Month: September 2024
Concordia Runs Past Dakota Wesleyan 42-7
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Concordia Bulldogs football team cruised to a 42-7 win over the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers with an impressive ground attack and dominant defense as the Tigers fell to 0-3 on the season. Concordia [Read More…]
Authorities Investigate Stolen Amazon Shipment Worth $220,000 Found in South Dakota
Authorities in South Dakota are investigating how a semi-truck and trailer loaded with Amazon packages, valued at $220,000, ended up near Sioux Falls instead of its intended route from Las Vegas to Waco, Texas. The [Read More…]
South Dakota’s top 5 campaign war chests
Stu Whitney, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune has the largest political war chest of any U.S. senator, topping the $20 million mark even though he’s not up for re-election until 2028. [Read More…]
Absentee Voting Starts Friday for South Dakota’s November 5 General Election
South Dakota’s absentee voting for the November 5 General Election starts on Friday, September 20. Voters can request absentee ballots by submitting an application to their county auditor, either in person or by downloading the [Read More…]
Scorecard rates South Dakota members of Congress poorly on pro-democracy positions
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s three members of Congress scored poorly on a watchdog group’s new Democracy Scorecard, which evaluates congressional positions on democracy-related bills and resolutions. Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. It [Read More…]
Vote South Dakota forum aims to shed light on ‘complicated’ election
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch Trina Lapp, an 18-year-old Milbank native who attends Dakota Wesleyan University, doesn’t view politics or the upcoming election as an afterthought. She’s digging in. “I think it’s important for [Read More…]
‘It feels like being punished’: Cancer survivors, advocates want protection from screening costs
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Cancer took so much from Doris Cardwell. She and her family were uprooted from rural South Dakota in 2007 to treat her aggressive breast cancer diagnosis. She spent over a [Read More…]
Soil-health group launches website connecting local food producers, consumers
South Dakota Searchlight – A farmer- and rancher-led organization committed to promoting soil health recently launched a new online platform to help local food producers and consumers connect. The South Dakota Soil Health Coalition’s Fresh Connect website provides an [Read More…]
Attorney General Marty Jackley supports social media warning labels
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 41 other Attorneys General in asking Congress to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. In a letter to Congress, [Read More…]
Netflix reportedly wants a bite of ‘Hot Ones’
Sean Evans – Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Netflix is reportedly looking for a little spice: Variety says the streamer is looking to join forces with BuzzFeed to air live installments of First We Feast’s smash chicken wing [Read More…]
Hulu reportedly plunks down huge check for Ben Stiller family comedy ‘Nutcrackers’
Stiller and Green (standing) with ‘Nutcrackers’ cast — Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb Hulu has reportedly shelled out major cash to bring the Ben Stiller family comedy Nutcrackers to the streaming service. According to Deadline, [Read More…]
Spooky season returns: Shudder releases new Season of Screams lineup
Shudder Shudder, the streaming service for fans of horror movies, has released its lineup for this year’s Season of Screams, a “three-month celebration of the best in horror.” This year will bring back its popular [Read More…]
AMC releases new teaser and poster for ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol’
AMC AMC released an all-new teaser to the spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol on Friday, plus a pair of posters teasing the onscreen reunion of Norman Reedus‘ and Melissa McBride‘s respective title characters. [Read More…]
Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction tied to FTX collapse
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, was convicted because of a “false narrative” told by federal prosecutors at a trial “tainted” by errors, [Read More…]
Harris says she’s ‘feeling very good about Pennsylvania’ during campaign stop in battleground state
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (JOHNSTOWN, Penn.) — Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters she was “feeling very good about Pennsylvania” while campaigning on Friday in the key battleground state, even as both supporters and detractors came [Read More…]
‘No place in America’: Biden says narrative about Haitian immigrants ‘simply wrong’
Celal Gunes /Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden weighed in Friday on unsubstantiated claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating cats and dogs, saying the narrative is “simply [Read More…]
Trump vows mass deportation of protected migrants in Springfield, dismisses threats to town
Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he would conduct a mass deportation of immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, and dismissed a question [Read More…]
Gov. Roy Cooper says Harris has ‘excellent’ chances in battleground North Carolina, will be helped by governor’s race
Allison Joyce/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GREENSBORO, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances in the crucial battleground state of North Carolina are “excellent,” because of [Read More…]
Charges expected in Iranian hack of Trump campaign: Sources
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges in connection with the alleged hack of emails from members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign, sources familiar with the matter confirmed [Read More…]
Fani Willis skips Georgia state Senate hearing seeking her testimony
Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, did not appear Friday at a hearing held by a Republican-led [Read More…]
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