Month: December 2025

THURSDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 18, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels basketball hosts Rapid City Stevens for a doubleheader at the Corn Palace on Friday night. The girls game starts at 6 pm, followed by the [Read More…]

17th-Ranked Northwestern Gets the Better of DWU Men’s Basketball

MITCHELL, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball hosted the No. 17 Northwestern Red Raiders at the Corn Palace in a conference contest. The Red Raiders started the contest with most of the scoring momentum, but the [Read More…]

USD Drops First Game of Malibu Classic 73-65 to Pepperdine

MALIBU, Calif. – South Dakota women’s basketball lost its third straight game, a 73-65 result to Pepperdine in the Malibu Classic hosted by Pepperdine Wednesday night. It was a season’s best performance by Elise Turrubiates to lead [Read More…]

Coyotes Avoid Upset vs. Dakota State, 80-71

VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota basketball picked up its sixth win in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Wednesday night 80-71 over Dakota State. Isaac Bruns led the Yotes in scoring with 23 points, his sixth straight game [Read More…]

For the 1st time ever, a person who uses a wheelchair will fly to space

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket carrying astronauts Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyn, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, and Lauren Sánchez lifts off from Launch Site One on April 14, 2025 in Van Horn, Texas. Blue [Read More…]

Brian Walshe set to be sentenced for murdering and dismembering wife

Brian Walshe, accused of murdering wife Ana Walshe on Jan. 1, 2023, is lead into his hearing at Norfolk Superior Court. (Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images) (DEDHAM, Mass.) — Brian Walshe is set [Read More…]

What to know about Nick Reiner’s high-profile attorney Alan Jackson, his past clients

Alan Jackson, attorney of Nick Reiner, appears in court to defend Reiner on murder charges on December 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Jae C. Hong-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Nick Reiner, the son of [Read More…]

Holiday travel forecast: When to fly, drive this Christmas and New Year’s

Passengers crowd at Los Angeles International Airport as the Independence Day holiday approaches on July 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (I RYU/VCG via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — This Christmas and New Year’s holiday [Read More…]

Powerball jackpot climbs to estimated $1.5 billion after no Wednesday winner

In this photo illustration, Powerball lottery tickets are displayed on a countertop at the Brew Market & Cafe on September 04, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot is [Read More…]

Fact-checking Trump’s presidential address claim he’s brought gas, grocery prices down

President Donald Trump delivers an address to the Nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 17, 2025. (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said during his presidential address on Wednesday night that [Read More…]

Leonardo DiCaprio has never rewatched ‘Titanic’: ‘I haven’t seen it in forever’

December 18, 2025 nedvedmedia

Leonardo DiCaprio attends the 16th Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on Nov. 16, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t have an opinion on whether or not Rose could have [Read More…]

Ag News

Wisconsin sees export success despite tariffs

Wisconsin’s ag secretary says the state is making food and agriculture export sales despite tariffs, trade uncertainty, and a tough economy. Randy Romanski tells Brownfield Wisconsin continues to “punch above its weight class” in the [Read More…]

Ag News

Analyst: South America on track for record soybeans, large corn crop

December 18, 2025 nedvedmedia

A record soybean crop and a large corn crop are expected for the largest competitor to the United States. Analyst Michael Coronnier with Soybean and Corn Adviser says as of mid-December, good planting progress has [Read More…]

Fights and injuries spiked in South Dakota prisons in 2025

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Fights and serious injuries spiked higher in South Dakota’s state prisons last year than at any point since at least 2018, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Department [Read More…]

Health Department warns of measles exposure in Rapid City

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Health is warning the public about a potential measles exposure at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The notification came as the agency’s website lists three new measles cases [Read More…]

70% of children in South Dakota foster care are Native American, state says

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight For the fourth year in a row, Native American children made up more than 70% of children in the South Dakota foster care system at the end of the state’s fiscal [Read More…]

Soybeans have been a top U.S. ag export for decades. What happens when the top buyer stops buying?

Cassandra Stephenson, Gabrielle Nelson, Mónica Cordero RYDER, N.D., — Tyler Stafslien is a fourth-generation farmer who’s worked his family’s land in central North Dakota for about 20 years. Roughly half of his 2,500 acres are [Read More…]

Half of SD inmates return to prison, two-thirds among Native American women, new report shows

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Half the people released from prison in South Dakota return within three years, according to the state Department of Corrections’ newly released 2025 annual report — the highest recidivism rate in at least [Read More…]

$300 million Sanford gift ranks as fifth biggest charitable donation of the year