Sioux Falls

Jun 16, 2020
How one food producer kept business going amid the pandemic
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Grand Prairie Foods lost 80% of its hospitality and travel-related business in one day. To survive, it’s focusing on packaged foods.
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Mar 8, 2017
Food company dependent on immigrant labor is ‘concerned’ about political rhetoric
Photo courtesy of Kurt Loudenback
Kurt Loudenback of successful Grand Prairie Foods employs a mostly refugee and migrant workforce.
Oct 9, 2013
Washington brinkmanship aside, the real U.S. economy doesn’t look too bad
In his travels for The Atlantic and Marketplace's American Futures project, Jim Fallows says the American economy in small cities and towns is doing all right.
Sep 13, 2013
PODCAST: The story of Sioux Falls and American Futures
The complete collection of our stop in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sep 6, 2013
The grand ol’ dame of Sioux Falls
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Sylvia Henkin, 92, moved to Sioux Falls in 1944 and she and her husband helped build one of the city's major radio stations.
Sep 6, 2013
Lots of growth on the prairie
From credit cards to coffee shops, Sioux Falls, S.D., has a seemingly unending legacy of growth.
Sep 5, 2013
Farming that puts Google maps to shame
Technology that comes from a company in Sioux Falls is helping farmers do more with less in a high-tech way.
Aug 27, 2013
PODCAST: "American Futures" and the power of maps
A podcast to launch our new collaboration with the The Atlantic's Jim Fallows, featuring an exclusive interview with the most important CEO you've never heard of: Esri's Jack Dangermond.
Aug 16, 2013
Is Sioux Falls’ 3.5% unemployment rate America’s future?
Marketplace is partnering with The Atlantic, covering what the American economy looks like today, from smaller cities and towns across the country. First stop: Sioux Falls.