Year: 2026

Molly Wetsch/South Dakota Searchlight WATERTOWN, S.D. – In South Dakota, where the state’s proportion of clean energy production is the highest in the country, students are taking advantage of growing energy workforce needs. Lake Area [Read More…]

Alternative instruction grows in South Dakota as public school enrollment declines, report says

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Alternative instruction enrollment continues to rise in South Dakota, breaking 12,000 students enrolled in 2025, according to data released recently by the state Education Department. The growth comes as private and [Read More…]

Chambliss, Carneiro lift Mississippi past Georgia 39-34 in Sugar Bowl and into CFP semifinals

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With Trinidad Chambliss making stunning plays at pivotal moments, Mississippi is doing fine without Lane Kiffin. Chambliss passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and Lucas Carneiro kicked a 47-yard field [Read More…]

Top-seeded Indiana routs Alabama 38-3 for its first Rose Bowl victory, roaring into CFP semifinals

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza literally jumped for joy when the Heisman Trophy winner learned he was not the offensive MVP of Indiana’s dominant victory over Alabama in the Rose Bowl. The quarterback and [Read More…]

Friday Sports: January 2, 2026

FRIDAY SPORTS, JANUARY 2, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels girls basketball will be at Harrisburg on Friday at 7 pm. — Mitchell Kernels boys basketball faces Harrisburg on Tuesday at 7 pm. It will [Read More…]

Wilkinson Career Day, Strong 2nd Half Lifts Jacks Over Omaha

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State opened Summit League play in emphatic fashion on Thursday by using a dominant second half, along with a career performance from Damon Wilkinson, to power past Omaha 84–69 inside First Bank & [Read More…]

South Dakota State Tops St. Thomas to Start Conference Play

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team opened Summit League play with a 67-49 win over St. Thomas Thursday afternoon at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Jacks improve to 11-4 on the [Read More…]

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Northernmost New World screwworm detection reported less than 200 miles from U.S. border

January 2, 2026 nedvedmedia

New World screwworm has been confirmed 197 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. This is the first reported case in Tamauliapas, and the northernmost active detection to date. Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and [Read More…]

Ohio police search for suspect after dentist, wife found murdered at home

mphotoi/Getty Images Ohio authorities are searching for a suspect after a dentist and his wife were found murdered inside their home earlier this week. Columbus Police Patrol officers responded to the home of Spencer Tepe, [Read More…]

Defense carries the day for Oregon, as Ducks move into CFP semifinals by topping Texas Tech 23-0

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The first thing that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore did after winning the Orange Bowl was salute the thousands of fans who made the cross-country trip to South Florida. If the [Read More…]

Trump says he got a CT scan instead of an MRI

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For weeks, President Donald Trump has said that he received an MRI at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October, but when asked about the procedure by the Wall [Read More…]

South Dakota State Wrestling Starts New Year in Sioux Falls

Week 7: #8 South Dakota State vs. Arizona State, at Soldier Salute Date and Time Friday, Jan. 2; 6 p.m. CT, Saturday-Sunday. Jan. 3-4; 10 a.m. (Soldier Salute) Location Sioux Falls, S.D.; Coralville, Iowa (Soldier [Read More…]

SDSU Men Host Reigning League Champs in Conference Opener

Game 16: South Dakota State vs. Omaha Date and Time Thursday, Jan. 1 – 4:15 p.m. CT Location Brookings, S.D. Site First Bank & Trust Arena Television/Stream Midco Sports / Summit League Network Audio GoJacks.com Live [Read More…]

Jacks Host Tommies to Open Summit League Play

South Dakota State vs. St. Thomas Game 15 vs. St. Thomas When Thursday, January 1 at 2 p.m. Where Brookings, S.D. | First Bank & Trust Arena TV Midco Sports Stream Summit League Network & Midco Sports [Read More…]

Bruns scores 1,000th career point in loss at NDSU

FARGO, N.D. — A shorthanded South Dakota basketball team fell 84-61 to North Dakota State Wednesday in the team’s Summit League opener at the Scheels Center. Isaac Bruns eclipsed 1,000 career points in the first half of [Read More…]

Miner County Grand Jury indicts a man from Howard on murder and manslaughter charges

January 1, 2026 J.P. Skelly

A 46 year old man from Howard has been indicted on two murder charges and a manslaughter charge in connection with a stabbing death that occurred Dec. 6 in Howard. A Miner County Grand Jury [Read More…]

Russia downs 4,300 Ukrainian drones in December, setting new record, Moscow claims

Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — December saw a new record number of Ukrainian long-range drones shot down by Russian forces, according to statistics published by the Russian Defense Ministry and analyzed by ABC News, [Read More…]

Zohran Mamdani sworn in at midnight ahead of historic public inauguration as New York City mayor

Photo by Amir Hamja-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Zohran Mamdani, the state assemblyman and democratic socialist who catapulted to national attention during the 2025 race for New York City mayor, was sworn in at midnight [Read More…]

White House delays new tariffs on furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities