Month: July 2024
MADC Set To Address Childcare Shortage Using $100,000 Grant
The Mitchell Area Development Corporation has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation’s “Beyond Idea Grant.” MADC CEO Mike Lauritsen says it’s targeting a childcare services shortage in the community…. [Read More…]
Wagner Man Pleads Guilty To Two Felonies And Sentenced To Prison
A 40 year old man from Wagner man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill and has been sentenced for threatening two public officials. Jason Shields entered guilty pleas Friday in Charles Mix County Circuit Court [Read More…]
Harrisburg, Tea, Box Elder lead booming South Dakota cities
Mariia Novoselia/South Dakota News Watch HARRISBURG, S.D. – This bedroom community just south of Sioux Falls transformed over the past couple of decades into the fastest-growing South Dakota city of more than 5,000 people, according [Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Determines Former President Trump’s Immunity Request For Official Acts
Attorney General Marty Jackley supports the U.S. Supreme Court decision that former President Donald Trump is immune for official acts done while in office, but not necessarily private acts. Justices ruled 6-3 Monday that Presidents [Read More…]
Federal Judge Denies Injunction Request, Allows South Dakota’s New Hemp Law to Take Effect
A federal judge denied Hemp Quarters 605’s request to block South Dakota’s new law banning certain hemp-derived products, allowing the law to take effect on Monday. House Bill 1125, signed by Kristi Noem, prohibits the [Read More…]
South Dakota’s Wind Cave is now the world’s sixth longest
Marcus Heerdt/South Dakota Searchlight HOT SPRINGS — Wind Cave in South Dakota’s Black Hills is now the sixth longest cave in the world as explorers have discovered new passageways, bringing the total length to 167 [Read More…]
Suspect in Custody Following Sioux Falls Bank Robbery
On Monday morning, Sioux Falls police responded to a bank robbery that occurred at 9:15 a.m. on the 1400 block of E 10th Street. A suspect entered the bank, demanded money from a teller, and [Read More…]
‘Suits” ninth and final season now on Netflix
Gabriel Macht – David Giesbrecht/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images For Suits fans — those who don’t subscribe to Peacock, that is — it’s time to do the “Greenback Boogie” once again: The show’s ninth [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘Roseanne’ co-star Martin Mull dead at 80, and more
Martin Mull, the comic, actor and musician best known for roles in Roseanne, Clue, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and many others, has died at age 80, according to his daughter. “I am heartbroken to share [Read More…]
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ roars, but ‘Inside Out 2’ three-peats at No. 1 at the box office
Disney A Quiet Place: Day One debuted with an estimated $53 million — a franchise best, but it wasn’t enough to overtake Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which topped the box office for a third straight [Read More…]
DOJ to present Boeing with plea deal that families of 2018, 2019 crash victims say falls short: Lawyers
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is preparing to present the Boeing Company a plea deal that would again allow the aerospace giant to avoid a trial over an alleged conspiracy to [Read More…]
Fermented hair care hits shampoo aisle: What to know and is it worth the hype?
RuslanDashinsky/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the pandemic, concerns over personal health have been at the forefront of consumers’ minds. One of the concerns that took flight was gut health and the microbiome, with a [Read More…]
Seven-time gold medalist swimmer Caeleb Dressel talks pressures of the Paris Olympics spotlight in and out of the pool
Caeleb Dressel of the United States reacts after winning the Men’s 100m butterfly final on Day Eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium, June 22, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Maddie [Read More…]
Simone Biles to represent team USA at 2024 Paris Olympic Games: See the full roster
Members of the Men’s and Women’s 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team pose on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center on June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by [Read More…]
Supreme Court live updates: Trump, Biden campaign react to SCOTUS immunity ruling
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday handed down a historic decision on whether a former president is shielded from criminal liability for “official acts” taken while in the White House. In [Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s immunity claim for ‘unofficial acts’ but grants some for ‘official’ ones
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s sweeping claim of “absolute” immunity from criminal prosecution in his federal election subversion case, but granted former presidents are entitled to some [Read More…]
Supreme Court sidesteps ruling on Florida, Texas social media laws and 1st Amendment
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped ruling whether Florida and Texas laws limiting how social media companies regulate content violate the First Amendment, sending the issue back to the lower [Read More…]
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Democrats having ‘a serious conversation’ following Biden’s debate performance
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) makes a statement at the House Oversight and Accountability Committee meeting at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Court [Read More…]
Trump campaign memo signals plans to reduce the national GOP platform
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms, on June 28, 2024, in Chesapeake, Virginia. — Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s top advisers are planning [Read More…]
Fourth of July mass shootings increased over the past three years, group says
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mass shootings are becoming more frequent during a holiday typically known for fireworks and barbecues, according to a nonprofit that tracks shootings. There were 80 total mass shootings over the [Read More…]
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