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

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"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
Supporters of a presidential candidate attend a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, right before the Iowa caucuses.

Revisiting the 2020 election

Daniel Bethke, Perspectives Editor • October 27, 2020

Election Day, 2020. It’s cold outside, with the wind howling like a pack of ravenous canines. Indoors, you turn on the news and gasp, shocked at the results on your screen. You think to yourself, this...

The SFSD will now be allowed to file for rapid COVID-19 testing for their staff.

SFSD to provide rapid COVID-19 testing for teachers

Alexis Miller, Feature Editor • October 27, 2020

COVID-19 has caused chaos and commotion across the country, but here in Sioux Falls, the city has managed to return to normal day to day activities, and more specifically, K-12 education.  Although...

As of Oct. 5, 2020, all meals provided by the Sioux Falls School District will be free, thanks to a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Seamless Summer initiative extended to benefit all Sioux Falls School District families

Madeleine Kemper, Online Editor-in-Chief • October 21, 2020

Thanks to a grant donated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Oct. 5, 2020, all students in the Sioux Falls School District will receive free lunch and breakfast throughout the school year...

CRISPR allows genomes to be cut and modified. Many scientists for years have researched and discovered its capabilities.

Nobel Prize for Chemistry is awarded to two women chemists

Margaret Ann Mickelberg, Staff Writer • October 21, 2020

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2020 was awarded to scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna who share credit for their development of the revolutionary genome editor, CRISPR/Cas9.  These...

The Empire Place layout that will house upcoming businesses, Chipotle and Chick-Fil-A.

A lack of Statesbuds

Taylor Schmitz, Staff Writer • October 16, 2020

It was announced in late 2019 and early 2020 that the city of Sioux Falls would see many businesses pop up in the foreseeable future. However, COVID-19 delays mixed with little communication about the...

Spread your support this October for the men and women battling Breast Cancer in honor of the 35th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The change YOU can make

Chloe Houwman, Perspectives Editor • October 15, 2020

This October many are preparing for a virtual Halloween celebration, a presidential election and the holiday season. October, however, is also a month dedicated to the support of the men and women that...

South Dakota has two Constitutional Amendments and one Initiated Measure this year; what will these proposals do?

South Dakota’s 2020 ballot questions

Daniel Bethke, Perspectives Editor • October 14, 2020

This year especially, South Dakota has a lot up for grabs politically: presidential electors, a senator, our at-large representative and many other offices.  But a section of the ballot less frequently...

President Trump visited Sioux Falls on Sep. 7, 2018, in the same motorcade used for his recent drive-by outside of Walter Reed Medical Center.

How Trump’s hospitalization shapes the election

Daniel Bethke, Perspectives Editor • October 6, 2020

President Trump’s Oct. 2 announcement that he tested positive for COVID-19 seems to have many implications for the upcoming 2020 election. A signature component of Trump’s campaigns in 2016 and...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive in Cleveland ahead of the first presidential debate, Sept. 29.

Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19 after top aide tests positive

Abbie DeKramer, News Editor • October 4, 2020

On Thursday Trump stated that he and first lady Melania Trump will begin their quarantine while awaiting their COVID-19 test results after one of Trump’s top aids tests positive for COVID-19.  Following...

After many parent phone calls and student complaints, the Sioux Falls School District made the unanimous decision to revise their quarantine rules.

Sioux Falls School District updates quarantine policy amid controversy

Molly Wetsch, Editor-in-Chief • October 1, 2020

The Sioux Falls School District announced Wednesday via unanimous vote that their policy on close-contact quarantine of students attending in-person school would be changed. The policy that was originally...

Predictions for the pandemic

Predictions for the pandemic

Lilli Eppinga, Feature Editor • September 27, 2020

As the deadly virus known as COVID-19 swept across each country, the world gradually came to a halt. Businesses closed temporarily, schools were canceled and everyone was stuck at home. While this has...

According to the United States Elections Project, 43 percent of eligible voters did not turn out in 2016.

How to vote in the 2020 election

Jazlyn White, Staff Writer • September 24, 2020

The year 2020 holds many high risk national and local elections as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and political tensions intensify. During this time it is increasingly imperative for young voters to make...

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