Month: February 2026
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Economy Deal to move pork plant from downtown to northern Sioux Falls includes $50 million Sanford gift
South Dakota Searchlight Staff Smithfield Foods will move its pork processing facility from downtown Sioux Falls to a new plant that will be built on the northern edge of the city by the end of [Read More…]
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Monday Sports, February 16, 2026
MONDAY SPORTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell’s gymnastics season ended Saturday at the Class AA Individual State Competition at Mitchell High School with two athletes placing in the top three of the all-around [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Stranger Things’ star Maya Hawke marries singer Christian Lee Hutson
Maya Hawke and Christian Lee Hutson perform onstage during the 37th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concerton February 26, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tibet House US) Maya Hawke and singer-songwriter [Read More…]
ABC National News
Teen who called for dad’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer
Cancer patient Ofelia Torres holds up her baby photos, some of the include her father Ruben Torres-Maldonado. (ABC News) (CHICAGO) — A Chicago teen who fought for her father’s release from immigration detention while she [Read More…]
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Winners, losers begin to emerge from South Dakota’s property tax scrum
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota lawmakers in Pierre have property tax proposals aplenty to discuss, built upon 19 ideas from a tax relief task force and others from the governor and individual legislators. On Thursday, they [Read More…]
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Harrisburg’s Maeschen Wins All-Around Title; Gropper, Prunty lead Kernels at State Individual Meet
MITCHELL, S.D. — Mitchell’s gymnastics season ended Saturday at the Class AA Individual State Competition at Mitchell High School with two athletes placing in the top three of the all-around standings. Harrisburg’s Katelyn Maeschen won [Read More…]
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Jacks Rebounds in Win over Oral Roberts
TULSA, Okla. – South Dakota State used a dominant second half and red-hot 3-point shooting to pull away from Oral Roberts on Saturday and earn an 87–69 Summit League road victory at the Mabee Center. After taking [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘Very concerning’: How EPA rolling back greenhouse gas emissions endangerment finding could impact health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters is seen on February 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration walked back an Obama-era environmental decision that has been the legal [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration deportations to 3rd countries cost taxpayers ‘upward of $40M’: Report
A security contractor hired by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), checks the mouth of a Honduran immigration detainee from Honduras before a deportation flight to San Pedro Sula, Honduras on February 28, 2013 in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Severe weather across the South may bring tornadoes
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather is headed to the deep South, from Texas to Mississippi, with damaging winds, possible tornadoes and some large hail forecast. A powerful storm system will move out of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Rubio tries to reassure foreign allies in Munich speech
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a key note speech at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026 in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio [Read More…]
ABC World News
Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with dart frog toxin, 5 European countries say
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in support of political prisoners in Prospekt Sakharova Street in Moscow, Russia on September 29, 2019. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Russian opposition [Read More…]
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Jackrabbits Roll Past Kansas City 93–40 Behind Hot Shooting Start
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team set the tone early and led wire-to-wire in a 93-40 win over Kansas City Saturday afternoon at First Bank & Trust Arena. An impressive first [Read More…]
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Second-Half Surge Not Enough as Tigers Fall to Lancers
YANKTON, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball squared off against the Mount Marty Lancers down at Cimpl Arena in a GPAC contest. The first-half effort for the Tigers was led by Tyson Stevenson in the starting rotation, who [Read More…]
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Dakota Wesleyan Women’s Basketball Falls to Mount Marty, Winning Steak Ends at 15
YANKTON, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Women’s Basketball traveled south to take on its GPAC rivals in the Mount Marty Lancers. Mount Marty was ready to go from tipoff, but the Dakota Wesleyan offensive effort was able [Read More…]
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Hausman claims all-around crown; Duba shines for Royals at Class A individual meet
MITCHELL, S.D. — Dominance from Estelline/Hendricks’ Maggie Hausman and a strong showing from Addison Duba of Parkston/Ethan/Hanson/Mount Vernon highlighted the 2026 Class A State Gymnastics Meet individual competition Saturday at Mitchell High School. Hausman captured [Read More…]
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2026 DWU/Culver’s Boys Classic Results
2026 DWU/Culver’s Boys Classic ResultsSaturday, Feb. 14 — Corn Palace FINAL — Howard 64, Philip 43 Howard’s Kolt Becker with a double-double of 21 points, 16 rebounds and five assists. Brody Spader adds 10 points, [Read More…]
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Freeman, Wall clash headlines DWU/Culver’s Boys Classic slate at Corn Palace
Travis Kriens/KORN News Radio News Director MITCHELL, S.D. — A matchup between two of Class B’s hottest teams will take center stage Saturday afternoon as Freeman and Wall meet in one of the featured games [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s love story examined in new special
John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy arrive at the annual John F. Kennedy Library Foundation dinner and Profiles in Courage awards in honor of the former president’s 82nd birthday, May 23, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Benedict, Sophie pine over forbidden love in ‘Bridgerton’ season 4 part 2 offical trailer
Yerin Ha as Sophie in ‘Bridgerton’ season 4. (Netflix) (SPOILER ALERT) Make haste, dearest gentle reader, to watch the official trailer for part 2 of Bridgerton season 4. Netflix has shared a brand-new trailer that [Read More…]