Year: 2022

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. provided a calm, steadying influence for No. 6 Kansas on Tuesday night. Jayhawks freshman Gradey Dick provided the late splash. Together they extended the nation’s longest [Read More…]

Hold steady: UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU remain CFP top 4

Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU held on to the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday night, with Tennessee at No. 5 and LSU at No. 6. With three of [Read More…]

Michigan State outlasts Tshiebwe, No. 4 Kentucky in 2OT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan State found a way to finish. The search continues for No. 4 Kentucky — even with consensus national player of the year Oscar Tshiebwe back in action. Malik Hall forced two [Read More…]

Dentlinger leads South Dakota St. over St. Bonaventure 66-62

November 15, 2022 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Matt Dentlinger had 16 points in South Dakota State’s 66-62 victory against St. Bonaventure on Tuesday night. Dentlinger added six rebounds for the Jackrabbits (2-1). Charlie Easley added nine points [Read More…]

Surging Vikings get yet another stellar show from Jefferson

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have leaned on their late-game resilience on a weekly basis this season, a trait that’s as vital as ever in a league staging a record amount of close contests. [Read More…]

After election, marijuana advocates look to next states

November 15, 2022 Travis Kriens

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Law-abiding marijuana enthusiasts could find themselves in a bit of a predicament following voter approval of a recreational cannabis initiative in Missouri. Though it soon will become legal for adults [Read More…]

SD pork producers celebrate rejection of slaughterhouse ban

November 15, 2022 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Agriculture producers across South Dakota say the defeat of a proposed ban on new slaughterhouse plants in Sioux Falls is a big win for the industry and will create more [Read More…]

SD Division of Criminal Investigation has a new leader

November 15, 2022 Clint Greenway

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General-Elect Marty Jackley on Monday named a former employee of the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation as the agency’s new leader. Dan Saterlee previously served DCI as an [Read More…]

Local, Regional and National Sport stories

Mitchell’s Lizzie Tyler named All-ESD Volleyball

November 14, 2022 Travis Kriens

Mitchell Kernel Senior Lizzie Tyler has been selected to the 2022 ESD All-Conference Team for the second straight season. The 2021 All-State selection led Mitchell in numerous offensive and defensive categories this season including kills [Read More…]

Vikings get critical Allen turnovers, stun Bills 33-30 in OT

November 14, 2022 Travis Kriens

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings [Read More…]

Garland’s career-high 51 not enough, Cavs lose to Wolves

November 14, 2022 Travis Kriens

CLEVELAND (AP) — All-Star point guard Darius Garland was watching the scoreboard, but not his individual statistics on Sunday night. He received a pleasant surprise. Garland poured in a career-high 51 points — 27 of [Read More…]

District to revive student newspaper axed after LGBTQ issue

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska public school district that shuttered a student newspaper following an LGBTQ-focused edition has agreed to bring it back next year in digital form, according to the teacher who advised the [Read More…]

Death sentence upheld in Nebraska killing, dismemberment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for the killing and dismemberment of a Lincoln woman he met through the dating app Tinder lost his initial appeal in which he argued he should [Read More…]

Allen’s miscues, Jefferson’s big day help Vikings beat Bills

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings [Read More…]

South Dakota State wins 10th straight, outright MVFC champs

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw for 283 yards with a touchdown and he added a rushing score, and South Dakota Sate beat Illinois State 31-7 on Saturday to run the table in the Missouri Valley [Read More…]

1st winter storm of season rolling through Montana, Dakotas

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The first winter storm of the season to blast off from the Rockies was unloading its energy Thursday primarily in North Dakota, where it could dump up to 18 inches of [Read More…]

South Dakota Sen. Thune’s win breaks ‘curse,’ defies Trump

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Neither South Dakota’s “Curse of Karl” nor the invocations of former President Donald Trump weighed on Republican Sen. John Thune this week as he breezed to a historic fourth term [Read More…]

Republican Dusty Johnson wins 3rd House term in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson won reelection Tuesday for his third term representing South Dakota’s only U.S. House district, easily winning a race in which Democrats didn’t field a candidate. [Read More…]

South Dakota’s Thune wins reelection to 4th U.S. Senate term