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6 unusual facts about Sioux Falls


Jack Towers

live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and, when Burris learned Ellington would be in Fargo in 1940, he asked the William Morris Agency, Ellington's agent, for permission to record the session.

Jonathan May

Jonathan would learn to play the cello at a young age, and after the family moved, he would spend his formative years in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

KLQL

KLQL (101.1 FM, "K101") is a radio station broadcasting a "Real" country music format, featuring Country music from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today, serving Luverne, Rock Rapids, and Worthington, with rimshot coverage in the Sioux Falls area.

Landsat 7

This operation was successful, and on September 5, 2003, the ETM+ instrument was turned on and acquired data that was sent to the Landsat ground system at EROS outside of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Sioux Falls Spitfire

The team played its home games at McEneaney Field on the grounds of O’Gorman High School in the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Stays in Mexico

The song features a man named Steve, who was an insurance salesman from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a woman named Gina, who was a first-grade school teacher from Phoenix, Arizona.


Alexis LeVan

LeVan graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2004 and is currently attending the University of South Dakota.

Chris Olsen

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he began piano at age 4, studied classical piano at the University of Sioux Falls, and moved to the Boulder, Colorado in 2005 studying under the instruction of Art Lande.

Crazy Horse Memorial

The memorial is to be the centerpiece of an educational/cultural center, to include a satellite campus of the University of South Dakota, with a classroom building and residence hall, made possible by a US$2.5 million donation in 2007 from T. Denny Sanford, a Sioux Falls, South Dakota philanthropist.

Karl E. Mundt

His accomplishments as a Senator included obtaining support for Missouri River projects, establishment of the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, agriculture programs, and Interstate highway construction in South Dakota.

KCPO-LP

KCPO-TV signed on the air for the first time in 1999 as a UPN and Bloomberg affiliate for Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

National Supermarkets

At its height, National's footprint extended from western Pennsylvania to Colorado, with stores in Denver, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, the Quad Cities, Indianapolis, Chicago, Youngstown, Memphis, and Nashville.

Neighborhoods of Sioux City, Iowa

The Sioux City Public Museum, located in the historic John Peirce house, is a fine example of a Victorian home in this neighborhood; it was built from Sioux Falls rose quartzite (see Sioux Quartzite for the rock unit) in 1890.


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457th Air Expeditionary Group

On Saturday, 28 July, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith lost his way while ferrying a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Sioux Falls AAF via Newark Airport.

Alan Bjerga

Bjerga began his career with the St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minn.) and also reported for the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader and The Wichita Eagle (Kan.).

Blood Run Site

The State of South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Commission, upon offer of land sale by owners Buzz and Lois Nelson and the sole civilian testimony by SD author of Blood Run (book) (a volume supported by a SD Arts Council Grant) and Sioux Falls Public Schools and Office of Indian Education teacher, Allison Hedge Coke, the Commission voted to acquire the area as state park land in January 2003.

Casey Crawford

After unsuccessful pre-season tryouts with various National Basketball Developmental League teams (Reno Bighorns, Sioux Falls Skyforce,Iowa Energy), Crawford was signed in November by the Coventry Crusaders of the English Basketball League Division 1 team.

History of Sioux Falls, South Dakota

In 1981, Citibank transferred its credit card operations from New York to Sioux Falls to take advantage of recently relaxed state usury laws.

KAUN

KAUN-LP, a low-power television station (channel 42) licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

KDLT-TV

At that point Channel 5 affiliated with ABC and moved its tower closer to Sioux Falls, although KCAU-TV in Sioux City was well-received in Sioux Falls as Siouxland ABC.

Kelo

KELO-FM, a radio station (92.5 FM) licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

KELO-TV, a television station (channel 11 digital) licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

KKLS

KKLS-FM, a radio station (104.7 FM) licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

KSOO

KSFY-TV, a television station (channel 13 analog/29 digital) licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, which formerly used the call sign KSOO-TV

KMXC, a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Sioux Falls, SD, which formerly used the call sign KSOO-FM

KSQB

KZOY, a radio station (1520 AM) licensed to serve Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which held the call sign KSQB from 2001 to 2010

Shindler, South Dakota

In 1886 the Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern Railroad built a railway line from Larchwood, Iowa, through Granite, Iowa, Springdale Township in Lincoln County, to Sioux Falls.

Thunder Bay Chill

Chill's form improved once they returned home to Chapples Park, overturning Fort Wayne 5-1 off a hat trick by Josiah Seton, registering a hard-fought 2-1 come-from-behind win over Des Moines, and emerging victorious from a bruising 5-3 encounter with Sioux Falls.

University of Sioux Falls

Between 1929 and 1931, Sioux Falls College acquired four Baptist schools that had ceased to operate: Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa; Grand Island College, Grand Island, Nebraska; Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Iowa; and Parker College, Winnebago, Minnesota.