Month: January 2024
Strong Second Quarter Lifts Jackrabbits
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State notched its seventh-straight win with a 73-55 result over South Dakota Saturday evening at Frost Arena. The Jacks remain unbeaten in Summit League action at 5-0 while the Coyotes fall [Read More…]
Special Weather Statement issued January 21 at 4:08AM MST by NWS
…STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND ICY ROADS INTO THIS EVENING… Sustained southwest winds of 20 to 25 mph with occasional gusts of 40 to 45 mph may lead to areas of blowing [Read More…]
Special Weather Statement issued January 20 at 7:36PM MST by NWS
…STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND ICY ROADS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY… Southerly winds will increase after midnight and continue well into Sunday. Sustained southwest winds of 20 to 25 mph with occasional gusts [Read More…]
Walmart Announces Significant Pay Increase for Store Managers
In a long-awaited move, Walmart has declared a pay raise for its store managers, marking the first adjustment in over a decade. The retailer is increasing the average pay for managers by over 9%, resulting [Read More…]
Genetic Genealogy Identifies Suspect in 1975 Abduction and Stabbing of Indiana Girls
Nearly 50 years after the abduction and stabbing of three young girls in Indiana, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has identified the suspected attacker, Thomas Edward Williams, using genetic genealogy technology. The survivors, Kandice Smith, [Read More…]
Tragic House Explosion Claims Lives of Two Children in Missouri
A devastating house explosion occurred in Defiance, Missouri, resulting in the tragic deaths of two children under the age of 10. The incident, which took place early Friday morning, led to a massive fire, destroying [Read More…]
Tigers Get Road Win Behind Aslesen’s Career-High 22 Points
Yankton, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball team handled business on the road, as they defeated the Mount Marty University Lancers 77-63. Samuel Aslesen set a new career-high 22 points and Blaze Lubbers tied his career-high in rebounds [Read More…]
Tigers Pull Away Late Behind Yost Career-High 28 points
Yankton, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball team picked up the 20-point victory over the Lancers, pushing their win streak against the in-state rival to 17 games. The Tigers got big performances up and down the [Read More…]
SDSU Cruises to Road Victory over USD
VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota State used a strong effort on both ends of the floor and never trailed en route to a 73-55 win on Saturday, Jan. 20, over South Dakota in the Sanford Coyote [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden speaks with Netanyahu in 1st known call in 27 days
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]
‘Solemn feeling’: Officials to expand search after lost Black cemetery identified at Air Force base in Florida
Andrew Fox/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Officials at MacDill Air Force Base confirmed the location of the lost Port Tampa Cemetery, a burial site where many Black families were buried during segregation, after an archeological survey [Read More…]
Baby dies after burned by steam from radiator in NYC apartment: Police
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — An 11-month-old boy died after he was burned by steam from a radiator in a New York City apartment, police said. Officers with the New York City Police [Read More…]
E. Jean Carroll defamation case: Trump expected to attend trial, possibly testify Monday
Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial [Read More…]
Marine Corps called 911 to report missing F-35 jet in South Carolina after ‘mishap’
Diane Miller/Getty Images (SOUTH CAROLINA) — Newly released audio files show that the Marine Corps called 911 after one of their F-35 fighter jets went missing in South Carolina last September. The F-35 experienced what [Read More…]
Former Florida GOP chair not charged in alleged sexual assault: Police
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee. (SOPA Images / Contributor/Getty Images) (FLORIDA) — The Sarasota, Florida Police Department announced [Read More…]
Cancer vaccine with minimal side effects nearing Phase 3 clinical trials
Comezora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Thomas Wagner, founder of the biotech company Orbis Health Solutions and cancer researcher, has made it his life’s mission to find a way to treat cancer without the dreaded [Read More…]
Dakota Wesleyan, Mount Marty create annual Dakota Railroad Rivalry football game
Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD and Mount Marty University in Yankton, SD will name their exciting annual football matchup the Dakota Railroad Rivalry. The next game, and first with the new name, will be [Read More…]
A Colorado town’s newspapers were stolen after a story about rape charges at the police chief’s house
Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred [Read More…]
A Wyoming school canceled a play featuring an LGBTQ story. The small town was able to save it
WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character confronts another student about bullying a gay student who takes his own life. After much [Read More…]
Unresponsive Man Found Dead in Rapid City, Investigation Underway
A man was discovered unresponsive near New York Street and E. North Street in Rapid City at 7:30 a.m. on Friday. Medical units confirmed his death, and the Rapid City Police Department, in collaboration with [Read More…]
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