Month: March 2026

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill into law Monday that makes it a felony crime to create, possess or share computer-generated “deepfakes” of unwilling people in states of [Read More…]

State legislators push to expand laws allowing guns on college campuses

An unloaded Glock 19X handgun sits next to a magazine and 9 mm ammunition at a gun range. At least 14 states currently allow firearms on public college campuses. (Photo by Amanda Watford/Stateline) Amanda Watford/Stateline [Read More…]

Wednesday Sports: March 18, 2026

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, MARCH 18, 2026 DAKOTA WESLEYAN — Dakota Wesleyan’s Ashlen Johnson has been named the GPAC Softball Player of the Week. Johnson went 10-for-19 at the plate last week in Tucson, Arizona, hitting .526 [Read More…]

Meyer Earns USBWA All-American Recognition

INDIANAPOLIS – South Dakota State senior Brooklyn Meyer earned an honorable mention All-America nod from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Tuesday. Meyer averages 22.4 points per game (11th in the NCAA) and has a .646 field goal percentage [Read More…]

Sixth Inning Spells Doom for Jacks at Oklahoma State

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State scored five unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth inning — all with two outs — and held on to defeat South Dakota State, 7-6, Tuesday night in the opener [Read More…]

SDSU Places Second at Home Invite

BOULDER CREEK, Nev. – The South Dakota State women’s golf team finished second at its home event – the Spring Jackrabbits Invitational in Memory of Gayle Baker – Tuesday at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. McKenzie Mages and Molly [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Drop Midweek Doubleheader at Wichita State

WICHITA, Kan. – South Dakota State played a pair of games as a part of a doubleheader against Wichita State at the Shockers’ Wilkins Stadium on Tuesday. The Jackrabbits fell 12-5 and 3-1 in the meetings, [Read More…]

Luke Thompson on Benedict’s ‘refreshing’ coming out scene in ‘Bridgerton’ season 4

March 18, 2026 ABC News

Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek and Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton in the sixth episode of ‘Bridgerton’ season 4. (Liam Daniel/Netflix) (SPOILER ALERT) Bridgerton season 4 is continuing its reign atop the Netflix charts, having [Read More…]

Tuesday Sports: March 17, 2026

TUESDAY SPORTS, MARCH 17, 2026 DAKOTA WESLEYAN — Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball will face Lindsey Wilson in the NAIA national tournament Round of 16 in Sioux City on Friday at 1 pm. — Dakota Wesleyan softball [Read More…]

Deployment of Marines to Middle East raises specter of ground troops in Iran

U.S. Marines land at the objective point during a simulated bilateral small boat raid at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 26, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps) (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s decision to send the [Read More…]

Chief Justice Roberts: ‘Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop’

John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 23, 2021. Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation by the Senate last [Read More…]

Trump blasts NATO after allies rebuff his call to help reopen Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media onboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 while en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland from West Palm Beach Florida. President Trump returned to [Read More…]

Trump says he’ll have ‘honor’ of taking Cuba as country struggles with energy crisis

.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center Board Members in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]

Mississippi River mayors warn AI, fuel costs and drought are straining key waterway

Tugboat pushing a barge upstream on the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Arkansas. (Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana traveled to Washington earlier this month with a [Read More…]

Max Greenfield, Kumail Nanjiani and more join ‘The White Lotus’ season 4

A photo of Max Greenfield. (Steve Granitz) | A photo of Kumail Nanjiani. (Brian Bowen Smith) Many new actors are checking in to The White Lotus. Max Greenfield, Kumail Nanjiani, Chloe Bennet, Charlie Hall and [Read More…]

Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya star in ‘Dune: Part Three’ official teaser trailer

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in ‘Dune: Part Three.’ (Warner Bros. Pictures) It’s time to go back to Arrakis. Warner Bros. Pictures has shared the official teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three, starring Timothée Chalamet as [Read More…]

Ag News

Soybeans regain part of Monday’s drop, corn closes mostly firm

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Beans bought back part of Monday’s drop, with help from gains in soybean and crude oils. Soybean meal futures were lower on product spread trade with bean [Read More…]

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Soy-based road sealant creating new market opportunities for Ohio-grown soybeans

The Ohio Soybean Council is working to create new domestic demand opportunities for Ohio-grown soybeans. Madi Corbi says BIORESTOR is helping extend the life of rural roads in northwest Ohio. “Any traditional petroleum product, we can put soy in [Read More…]

Ag News

More than 100,000 birds impacted by HPAI in March as wild bird migration season picks up in Indiana

Twenty-one new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been confirmed in commercial poultry facilities across the state since the beginning of March. Denise Derrer Spears with the Indiana State Board of Animal Health says the wild bird migration [Read More…]

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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 17, 2026