About The Dakota Scout
The Dakota Scout
No messing around…
The Dakota Scout is South Dakota’s leading journal of politics and culture, locally owned and printed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Veteran reporters Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve cofounded the newspaper in 2022. Together, they have more than 40 years of combined experience in South Dakota journalism, earning them reputations as dogged reporters who’ve not lost touch with their neighbors’ sensibilities.
The Scout’s logo is modeled after famous surveyors Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, representing our relentless pursuit of truth in a vast, new era of South Dakota journalism.
Stay on top of what’s happening at Sioux Falls City Hall and the State Capitol in Pierre with breaking news, investigative reporting and a constant drumbeat of information about the world around you.
The Dakota Scout prints and distributes a newspaper each Friday without charge at convenient stores, grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars and waiting rooms.