Articles by Clint Greenway

An 18-year-old and a juvenile have been arrested for making a threat to the Yankton School District on Wednesday. The threat was reported at Yankton High School, prompting a ‘soft lockdown.’ Following a tip received [Read More…]

Minnesota abortions are up nearly 40% since Dobbs

Christopher Ingraham/Minnesota Reformer Abortions in Minnesota have increased by roughly 40% since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision last June, part of a nationwide increase since the end of Roe. [Read More…]

Minnesota borrows $454 million to upgrade State Office Building

Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer Minnesota on Wednesday sold $454 million in debt to fund the glow-up of the building that houses the secretary of state and the offices [Read More…]

Dairy Workers on Wisconsin’s Small Farms Are Dying. Many of Those Deaths Are Never Investigated.

On a below-freezing morning in March 2013, Israel Lepe Quezada was crushed to death while working on a dairy farm in northeast Wisconsin. The farm’s owner had found Lepe pinned between the engine compartment and [Read More…]

Millions of grassland acres lost in Great Plains, new research report says

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight The Great Plains lost 1.6 million acres of grasslands in 2021. That’s according to a World Wildlife Fund report released on Thursday, detailing the loss [Read More…]

9 Man Football Playoffs Quarterfinals Results

9AA Quarterfinals, Thursday, October 26 No. 1 Parkston def. No. 9 Hanson, 28-0 N0. 4 Hamlin def. No. 5 Wall, 28-7 No. 2 Platte-Geddes def. No. 10 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy, 34-6 No. 3 Howard def. No. [Read More…]

11 Man Football Playoffs Quarterfinals Results

11AAA Quarterfinals, Thursday, October 26 No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln vs. No. 8 Rapid City Stevens, 6 pm on Friday No. 4 Brandon Valley def. No. 5 Sioux Falls Jefferson, 41-21 No. 2 Harrisburg def [Read More…]

Castlewood Residents Approve $6 Million Bond for School Improvements After Tornado Damage

Castlewood residents voted Tuesday in favor of a $6 million bond with 60% approval, 315 Yes votes vs. 210 No votes, to fund school improvements following extensive damage caused by a tornado in May 2022. [Read More…]

‘Hope Squads’ empower students to tackle suicide prevention in South Dakota schools

Stu Whitney/South Dakota News Watch A suicide prevention program for teens is gaining traction in South Dakota schools, empowering students to look after one another and break down stigmas about depression. Hope Squad, which operates [Read More…]

Regulators vote to release Dakota Access Pipeline’s road bond and public liaison officer

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight – South Dakota utility regulators voted Tuesday in Pierre to release the road bond and the public liaison officer associated with a controversial [Read More…]

South Dakota joins lawsuit accusing Meta of fueling children’s social media addiction

August 29, 2023 Clint Greenway

South Dakota has joined 32 other states in a federal lawsuit that accuses Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to intentionally addict children and teens, in violation of state and federal laws that protect consumers [Read More…]

Argument Between Neighbors Results In Arrest

Mitchell police are investigating a shooting which occurred over the weekend. On Sunday morning at 12:24 AM, officers responded to a report of a gun being pointed and fired at an individual in the Ponderosa [Read More…]

Veterans Activities At State Fair

The South Dakota State Fair will again be offering a variety of events throughout the week to honor veterans, military personnel and their families. On the first official day of the fair, Thursday, August 31, [Read More…]

Auctioneers Association holding Bid Calling Contest to support youth activities

The South Dakota Auctioneers Association Bid Calling Contest and Benefit Auction will be held Sunday, September 3rd at 2pm on the Dakotaland Stage at the State Fair in Huron. The Auctioneers are once again partnering [Read More…]

Tax revenue $1.45 million at 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

PIERRE, S.D., — The South Dakota Department of Revenue estimates that tax collections from the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was just over 1.44 million dollars. The revenue sum from temporary vendors in the Black Hills [Read More…]

Johnson Introduces Bill to Increase Teenager Workforce Participation