wall, golf bays with TrackMan simulators + a multisport cage.

The store will hold a grand opening Nov. 6-8 with a ribbon cutting at 8:45 a.m. Nov. 6 featuring Adam Vinatieri and a Kyle Rudolph meet-and-greet noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8; wristbands will be distributed when the store opens.

A new mural, "The Stage That Raised Us," was installed in early October on the Orpheum Theater's north exterior wall downtown, designed by Sioux Falls artist Jenae Porter using feedback from youth workshops and the Sidewalk Arts Festival (Spotlight Theatre, The Penguin Project, Premier Playhouse).

The South Dakota Department of Transportation is gathering public feedback for a Sioux Falls railroad crossing safety study with an open house set from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sioux Falls City Center.

The regional study will evaluate 130 crossings across the Sioux Falls MPO including Crooks, Harrisburg, and Brandon, and written comments are open online until Nov. 30.

South Dakota recorded a record 214 suicide deaths in 2025, an 8% rise from 198 in 2024, with rates highest among men and American Indian people.

The Department of Health is expanding (988) prevention toolkits for blue-collar workers and Native American men, offering free materials and placing 115 signs with 200 more planned.

Wellmark says financial differences are the main issue after Sanford gave a July 1, 2027 contract deadline.

The insurer says it has deals with other state providers and welcomes continued talks so members can keep seeing their doctors.

Hy-Vee and 17 vendor partners donated $575,000 to Children’s Miracle Network on Wednesday to support 15 Midwest children’s hospitals; nearly $28,000 will go to Sanford Children’s Hospital for child life services, chaplain and teacher support, family assistance, and Camp Bring It On (summer camp for kids with cancer).