Board of Regents ‘leaning in’ to AI while planning to regulate its use at South Dakota universities
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota universities are “leaning in” to artificial intelligence, state Board of Regents President Jeff Partridge said at a Wednesday meeting in Custer. The system that oversees the state’s public universities [Read More…]
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SD Searchlight-Josh Haiar A 70-year-old woman from Canada died after being struck by a bison Monday while hiking with her husband in South Dakota’s Custer State Park, after another park visitor was injured by a [Read More...] -
Should he be elected governor, Dusty Johnson is promising to bring a long-standing tradition back to Pierre and Fort Pierre. In 2019, former Governor Kristi Noem announced she’d be moving the Governor’s Hunt from Pierre [Read More...] -
A federal lawsuit filed against the South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment has delayed upcoming hearings and temporarily paused Project Chord, a proposal by Canadian mining company Clean Nuclear Energy Corp. to drill 38 [Read More...] -
It’s the end of the 2025-2026 school year in Mitchell. And Superintendent Joe Childs says it’s been memorable. “The day before school began with the announcement of our endowment gift in partnership with Dakota Wesleyan, [Read More...] -
South Dakota Searchlight A Florida-based company is seeking approval from South Dakota regulators to build a $174 million battery energy storage system that would capture excess energy from the electrical grid and release it at [Read More...]
SPORTS
Two-run homers by Buxton and Martin help Twins rally to beat Red Sox 8-6
BOSTON (AP) — Byron Buxton and Austin Martin both hit two-run homers off reliever Justin Slaten in the seventh inning to help the Minnesota Twins rally from four runs down to beat the Boston Red [Read More…]
Friday Sports: May 22, 2026
FRIDAY SPORTS, MAY 22, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys tennis is in fifth place after day one of the Class AA state tournament in Rapid City. Mitchell had 179.5 team points, while O’Gorman [Read More…]
South Dakota State Advances to Summit League Baseball Championship
MINNEAPOLIS — South Dakota State pitchers Kaden Rylance and Ty Madison limited Northern Colorado to two hits and the Jackrabbits found just enough offense to earn a berth in the finals of the Summit League Baseball Championship with a [Read More…]
Allison Meyerink’s Season Ends Following Two Rounds at the 2026 NAIA Women’s Golf Championships
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Allison Meyerink capped off her impressive season at the NAIA Women’s Golf Championships in Michigan at the Eagle Crest Golf Course. Competition would be delayed by an entire day for Meyerink as the weather pushed [Read More…]
Thursday Sports: May 21, 2026
THURSDAY SPORTS, MAY 21, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys tennis is heading to the Class AA state tournament Thursday and Friday in Rapid City, looking to build on last year’s sixth-place finish. The [Read More…]
South Dakota Earns Summit League Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s All-Sport Award
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The South Dakota women have won the 2025-26 Summit League Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s All-Sport Award, the league office announced Wednesday morning following the Joint Council Meetings’ Dinner on Tuesday night. The [Read More…]



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