Central Electric Cooperative announces 2026 scholarship recipients
Central Electric Cooperative has announced its 2026 scholarship recipients, awarding financial support to local students pursuing post-secondary education. The scholarships, funded by the cooperative and its partners, recognize leadership, academic achievement and community involvement. Recipients [Read More…]
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Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Democrats are running for 46 of South Dakota’s 105 legislative seats — leaving 56% of seats without a Democratic candidate. That doesn’t bode well for the party ahead of November, said [Read More...] -
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight It would cost up to $4 million to cut down Milbank’s ash trees, after state and city officials detected a beetle last summer that threatens to decimate the northeastern South Dakota [Read More...] -
A 36 year old South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison after earlier being convicted of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery. [Read More...] -
County Auditors across South Dakota are frustrated with the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office regarding the availability of ballots to kick off absentee voting for the upcoming June 2nd primary and local elections. Davison [Read More...] -
Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight County auditors and the state’s lead election official disagree about how to handle a delay of early and absentee voting for the June 2 primary election in South Dakota. Codington County Auditor [Read More...]
SPORTS
Mitchell Splits Road Doubleheader at Yankton, Moves to 8-2
YANKTON, S.D. — Mitchell High School baseball split a doubleheader on the road Sunday against No. 2 Yankton, winning the opener 6-1 before dropping the game two 5-3. The split moves Mitchell to 8-2 on [Read More…]
Murray, Jokic lead Nuggets to 116-105 win over Timberwolves in physical opener to 1st-round series
DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, going 16 of 16 from the free-throw line, and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets shook off a sluggish start to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-105 [Read More…]
Myers’ RBI single in 9th and strong bullpen outing lift Reds past Twins 5-4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dane Myers had an RBI single in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds scored the game’s final three runs to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Saturday. Cincinnati’s bullpen tossed 4 1/3 [Read More…]
Friday Sports: April 17, 2026
FRIDAY SPORTS, APRIL 17, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell’s 4×200 relay team of Alexier Padilla, Carter Lee, Sam Mullenmeister and Samari Wright took first place with a time of 1:30.88, one of the top marks [Read More…]
Mitchell relay wins, Stach leads way at Corn Palace Relays
MITCHELL, S.D. — Mitchell turned in several standout performances at the Corn Palace Relays on Thursday at Joe Quintal Field, highlighted by a state-leading relay win and a top Class AA field event mark. The [Read More…]
Weber’s walk-off lifts Mitchell to sweep of Huron in doubleheader
MITCHELL, S.D. — Mitchell swept Huron in a doubleheader Thursday at Drake Field, winning 5-1 in Game 1 and 2-1 in walk-off fashion in Game 2. In the opener, Mitchell struck early with a two-run [Read More…]



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