Month: October 2021
Jon Gruden resigns as Raiders coach over offensive emails
Jon Gruden has resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a statement Monday night, saying: “I have [Read More…]
South Dakota newspaper sues House Speaker for open records
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota House speaker is facing a lawsuit over his decision to withhold from a newspaper the names of lawmakers who petitioned for a special legislative session to consider [Read More…]
Pot legalization advocates launch ballot initiative campaign
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota announced Tuesday they are trying for a second time to legalize cannabis possession and cultivation for adults through a ballot initiative. South [Read More…]
Pheasant season outlook could be hit or miss
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s pheasant season could be hit or miss for hunters this year. The state’s storied season opens Saturday but the outlook is dicey. The state Game, Fish and Parks [Read More…]
South Dakota lawmaker to challenge Johnson’s US House seat
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota state Rep. Taffy Howard formally announced Tuesday that she is challenging Dusty Johnson, the state’s lone U.S. congressman, in next year’s Republican primary. Howard will try to capitalize [Read More…]
South Dakota redistricting hits the road amid GOP infighting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers redrawing the state’s political boundaries kicked off a three-day tour of public input meetings on Monday amid intra-party Republican bickering and competing proposals for new legislative districts. [Read More…]
Boy Scouts ready to sell campground to state for $2 million
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America is set to sell a campground to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department for $2 million. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported Monday that [Read More…]
October 11, 2021 South Dakota Prep Media football polls
The South Dakota Prep Media football polls for the week of Oct. 11. are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses. Class 11AAA Harrisburg (20) 7-0 [Read More…]
October 11, 2021 South Dakota Prep Media volleyball polls
The South Dakota Prep Media football polls for the week of Oct. 11. are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses. CLASS AA S.F. Washington (16) [Read More…]
Camp’s 2 TDs carry South Dakota past North Dakota, 20-13
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Carson Camp threw two touchdown passes and Mason Lorber added two field goals, including a 54-yarder in the fourth quarter, as South Dakota held off North Dakota 20-13 in a Missouri [Read More…]
Baker leads Southern Illinois comeback over South Dakota State in clash
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Nic Baker threw for four touchdowns and Southern Illinois rallied from an early 20-point hole to beat host South Dakota State 42-41 in overtime in a matchup of FCS top-10 contenders [Read More…]
Crosby hits 49-yarder after 3 misses, Packers top Bengals
CINCINNATI (AP) — Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby fell into a nightmarish Sunday as the afternoon grew late and a stiff wind kept the flag billowing right to left in Paul Brown Stadium. The [Read More…]
Vikings survive Lions rally 19-17 on Joseph FG at final gun
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Zimmer has seen enough game-deciding kicks in eight years as coach of the Minnesota Vikings, with outcomes more often than not favoring the other team, that he usually turns away. “I’m [Read More…]
Ellen Pompeo teases what to expect when Kate Walsh returns to ’Grey’s Anatomy’ tonight
ABC It’s been about nine years since Grey’s Anatomy fans have seen Dr. Addison Montgomery and, on Thursday, that dry spell finally ends. Kate Walsh, who plays the self-assured surgeon, will make her grand return to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in the episode [Read More…]
Hope springs ‘Eternals’: Film’s pre-sales out-pacing both Marvel Studios predecessors ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Shang-Chi’
Marvel Studios Theater-chain owners might just start exhaling after hearing this news. Following the strong showings of the Marvel Studios films Black Widow and Shang-Chi, tickets for the studio’s next film, Eternals, are already selling better than those for its predecessors. In [Read More…]
Just in time for Halloween, Netflix’s ‘The Movies That Made Us’ takes a stab at three horror classics
“A Nightmare on Elm Street” — New Line Cinema/Getty Images Just in time for Halloween, the third season of Netflix’s hit The Movies That Made Us peels back the curtain on the making of three horror classics: [Read More…]
Yvonne Orji to host Amazon’s ‘Yearly Departed’; Michael B. Jordan gushes over working with Denzel Washington
Merie W. Wallace/HBO Amazon has has tapped Insecure star Yvonne Orji to host the second installment of Yearly Departed, a comedy special that says good-bye to everything left behind in 2021. Similar to the first [Read More…]
Watch official trailer for upcoming ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ docuseries, which premieres next month
Disney+ The first official trailer for the highly anticipated three-part Beatles documentary series The Beatles: Get Back has just debuted, and it’s really “Something.” As previously reported, the docuseries — which was created from hours [Read More…]
President Biden to meet with port heads ahead of expected Christmas supply crunch
halbergman/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With global supply chain bottlenecks threatening the Christmas shopping season, President Joe Biden will highlight his administration’s work with ports on Wednesday and try to stave off the potentially politically explosive headaches [Read More…]
Diaper crisis escalates amid COVID-19 pandemic
Laboko/iStock (NEW YORK) — As her belly curves in a small circle overlapping the top button of her jeans, Elisha White, 26, anticipates the birth of her fifth child. White is currently unemployed and without [Read More…]
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