From left, Iowa’s Kim Reynolds, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen and South Dakota’s Larry Rhoden participate in the Tri-State Governors’ Conference in Dakota Dunes on Aug. 26, 2025. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

DAKOTA DUNES, South Dakota — Business leaders in the Sioux City area are asking the governors of South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska to help secure hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for infrastructure improvements.

The projects include replacing a deteriorating runway and parking ramp at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, an Army Corps of Engineers study on Big Sioux River flooding, and upgrades to a Sioux City wastewater plant. The funding needs for the projects amount to about $653 million.

Presenters at Tuesday’s Tri-State Governors’ Conference also sha

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