Year: 2024
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Nursing home representatives hope Trump administration halts ‘impossible’ staffing rule
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Organizations representing South Dakota nursing homes are hopeful President-elect Donald Trump will halt a staffing rule they say could devastate their industry. The organizations have said for over a year [Read More…]
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High court rules in favor of victim, but says Marsy’s Law is not absolute
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A state constitutional amendment on victims’ rights approved by voters in 2016 is not absolute, the South Dakota Supreme Court concluded this week. The justices decided that South Dakota’s Marsy’s [Read More…]
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Jacks Cruise to Win in Regular Season Home Finale
South Dakota State scored 28 points in the second quarter for the second week in a row, rolling to a 41-10 victory over Southern Illinois in the Jackrabbits’ regular season home finale Saturday afternoon at [Read More…]
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Mitchell man sentenced to federal prison
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell recently announced U.S. District Court Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced a Mitchell, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. 38 year old Dustin Todd [Read More…]
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Coyotes Rally to Pick Up Eighth Win in 42-36 Victory at North Dakota
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The No. 5-ranked South Dakota football team (8-2, 6-1 MVFC) snapped a 15-game losing streak to the (RV) North Dakota Fighting Hawks (5-6, 2-5 MVFC) and erased an early 14-0 deficit with [Read More…]
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Morningside Dominates DWU in Tigers Football Season Finale
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The #6 ranked Morningside football team displayed balanced offense as they defeated Dakota Wesleyan 56-3 in Sioux City Saturday. The Mustangs set the tone early as they scored two touchdowns in the [Read More…]
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Jacks Sweep North Dakota to Clinch Summit League Regular Season Volleyball Title
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – South Dakota State volleyball clinched at least a share of the Summit League regular season title with a 3-0 sweep over North Dakota Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The Jackrabbits’ [Read More…]
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No. 16 Duke Visits Brookings on Sunday
Game 4: RV/No. 25 South Dakota State vs. No. 16/16 Duke Date and Time Sun., Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. Location Brookings, S.D. Site First Bank & Trust Arena TV / Stream CBS Sports Network [Read More…]
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Second Half Goals Carry Gophers Past Jacks in NCAA Tournament
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s Sophia Boman scored two goals in the second half to help lead the Golden Gophers to a 2-0 victory over South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Division [Read More…]
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Former classmate sentenced to life without parole in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein
Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images, Pool (SANTA ANA, Calif.) — Samuel Woodward, a California man found guilty of murdering his former classmate in 2018 in a hate crime, was sentenced to life in prison [Read More…]
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Giuliani turns over Mercedes, watches to Georgia poll workers he defamed
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After months of legal wrangling, Rudy Giuliani on Friday turned over his luxury sports car, several watches, a ring and financial assets to two Georgia election workers he defamed [Read More…]
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Can’t lose? ’Friday Night Lights’ reboot reportedly in the works
Bill Records/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Much like Texas, it seems like reboots are also forever. According to Variety, Universal Television is working on bringing back the high school football drama Friday Night Lights [Read More…]
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Why credit card rates remain high, even after interest rate cuts
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans’ credit card debt has hit a record high, the Federal Reserve of New York said in a report released this week. Credit card debt climbed $24 billion over [Read More…]
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Trump may try to reverse TikTok ban. Here’s how he could.
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Social media platform TikTok is hurtling toward a U.S. ban that could upend its business and frustrate more than 150 million American users — unless President-elect Donald Trump finds a [Read More…]
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Inflation expected to have increased in October
Hispanolistic via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government is set to release new inflation data on Wednesday, offering a fresh look at price increases little more than a week after the issue appeared to [Read More…]
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Patients are stockpiling birth control over fears Trump could limit access to contraception
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Women are stocking up on birth control and asking for long-term contraception methods following President Donald Trump being elected to a second term last week, doctors say. Searches for [Read More…]
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Black infant mortality rate more than double the rate among white infants: CDC
FatCamera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still persist, new provisional federal data released early Thursday finds. The U.S. provisional infant mortality [Read More…]
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Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An attorney representing two women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling for the release of the committee’s report, telling ABC [Read More…]
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Mike Johnson says he doesn’t think House Ethics Committee should release Gaetz report
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release the findings of its investigation into Matt Gaetz, now that the Florida [Read More…]
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Trump transition live updates: Trump team aware of sex assault claim against Hegseth
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever [Read More…]
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