Hang out tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 15th for a car show and shine, games, free food, coffee and beer. It’s the Sioux City Cars and Coffee Fall Barbeque Event with everything donated by the Midwest Euro Club and High Ground Cafe and Espresso Bar. The event will be at Riverside Park in shelter number 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Continue reading Attention car lovers & gearheads: It’s showtime, coffee and barbeque!
By Gary Dickson garydickson@siouxlandobserver.com Have you been wondering what that building is being constructed just west of Earl May Garden Center on War Eagle Drive? Well wait no longer. It’s just what Riverside and North Sioux apparently needs: another dollar store. More specifically, it’s a brand, spankin’ new Dollar Tree at 4140 War Eagle Dr. And they’re already advertising for employees, in case you are interested. Dollar Tree will join their sister store, Family Dollar, which already is in the Riverside neighborhood of Sioux City, at 2200 Riverside Blvd. There are also competing bargain retail dollar stores close by. One … Continue reading Just what Riverside needs — another Dollar Store
It’s been nearly nine months since Slowey Management, SRK Development and Dunes Realty announced that the new strip mall at 2 Rivers Drive on the eastern end of the Interstate 29 interchange in Dakota Dunes was ready for potential tenants. The Yankton-based Slowey Management developed the Holiday Inn Express and Convention Center adjacent to the new strip mall that’s been open since 2018. According to a story published in the Sioux City Journal on Jan. 29, 2023, the strip mall is 14,000 square feet in size and has five tenant spaces. Dakota Dunes and North Sioux City residents have watched … Continue reading Whither goes the Dakota Dunes strip mall?
If you’ve been driving outside of town anywhere in Siouxland the last week or so, you’ve likely noticed combines out in the fields. And if you’ve been on the secondary roads in South Dakota, Iowa or Nebraska you’ve probably encountered farm machinery or trucks going between fields or transporting corn or soybeans to the nearest elevator. Yup, it’s that time of year in Siouxland. I’m not a farmer, but I’m always curious as to how harvest is going for those that are. Especially when our local TV meteorologists are forecasting heavy rain for later in the week. And I’ll bet … Continue reading Looks like harvest is going well
By Gary Dickson Drivers on Sioux Point Road and Dakota Dunes Boulevard may have been straining their necks trying to figure out what is being done to the Dunes water tower this last week. There was a boom and a person doing something to the structure. Was the tower being painted? Is there a leak? What else could be going on? Actually, it was new telecommunications equipment being installed for T-Mobile. More specifically, the company is upgrading the current 4G cell tower with a 5G one. T-Mobile and other cellphone providers contract with the community of Dakota Dunes to use … Continue reading Hold the phone! A new 5G antenna was just installed on the Dakota Dunes water tower.
This last Saturday I was up for a good wander. It didn’t take much convincing to get Nancy to accompany me on a journey northwest from Dakota Dunes – to SD 50 and west through Vermillion. Then by Mechling’s six … Continue reading Not Violin, but Volin
The other day I got asked two questions — both which are related to living in the Sioux City, Iowa area. The first question was one I commonly get from people who I’ve recently met: “What brought you to … Continue reading It’s not as bad as it smells
This film, co-produced and directed and written by Twin Cities photographer, filmmaker, teacher and poet Mike Hazard, provides an excellent insight into the late writer Frederick Manfred. Nicknamed Media Mike, Hazard has written, directed and produced five films that have been released nationally on PBS. His documentary on the late Senator Eugene McCarthy was awarded the D.L. Mabery Prize, Minnesota’s Oscar. Continue reading The Lizard, hungry hogs and a photo a day for eight years
But those who think Siouxland refers to only Sioux City would be wrong. In fact, the term wasn’t created to be a marketing tactic or definition of a school athletic region. The term was coined by writer Frederick Manfred in 1946 in his third novel, This Is The Year. Continue reading So, what is ‘Siouxland’ anyway?
This is a story about grasshoppers, crosses, a priest, a hike, faith, and the town of Jefferson in Union County, Dakota Territory. Continue reading On the trail of the Grasshopper Crosses
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