Year: 2024
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Codington County Fatal Crash Southwest of Watertown
Codington County, S.D.- A Watertown man died Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash 10 miles southwest of Watertown, SD. The name of the person involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary [Read More…]
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Seven ballot measures, $7 million and counting: Reports reveal total spending
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Ballot question campaigns in South Dakota had collectively spent about $7 million this year by their Oct. 21 reporting deadline, according to a South Dakota Searchlight analysis, and they’ve likely [Read More…]
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Justice Department to monitor voting law compliance in tribal areas and Minnehaha County
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The U.S. Department of Justice will monitor polling places to ensure voting rights in South Dakota’s most-populated county and three Native American-majority counties on Election Day. Alison Ramsdell, U.S. attorney [Read More…]
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Researchers test for ‘forever chemicals’ in Big Sioux River
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The murky brown Big Sioux River consistently receives poor marks for its water quality, but eastern South Dakota water systems near the river don’t know if that pollution includes “forever chemicals.” [Read More…]
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SDSU Sweeps Kansas City, Moves to 22-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – South Dakota State volleyball stretched its win streak to 22 matches Saturday with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-20) sweep over Kansas City at the Swinney Center. SDSU improves to 22-0 on the [Read More…]
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Jacks Start Fast, Roll Past Murray State
South Dakota State scored on six of its seven first-half possessions and cruised to a 52-6 victory over Murray State in Missouri Valley Football Conference action Saturday afternoon at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. With their [Read More…]
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SDSU Men’s Hoops Begins Season in Sioux Falls
The South Dakota State men’s basketball program plays in the Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase to officially begin the 2024-25 season on Monday. SDSU faces McNeese State with tipoff scheduled for 5 p.m. in Sioux Falls at [Read More…]
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Jacks Open Season at Rice
South Dakota State travels to Houston, Texas Monday to open the 2024-25 season at Rice. This is the first-ever meeting between these teams. SDSU went 27-6 a season ago and made the program’s 12th trip [Read More…]
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Tigers Bounce Back As They Handle The Warriors In Iowa
Forest City, Iowa- The Dakota Wesleyan football team got off to a fast start Saturday afternoon on the road, jumping out to a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and never trailed as [Read More…]
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Two South Dakota prison inmates convicted of attacking two corrections officers
Two inmates have been found guilty of assaulting two correctional officers at the South Dakota Penitentiary in 2023. 49 year old Lester M. Monroe and 31 year old Kyle Jones were both found guilty of [Read More…]
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Eddie Murphy to play funk legend George Clinton in upcoming biopic
Disney/Randy Holmes Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to play a funk music icon on screen. Variety reports that the actor/comedian is set to star as Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic directed by [Read More…]
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ABC reveals holiday programming schedule
Disney/Pamela Littky ‘Tis the season: ABC has revealed its slate of holiday programming. Specials on the holiday schedule include The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular on Dec. 1, CMA Country Christmas on Dec. 3, [Read More…]
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What we know about Trump’s health care plans after Harris says he’ll roll back protections
Maskot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump will roll back health care protections if he wins the presidential election. Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris said [Read More…]
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Inside Arizona’s abortion ballot measure fight: One family’s story
Kristin Gambardella speaks to ABC News. (ABC News) (PHOENIX) — Kristin and Dave Gambardella never expected the journey of growing their family to include an abortion procedure, but in summer 2023, the married couple nevertheless [Read More…]
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Democrats launch 11th-hour ads to boost turnout among Black rural voters in South
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. [Read More…]
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2024 election updates: Trump continues to slam Cheney
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeaks to voters over the weekend. After popping up on “Saturday Night Live,” Vice President Kamala [Read More…]
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Video showing Haitian migrants voting in Georgia is Russian influence operation: Intel community
A screengrab from a video which purports to show Haitian migrants voting in Georgia. The intelligence community assessed on Friday that the video was part of a Russian influence operation to sow discord in the [Read More…]
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Tens of millions of early votes have been cast. What could it mean for Election Day?
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million [Read More…]
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Truck crash kills 4, injures 17 on Michigan interstate
Footage of a vehicle explosion taken by a driver on I-96 in Webberville, Mich., Nov. 2, 2024. (Simon Schuster) (LANSING, MI) — A semitractor-trailer crashed into backed-up traffic on a Michigan interstate, killing four people [Read More…]
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Ex-Louisville officer guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights
ftwitty/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a fatal botched police raid, in a retrial of the federal [Read More…]
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