Year: 2026
ABC Sports News
World Cup final between Spain and Argentina watched by roughly 60 million on Fox and Telemundo
There are a lot of things that could have gone wrong during this summer’s World Cup — a complicated logistical undertaking that included three host nations, 16 stadiums, 48 teams, 104 games and endless opportunities for controversy on and [Read More…]
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ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says
ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Wednesday Sports: July 22, 2026
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JULY 22, 2026 PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL — Palace City Post 18 legion baseball takes on No. 6 seed Rapid City Post 320 in game one on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Game two [Read More…]
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Hedges and Halpin hit sac flies in the 6th, Guardians beat Twins 5-2 for third straight victory
CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Hedges and Petey Halpin hit sacrifice flies in the sixth inning as the Cleveland Guardians, a night after hitting seven homers, used small ball to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on [Read More…]
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South Dakota State Women’s Basketball Ranked 9th in WCBA Academic Top 25
ATLANTA – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was recognized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) as the organization announced its 2025-26 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll Tuesday. The Jackrabbits are ranked ninth [Read More…]
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Three Tigers Win National Awards at the GPAC Level, Advance to NAIA Ballot
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Three Dakota Wesleyan student-athletes have won NAIA national awards at the conference level and will advance to the NAIA’s official national ballot. These distinctions reflect excellence both in competition and in the [Read More…]
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South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll – July 21, 2026
The Alexandria Angels and Brookings Cubs will enter postseason play as South Dakota’s top-ranked amateur baseball teams after holding the No. 1 spots in the final 2026 South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll released Tuesday. Alexandria [Read More…]
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State fairgrounds undergoes extensive cleanup after tornado strikes Huron
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota State Fair staff, state prison inmates and volunteers spent two weeks clearing debris and repairing damage after a tornado swept through Huron. Despite widespread damage across the fairgrounds, no [Read More…]
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Multi-agency operation yields 14 cocaine arrests, including in South Dakota
South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — A multi-agency effort to disrupt cocaine trafficking resulted in 14 total arrests of people from Colorado and the South Dakota cities of Pine Ridge, Box Elder and Rapid City, [Read More…]
Ag News
Hinson pushes Senate to act on E15 and Save Our Bacon Act
U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says securing year-round E15 sales and addressing California’s Proposition 12 are among her top agricultural priorities for the remainder of the year. “The Save Our Bacon Act, I met with a [Read More…]
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Vilsack urges action on food waste
As global leaders assess solutions to hunger and food insecurity, the head of the World Food Prize Foundation says the United States must also take a hard look at the amount of food wasted each [Read More…]
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Iowa growers receive rains as July winds down
Iowa’s state climatologist says a good portion of the state has received some timely rains this week. Justin Glisan tells Brownfield that’s good news for row crop growers in areas that have been dealing with [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee considers USDA’s $11.1 billion emergency farm aid request
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the supplemental funding bill under consideration by the U.S. Senate would provide farmers $11.1 billion in emergency relief. “It buys the nation the security that we need, and it buys [Read More…]
Ag News
Don’t wait to scout for soybean cyst nematode
In this episode of Managing for Profit, OSU Extension’s soybean pathologist Horacio Lopez-Nicora says soybean cyst nematode can cause significant yield loss without any above-ground symptoms. The post Don’t wait to scout for soybean cyst [Read More…]
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State-ordered study says opioid settlement money should target treatment for incarcerated people
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota should spend opioid settlement money in the coming years to address the needs of people entering or leaving prisons and jails, according to an assessment prepared for the state [Read More…]
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Dry July deepens rainfall deficits across much of southeastern South Dakota
After a wet start to July, dry conditions have dominated much of the month across southeastern South Dakota, leaving many communities well below normal precipitation levels. National Weather Service data through July 21 show Mitchell [Read More…]
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Family’s $150M lawsuit against U.S. Marshals closed
Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch A lawsuit filed against the U.S. Marshals Service after the shooting death of a young man on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 2024 has been dismissed and the case has [Read More…]
Ag News
Very warm to hot weather to cover much of the Nation; a drier pattern set to evolve for the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of hotter-than-normal conditions nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, below-normal rainfall from the eastern Plains into [Read More…]
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe to build $4.6M behavioral health treatment facility
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is planning to build a $4.6 million outpatient behavioral health treatment facility, expanding access for the Sicangu Lakota Oyate to community-led mental health, suicide prevention, crisis intervention and substance use treatment [Read More…]
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United Soybean Board selects new CEO
The United Soybean Board has named Courtney Knupp as its next CEO. Knupp currently serves as the director of global supply chain at the National Security Council and has nearly two decades of experience in [Read More…]