Apple is really stepping up their game for privacy, according to local tech expert, Will Bushee. Among the changes you might see as a user include eliminating the need to give your email address to app developers, your permission will be needed to allow your location to be given out repeatedly, and restricted tracking in children’s apps. For more on…
Math, reading, and computer work – typically these are not activities our children want to be doing during their summer months off of school. But the organizers of a local coding bootcamp say that at the end of the day, the kids often don’t want to go home. While coding bootcamps for all have been offered for quite some time…
How much can a smile, a show of support, and perhaps a few cookies do for farmers struggling under the weight of fields that have yet to be planted and a whole host of other ongoing issues that are affecting their livelihoods? Volunteers with the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce are about to find out. It may not sound…
We know all of the money in hand can be tempting, graduates! But if you’d really like to get a good head start on the next stage of your life, don’t spend all of the gifts you just received for graduation! Financial advisor, Christina Lynn of Lynn Financial offers this advice instead. Categories: KDLT News Today, KDLT News Today…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Midwestern farmers are enduring a spring like no other and are facing difficult choices in the coming weeks. Most of the nation’s corn and soybeans are grown in the Midwest, and the region’s farmers have struggled for years with low prices, which got even worse due to a trade dispute between the U.S. and China. This…
Miles Livermont is honored by relatives with a star quilt and eagle feather ahead of Brookings, SD graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 26, 2019.BROOKINGS, S.D. – An apology from the Brookings School District was an important first step, but the family of a Native American teen, told this past weekend he couldn’t receive his diploma on Sunday unless he removed…
Some fun news out of the Empire Mall – EVEREVE, an Edina, Minnesota-based women’s clothing retailer will be joining the roster of 140 other stores, come this fall. Construction on the contemporary fashion brand will begin this summer. The store will be located on the front of the mall, right across the hall from Red Robin. “We currently serve over…
There are a lot of big conversations swirling in the nation’s capital that have a very direct impact on residents here at home in the Midwest. Data Director for the state Republican Party, Catherine Barranco, and Communications Director for the South Dakota Democratic Party, Aaron Matson, joined us in the studio Thursday morning to talk about how South Dakotans are…
The growing use of facial recognition technology, often without our knowledge it is being used, is of increasing concern to legislators on Capitol Hill. The concern very specifically centers around how law enforcement may be using the technology. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing last week examining the need for oversight on how it is used…
WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose at the slowest pace in more than six years in March, a sign weaker sales are keeping a lid on price increases. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 2.7% from a year earlier, down from an annual gain of 3% in February. Price gains in formerly red-hot cities such as Seattle…
There is an incredible amount of talent in the region when it comes to hard-working, innovative and caring employees and entrepreneurs. So who do we need to know that we’re not yet aware of? Who is on your staff worth recognizing, often behind the scenes but doing bold things and making a difference? The Sioux Falls Young Professionals Network is…
App creator and social media consultant, Carla White, says that there are a lot of mistakes people make when it comes to their social media profiles, especially when they may be in the market for a new job. There are people constantly watching what you post and write, White reassures us. But there are a few simple changes can clean…
The weather may not cooperate well for outdoor events earlier in the week so stay tuned if you’ve got something you’re hoping to attend, but indoor events – and there are plenty of them, should go off without a hitch! For a look at some of the events happening the week of May 20, 2019, check out Kali’s interview below…
Dressbarn’s parent company, Ascena Retail Group, has announced it will be closing all approximately 650 stores across the United States. The retailer has locations in both Sioux Falls and Rapid City. No specific dates have been given, but the closures come as a number of other major national longtime brands come to an end as well, leaving shopping malls and…
If you’re in the market at all for new home, you have to know that it has been a seller’s market in the Sioux Falls metro area and the surrounding regions for years. With more people moving to South Dakota, land and properties are at a premium right now. That can make buying or financing a new home or an…
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa – A judge has refused to delay sentencing for a northern Iowa farmer who appeared on ABC’s “The Bachelor” and who was involved in a fatal crash. Thirty-seven-year-old Chris Soules pleaded guilty Nov. 13 to a reduced charge of leaving the scene of a serious injury accident. His lawyers had sought the sentencing delay, citing the prosecution’s lack…
They hear about #MeToo cases in the news, and talk about them with friends. Now U.S. students increasingly discuss the meaning of consent in the classroom. Ten states and the District of Columbia are requiring schools to discuss what it means for a relationship or encounter to be consensual. The trend is starting to take hold even in red states…
If you’ve been experiencing abdominal pain for any length of time, it can be tough to know what might be normal or worth calling your doctor for. But endometriosis is a common condition affecting a significant number of women, yet rarely is the issue discussed so that women are aware. If it’s not taken care of, it can cause any…
Katie Shuck doesn’t keep Facebook’s app on her phone. Or Instagram, or What’sApp. She tries her best to only log into the social media sites online. If privacy and security are important to you, you’ll want to understand why. Shuck sat down with KDLT News Today’s Carleen Wild for some insight, as well as what to do if you’re logged…
Sioux Falls appears to be increasingly on a watch list for best places to live and do business, and another new ranking is out with the Queen City on it. Fit Small Business this week unveiled list of best cities for entrepreneurs in 2019. Sioux Falls was ranked 10th. The “other SF” made the list. Sorry, San Fran. #OneSiouxFalls https://t.co/GputNa0S0R —…
