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Sioux Falls (/ ˌ s uː ˈ f ɔː l z / SOO FAWLZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 118th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County [10] and also extends into northern Lincoln County.
Sioux Falls Skyforce (2013–present) Augustana Vikings (2019-present) The Sanford Pentagon (colloquially known as The Pentagon ) is an indoor arena located in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . The Pentagon opened in September 2013 and has a seating capacity of 3,250 spectators.
The Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in South Dakota and one county in Minnesota, anchored by the city of Sioux Falls. The metro area is referred to locally as the Sioux Empire.
Western Surety Company is an insurance company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was founded in 1900 by attorney Joe Kirby [1] who periodically needed court bonds in connection with his law practice. [2] Headquartered in Sioux Falls, the company was run for decades by four generations of Kirbys.
Roosevelt was the third high school in the Sioux Falls School District. The school opened for the 1991–1992 school year after a $17 million construction effort. [2] Eventual overcrowding at the school was used as a pitching point for the referendum that later funded Jefferson High School. [3]
The U.S. Government purchased a two-lot parcel dedicated to the construction of a Federal building in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 22, 1891. South Dakota's first senator, Richard Pettigrew, introduced a bill to fund the structure, recommending that native Sioux quartzite be used for its construction.
Location of Minnehaha County in South Dakota. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States.
In 1881, Richard Pettigrew lobbied for and succeeded in getting a federal appropriation to construct the jail in Sioux Falls, which can be seen from the Big Sioux River. [ 4 ] On July 11, 2007, the first post- Gregg execution took place at the penitentiary. 25-year-old Elijah Page was executed via lethal injection for the murder of Chester Poage .