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South Dakota billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has given $20 million to help pay for a new, indoor track and field center at the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion. The facility will be called the Gassen Family Fieldhouse, named for Bill and Jill Gassen. Bill Gassen is president and CEO of Sanford Health, the Sioux Falls healthcare system named for T. Denny Sanford, while Jill is a physicians assistant with the VA Hospital in Sioux Falls. Both the Gassens are USD alumni and were on the college's track and field team, USD said this week in an announcement.

Bath & Body Works, the soap, lotion, fragrance and candle merchant, is preparing to open a store in the Lakeport Commons shopping center, its second in Sioux City.

The turreted house, which has much the same charm as the Smith family home in "Meet Me in St. Louis," has seldom been on the market since it was built.

SIOUX CITY -- A man identified only as "Ron" won the largest cash jackpot in the history of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the casino said on social media

Nothing Bundt Cakes, a chain of bakeries that sells, as its name suggests, Bundt cakes, is planning to open a Sioux City location.

PROGRESS: On Halloween, the coffeeshop opened in the Levich Building, 1004 Fourth St. It was the third time Hardline welcomed customers to a new downtown location since 2019.

Dredging has begun at the Sioux City Marina as the city continues its lawsuit against the Marina's operator. A hearing in the matter is scheduled at 10 a.m. March 27.

The long-closed hotel at 701 Gordon Drive is once again flying the flag of a national hotel brand, more upscale than the last.

Bob Dylan, the Nobel Prize-winning musician, will perform at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City on April 2.

Why read a play when you could read a novel, a magazine, really anything else? Why not see the play on stage and skip the paper version? "It's a lot of use of your imagination," said Brock Bourek, manager of theater operations for Sioux City's Lamb Theatre and the leader of its play-reading club, which they've deemed Page to Stage.

This year's Christmas services at the Catholic churches in Alton, Granville and Hospers, will be their last as standalone parishes. The three will be merged into the new St. Donatus Parish Jan. 1. Each church will continue to hold Mass after the merger.

Former Sioux City plastic surgeon Adam Smith has agreed to pay $198,755.42 to the federal government and to the State of Iowa to settle false claims violations.

A Chicago-based developer is planning its second wind turbine installation in Plymouth County. Invenergy, which installed 73 wind turbines in Plymouth County several years ago and sold them to MidAmerican Energy, plans to build another 40 to 70 wind turbines in the county.

Former Sioux City plastic surgeon Adam Smith has agreed to pay $198,755.42 to the federal government and to the State of Iowa to settle false claims violations.

The Westwood Community School District, hoping to finance the first major improvements to its building in more than 20 years, is putting an $18.6 million bond measure before voters in the district. We break down what it will entail.

Downtown Sioux City's Ashley furniture store, 124 Pierce St., is closing permanently. The store has been there for 10 years.

The Chinese retailer Miniso has opened a store at the Southern Hills Mall, its first in Sioux City.

The South Sioux City Community School District is debuting a new set of expectations covering student cellphone usage, with a requirement that phones be put away during class.

"Boating is a privilege and it's just something that's not required." We spoke with Blake Mills, a state conservation officer for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, about boating safety and rules on the Iowa Great Lakes.

Signage for the retailer Sierra, commonly referred to by its old name, Sierra Trading Post, is going up at the former Bed Bath & Beyond storefront in Sioux City.