Month: April 2025
US puts $8M bounty for arrest of Mexican drug cartel leaders charged with trafficking fentanyl
U.S. Department of State The Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed drug trafficking charges against the two leaders of the Mexican drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization (LNFM) and offered up to $8 million for [Read More…]
Trump wants to send US citizens to foreign prisons. Legal experts say he can’t.
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants it alleges are MS-13 gang members — calling them “terrorists” — to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison. Could American citizens convicted of [Read More…]
East River South Dakotans vent, call for action at Sioux Falls political town hall
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – Attendees of a Tuesday evening town hall focused on the impact of Trump administration policies voiced worries about federal funding cuts, the impact of tariffs and a [Read More…]
‘After all our hard work’: Federal fallout leads to suspension of interlibrary loan courier service
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Checking out some books through local libraries could soon cost more than a standard library card fee. Libraries were instructed Monday to immediately suspend use of the state’s interlibrary loan [Read More…]
Marijuana legalization hits roadblocks after years of expansion
Kevin Hardy, Stateline As every state surrounding Idaho legalized marijuana, state Rep. Bruce Skaug started to view it as inevitable that the Gem State would follow suit. Not anymore. Skaug, a Republican, supported two bills [Read More…]
Suspects Identified in Wagner Casey’s Burglary
The Wagner Police Department has identified two suspects involved in the recent burglary at a Casey’s gas station in Wagner, South Dakota. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 15, resulting [Read More…]
Wednesday Sports: April 16, 2025
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, APRIL 15, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels softball had its three-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday night with a 14-2 loss to SF Washington in five innings. The [Read More…]
Wild clinch playoff spot by taking Ducks to OT on Eriksson Ek’s tying goal with 20.9 seconds left
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild clinched a spot in the playoffs in dramatic fashion when Joel Eriksson Ek scored the tying goal with 20.9 seconds left in regulation, and Matt Boldy got the winner [Read More…]
Jeffers, Bader lead Twins over Mets 6-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Jeffers and Harrison Bader had three hits apiece and Brooks Lee homered on Tuesday as the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Mets 6-3. Byron Buxton singled twice and scored two [Read More…]
SDSU Returns to Twin Cities for Four Games
South Dakota State (7-23, 4-9 Summit) at Minnesota (17-17) and St. Thomas (17-13, 11-3) When at Minnesota: 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas: 3 p.m. Thursday | 3 p.m. Friday | 1 p.m. Saturday Where at Minnesota: Siebert Field [Read More…]
Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s legacy on 78th anniversary of breaking color barrier
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too. Players [Read More…]
Butler, Curry lead Warriors past Grizzlies 121-116 to secure seventh seed in West playoffs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry threw their arms around each other and embraced. Playoff Jimmy in all his brilliance on the big stage took all the pressure off Curry, and now [Read More…]
Anthony, Magic claim 7th seed with 120-95 win over Hawks in Play-In Tournament
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cole Anthony came off the bench with 26 points and six assists to lead the Orlando Magic to a 120-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night in the first [Read More…]
‘The Wedding Banquet’ reimagines a ’90s queer classic
Leon Bennett/Getty Images The new movie The Wedding Banquet may share a name with Ang Lee’s queer romantic comedy from the 1990s, but director Andrew Ahn says it isn’t a direct remake. “I think the [Read More…]
Florence Pugh says she is hard to date: ‘I’m tricky’
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Disney Florence Pugh says she doesn’t make it easy to date her. The actress opened up about her romantic life in a recent cover story for Harper’s Bazaar UK. Pugh said [Read More…]
Wisconsin farm groups support funding PACE conservation easement program
A Wisconsin program that pays farmers for permanent agricultural conservation easements might get its first funding since its creation in 2009. Wisconsin’s Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement or PACE program started strong but has not [Read More…]
Researcher takes a deeper dive into Influenza A
An epidemiologist at Colorado State University is studying how Influenza A is being spread in dairy cows. For the last 10 months, Dr. Jason Lombard and a team of researchers have been evaluating the milk, [Read More…]
Mitchell Technical College Earns 2025-2026 Military Friendly Gold School Designation
Mitchell Technical College has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® Gold School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 [Read More…]
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s order targeting law firm: ‘Shocking abuse of power’
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at Susman Godfrey, the law firm that has for years represented Dominion Voting Systems — [Read More…]
DHS says it will receive Abrego Garcia at a port of entry — but it can’t extract him from El Salvador
Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fifteen minutes before a scheduled hearing in wrongful deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration said in their daily status report to [Read More…]
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