Sioux Falls Open Streets Event Promotes Community Engagement

It's ironic to say the least, but it should be a ton of fun!

Friday (June 6), AARP South Dakota is hosting the 'Be Part of a Community In Motion with Open Streets' event in downtown Sioux Falls.

The irony?

The 'open streets' event will actually close part of a downtown street for a short time.

From 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Phillips Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, will become a pedestrian-only zone to make room for a variety of activities including:

Sioux Falls Parks & Recreation Mobile Rec Unity
Wellness class from SiSu & Crossfit Sioux Falls
Parking lot Pickleball by Remedy
LEGO-building activities with Bricks & Minifigs

According to AARPO, a livable community is a place where people of all ages and abilities can enjoy a quality of life enhanced by vibrant public spaces, opportunities for social connection and safe places to walk.

The idea for the summer series of open streets events, happening on the first Friday of the month through August, evolved from a pilot project the partners held in October 2024 in conjunction with the DTSF Fall Art and Wine Walk.

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The open streets events are free and open to the public. The remaining 2025 events will be Red, White & Downtown on July 4 and Summer Art & Wine Walk on August 1.

13 Times Sioux Falls Made it into a 'Jeopardy!' Question

If the world was divided into Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune people, I would be down for Jeopardy! all the way. It's a lot more fun, it makes me feel smart because I can retain lots of trivia, and I am a horrible speller. So Wheel is out, no whammies.

Recently I discovered (I mean wasted a lot of time on) a website that is an archive of clues that have been on Jeopardy!.

While digging around the archive, I wanted to find out how often Sioux Falls came up in a question (Answer) on the show. Since 1990 Sioux Falls has been part of a question or an answer 13 times.

Source: j-archive.com

Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants Within 90 Minutes of Sioux Falls

Veer off the beaten path. Take a road trip and try some favorite small-town eateries. Just by driving a few miles, you could find some delicious hidden gems.

From steaks to seafood, chislic to chicken, these are out-of-the-way unexpected finds that will make your taste buds tingle.

Here's a list of 16 Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants within 90 minutes of Sioux Falls.

Gallery Credit: Karla Brown

From Blockbusters to Hidden Gems: 35 Movies That Take Place in South Dakota

When it comes to South Dakota and Hollywood, we've seen our fair share of films that have used our state as the backdrop for a number of productions over the years. They may not have always filmed here, but movie folk love to set stories here.

We're all familiar with the blockbusters like 1990's Dances With Wolves, 1959's North By Northwest, and more recently, 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets. But our state's life on the big screen goes back nearly 100 years.

According to IMDb, it all started with Courtin' Wildcats, a 1929 film which, like so many of the 29 films on this list, is a Western set in the time before South Dakota became a state in 1889.

Gallery Credit: Jeff Harkness/B1027.com