Month: May 2026
Buxton hits 3-run HR, Bradley has 8 strikeouts to help Twins beat Nationals 11-3
WASHINGTON (AP) — Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer, Brooks Lee drove in three runs and Taj Bradley struck out eight in six solid innings to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Washington Nationals 11-3 [Read More…]
Hartman drives in four as Mitchell splits doubleheader with Roosevelt
MITCHELL, S.D. – Mitchell baseball split a home doubleheader Tuesday against Sioux Falls Roosevelt, rallying for a 7-3 win in the opener before falling 7-5 in extra innings in Game 2. In the first game, [Read More…]
Prime Video asks ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ fans not to spoil upcoming film
Lola Tung and Christopher Briney pose at ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ season 3 premiere in Paris, France, as they announce the upcoming film that will continue the series. (Anthony Ghnassia) Prime Video is asking [Read More…]
Temps to vary west to east across the Heartland; drier on parts of the Plains
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the middle and upper Mississippi Valley to the middle and northern Atlantic States. Warmer-than-normal weather will span the Deep South, [Read More…]
Mitchell Hires Bob Lemon to Lead Girls Soccer Program
Mitchell High School is pleased to announce the hiring of Bob Lemon as the new head coach of the girls soccer program. Lemon returns to a program he previously led for six seasons before stepping [Read More…]
South Dakota stays at No. 46 in teacher pay rankings
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota ranks 46th in the nation in a new report on average teacher salaries, the same as last year. The state’s standing is its highest since the National Education Association started ranking [Read More…]
Opponents win temporary order against drilling project near culturally significant Black Hills site
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight Tribes and environmental groups scored at least a temporary victory this week in their multipronged effort to stop exploratory drilling in culturally significant areas of South Dakota’s Black Hills. A federal [Read More…]
Elk wander to eastern South Dakota, and the state responds with unlimited hunting licenses
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — Elk hunters in South Dakota will have more opportunities in Custer State Park and east of the Missouri River after a legislative committee approved rule changes Tuesday. The committee, [Read More…]
Six Jackrabbits Recognized by Summit League
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League announced its award winners and all-conference teams on Tuesday, May 5, for the 2026 softball season. Six South Dakota State student-athletes were recognized for their performance during the conference [Read More…]
SDSU Meet Bison in Twin Cities to Open Summit League Softball Tourney
Summit League Softball Championship: #6 South Dakota State (23-32, 5-12) vs. #3 North Dakota State (27-22, 11-7) When Wednesday, May 6 – 4 PM Location Minneapolis, Minn. (Jane Sage Cowles Stadium) Stream Summit League Network Live [Read More…]
Jackrabbit Athletic Scholarship Auction Surpasses $3 Million For First Time
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The 2026 Jackrabbit Athletic Scholarship Auction delivered another historic moment for South Dakota State Athletics as the annual event surpassed $3 million for the first time. The JASA initially concluded with $2.96 million raised – already [Read More…]
Five Tigers Named 2026 GPAC Baseball All-Conference, Riley Honored as GPAC Golden Glover
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Great Plains Athletic Conference has released the 2026 All-Conference teams for Baseball. Dakota Wesleyan’s selections were headlined by junior outfielder Mason Riley, out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, who was named to the [Read More…]
Hearing held in Mitchell baseball defamation lawsuit
By Molly Wetsch South Dakota News Watch MITCHELL, S.D. – A judge heard arguments Tuesday for three motions in the civil lawsuit filed by a former Mitchell baseball player against two local news organizations and [Read More…]
Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect indicted by a grand jury on 4 counts
Gavel (SimpleImages/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on four counts — three of which he had already [Read More…]
Dominic Sessa stars in Anthony Bourdain biopic ‘Tony’ trailer
Dominic Sessa and Leo Woodall in ‘Tony.’ (A24) A24 has released the first trailer for Tony, the upcoming biographical drama about famed chef, Kitchen Confidential author and legendary Parts Unknown culinary travel host Anthony Bourdain. [Read More…]
Whitney Leavitt to depart ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ after season 5
Whitney Leavitt attends FX’s ‘The Beauty’ New York premiere at Museum of Modern Art on Jan. 14, 2026, in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Whitney Leavitt is saying goodbye to The Secret Lives of [Read More…]
Cattle futures sharply higher on solid demand
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on technical buying and solid beef demand. June live cattle closed $1.47 higher at $253.22 and August live cattle closed $2.17 higher at [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn take profits, watching weather, outside factors
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling, along with the drop in crude oil. Contracts are overbought and U.S. planting and emergence remain ahead of average. That’s not to say that there aren’t [Read More…]
Heavy rain in Southwest Michigan highlights benefits of cover crops, MSU says
Conservation research at Michigan State University is helping to understand what management practices are needed to handle wetter springs. Director of MSU’s Long-Term Agroecosystem Project Phil Robertson tells Brownfield, “Unlike elsewhere, we’re not getting less precipitation.” “We’re getting [Read More…]
Boozman talks Senate farm bill process, priorities
All eyes shifted to the U.S. Senate after the House passed its farm bill last week. Senate Ag Committee Chairman John Boozman says the Senate has different rules for its farm bill process. “Because of [Read More…]
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