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Lincoln High School Statesman

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln High School Statesman

Snow still lingers around LHS, allowing students to throw snowballs and enjoy the sight of snow dust on buildings and trees.

Sioux Falls “winter” weekend

Quinton Hollan, Staff Writter November 10, 2025

This weekend, Sioux Falls received its first taste of the winter season. The community did not waste any time getting into snow time activities. On Saturday night, Sioux Falls received just under three...

A look inside the Paris catacombs as of 2013.

Chronicles of the Catacombs

John Quello, Sports Editor November 5, 2025

Down below the “city of love” lies an old quarry. Once used to gather stone to build the city, it now holds a much more grim assignment.  Long ago in Paris, the buildings required stone to be built....

A once bustling 41st St. location, this Starbucks cafe now sits empty, awaiting the renovations and changes to come.

Brewing a comeback

Dena Tarrell, Entertainment Editor November 3, 2025

Starbucks is many people’s go-to coffee place. It is common for one to stop on a Friday morning on their way to work for a quick pick-me-up. With a high number of spread-out locations, it is quite easy...

In the first 50 days of the Trump Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made more than 32,000 arrests. (Photo taken by Chris Tao & Naomi Jespersen)

ICE: From hallways to highways

Chris Tao and Naomi Jespersen October 31, 2025

Following his inauguration at the beginning of 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed numerous executive orders directed towards immigration enforcement. Within 50 days of the Trump Administration in office,...

Students enrolled in a dual-credit class will pay 29% of the typical rate.

HB 1040 and the new cost of credit

Vivian Kiesow-Knudsen, Editor-in-Chief October 27, 2025

An opportunity for high schoolers to jump-start on college credit just got a little more expensive.  In the state of South Dakota, roughly 30% of high school juniors and seniors will enroll in a dual-credit...

At the 2018 Conservative Conference (CPAC), President of the United States Donald Trump spoke in National Harbor, Maryland.  Conservative  in National Harbor, Maryland (Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore).

Bruises, rumors and official reports: Trump’s health back in the spotlight

Alonso Ramirez, Staff Writer October 9, 2025

Until recently, not many had questioned the health and well-being of President Donald J. Trump. Unsurprisingly, Trump's health was always assumed to be in stable condition after gaining significant ground...

A graph of suicide rates by age from 2000-2020. 
(Photo used with permission by the National Bureau of Economic Research).

Suicide Prevention Month

Ingrid Ready, Staff Writer October 8, 2025

September is suicide prevention month. There are many people around the world that struggle with mental health and self-harm. Mental health is the cause of around 14.3 percent of deaths worldwide, according...

Resource Officer Shaun Drummond has been trained for what to do if an active shooter enters the school (Artwork used with permission by Canva).

Prepared and aware: student safety in emergency

Soranje Phenias, Staff Writer October 7, 2025

Schools were built to keep children safe, to keep them worry-free, to improve their well-being. The first time I ever heard about an attack was 9/11. That was not even something that had to do with schools,...

The Sioux Falls School District implemented a no cell phone, smart phone and earbud policy starting the Fall of 2025.

Bell to bell, no cell

Mason Dean, Photography Editor October 7, 2025

In August of 2024, the Sioux Falls School District created the Cell Phone Committee, a group with the objective of surveying principals, teachers, students and parents about cell phone usage. The resulting...

The acoustics of the auditorium will improve both the experience for the audience and the performers on stage. The construction workers are ensuring that the acoustics are the best they can be (Photos used with permission by Brian Hardie).

Opening act

Dena Tarrell, Entertainment Editor October 7, 2025

A theater holds memories; it holds tears, laughter, joy and so much more. The musicals and plays it houses provide the atmosphere that audience members look forward to. Those feelings never go away, even...

A group of shoppers walking next to the Lululemon construction wall.

The Empire elevated

Isabel Gillespie, Staff Writer September 24, 2025

On a Saturday afternoon, the mall hums with strolling shoppers and casual conversation. The smell of Auntie Anne’s drifts from the food court, but just steps away, construction crews are preparing. This...

Excited customers receive their many tickets for the Powerball lottery (Photo used with permission by Heute.com).

All-American Lottery

Ellie Boehrns, Staff Writer September 22, 2025

The infamous Powerball lottery drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. The prize money is enough to set people and their families up for life, but what happens when nobody...

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