Month: September 2024
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Natural gas line breach prompts quick response
No one was hurt when a Northwestern Energy gas line was breached around 2pm Wednesday on Mitchell’s south side. “It sounds like it was a four-inch line they nicked with a bucket,” said Mitchell Fire [Read More…]
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Southeast South Dakota surges ahead of Black Hills in tourism revenue
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch LAKE KAMPESKA, S.D. – As they sat in comfy lawn chairs and sipped cold sodas in a campsite along this lake’s shoreline, Cheryl and Mark Okeson didn’t look [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Wednesday Sports, September 4, 2024
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys golf defeated Yankton on Tuesday 17.5 to 6-5 in the annual Marchand Cup at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton. In the Ryder Cup [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As mosquito-borne illnesses spread, here’s how to tell West Nile, dengue and EEE apart
mrs/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As mosquito season continues, public health officials in the U.S. have been tracking several different illnesses caused by the pesky flying insect. Health officials are reporting at least eighteen deaths [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn harvest in Kentucky is in full swing
Harvest is underway in Kentucky. Corn harvest is 11% complete, with 80% of the crop in the dent stage and 50% mature. Sixty-seven percent is rated good to excellent. Caleb Ragland farms in central Kentucky and [Read More…]
Ag News
Kansas crop conditions largely unchanged as harvest approaches
Corn and soybean conditions were largely unchanged from week to week. According to USDA’s weekly conditions report, 48% of the crop is rated good to excellent, up slightly from last week. The USDA reports 36% [Read More…]
ABC World News
Discovery of slain hostages in Gaza roils cease-fire talks
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The grisly discovery of six murdered hostages in a tunnel under Gaza over the weekend has sent U.S. officials scrambling to devise a new strategy to advance the already beleaguered negotiations [Read More…]
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Abortion ballot measure challenge on course for late September trial
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A lawsuit against South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot question won’t end before voting begins, according to rulings issued Tuesday. A Minnehaha County judge declined to dismiss the litigation, [Read More…]
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Wildfire burns west of Rapid City; residents urged to stay alert
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — Authorities are advising some residents on the western edge of Rapid City to be ready for a potential evacuation order as a wildfire burns nearby. A pre-evacuation [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota High School Football Media Polls – September 3
The South Dakota Prep Media football poll for the week of Sept. 2 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota High School Volleyball Media Polls – September 3
CLASS AA 1. Harrisburg (14) 1-0 70 1 2. O’Gorman 2-0 54 2 3. S.F. Washington 1-0 39 3 4. S.F. Jefferson 1-0 31 5 5. Watertown 3-2 12 4 RECEIVING VOTES: S.F. Lincoln (4-1) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump to plead not guilty in election interference case, waives right to be present at arraignment
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has waived his right to be present at his arraignment in his federal election interference case and has authorized his attorney to enter a plea of [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ charges senior Hamas leaders over involvement in Americans’ deaths during Oct. 7 attack on Israel
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department unsealed charges Tuesday targeting multiple senior members of Hamas’ leadership for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murdering of Americans during the terror group’s Oct. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man who leaped over bench and attacked judge heading to trial
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — The man who went viral in January for leaping over a Las Vegas, Nevada, courtroom bench and attacking the presiding judge is set to return to court for trial [Read More…]
ABC National News
11-year-old allegedly confesses to fatally shooting 82-year-old man and his daughter
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MINDEN, La.) — An 11-year-old has allegedly confessed to fatally shooting a former city council member and his daughter, according to officials in Louisiana. Officers in Minden, about 30 miles east of [Read More…]
ABC National News
90-year-old Navy veteran killed in Houston carjacking; $15,000 reward issued for information
Courtesy of Tim Beckett (HOUSTON) — Texas officials are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of a suspect involved in the fatal carjacking of a 90-year-old veteran over the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris campaign kicks off reproductive rights tour in Florida
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign kicked off a weekslong 50-stop “reproductive freedom bus tour” across battleground states in West Palm Beach, Florida — former President Donald Trump’s backyard — on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Linda Sun, former Kathy Hochul aide, accused of scheming to advance interests of China
Jose A. Alvarado Jr./Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, schemed to advance the interests of China while working in New York State government, [Read More…]
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Sioux Falls Police Investigate Multiple Shootings Over Labor Day Weekend
The Sioux Falls Police Department is actively investigating a series of shootings that took place from Labor Day weekend through Tuesday. West Tanager Place Mobile Home Shooting The first incident occurred early Saturday morning on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sydney Sweeney is “very excited” to “jump back into” ‘Euphoria’
HBO/Eddy Chen Fans of the Emmy-winning HBO drama Euphoria are excited to know the show gets back into production in January — and so is co-star Sydney Sweeney. “I’m very excited to jump back into [Read More…]
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