Articles by Clint Greenway

In moves reminiscent of the environment for the 2020 season, the NFL has updated its protocols and advocated for booster shots in reaction to an increase in COVID-19 cases around the league. As part of [Read More…]

Event featuring teachers crawling for cash prompts apology

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event [Read More…]

Official: License for Noem’s daughter got unusual treatment

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s daughter received unusual treatment in an application for her real estate appraiser license, including an extra opportunity to obtain it after failing to meet federal requirements, [Read More…]

South Dakota hospitals strained as holiday gatherings loom

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s largest hospital systems on Wednesday warned they are strained and pushing off medical care as the state’s hospitals fill with the highest number of people infected with COVID-19 since the [Read More…]

South Dakota’s airports receive $16.4 million in funding

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota airport officials are working on their plans to spend an estimated $16.4 million in federal infrastructure funding. Airport managers can submit their projects to the Federal Aviation Administration for [Read More…]

South Dakota State heads to FCS semifinals this weekend

September 25, 2021 Clint Greenway

South Dakota State is one victory away from doing something no team in the history of college football has ever done: play for the national championship twice in a span of just over eight months. [Read More…]

Few COVID-19 vaccinated patients need intensive care

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fully vaccinated people make up a minority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and an even lower number of people needing intensive care and ventilators, current data from two large hospital systems in the Upper [Read More…]

Local, Regional and National Sport stories

September 24 – High School Football Scores

September 25, 2021 Clint Greenway

PREP FOOTBALL Alcester-Hudson 42, Corsica/Stickney 20 Avon 36, Gayville-Volin 32 Belle Fourche 28, Chamberlain 14 Beresford 55, Hill City 0 Brandon Valley 17, Sioux Falls Washington 10 Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 26, McCook Central/Montrose 24 Brookings 43, Mitchell [Read More…]

Cards set high bar in Week 1, hope to match it vs Vikings

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are feeling good about themselves after a stellar Week 1 performance, and rightfully so. Quarterback Kyler Murray was awesome in the 38-13 win over Tennessee Titans. Receiver DeAndre [Read More…]

South Dakota’s top lawmakers release AG impeachment petition

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota legislative leaders on Friday distributed a petition to lawmakers asking them to support a special session to consider impeaching Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for a car crash last year [Read More…]

SD girl killed in Minnesota storms that spawned 2 tornadoes

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A line of strong storms brought damaging winds and at least a couple tornadoes to Minnesota and western Wisconsin early Friday, causing at least one death. Authorities in Mankato say a [Read More…]

Local, Regional and National Sport stories

Friday’s Scores – September 17, 2021

PREP FOOTBALL Alcester-Hudson 70, Centerville 54 Avon 58, Burke 36 Belle Fourche 40, Custer 12 Bon Homme 24, Kimball/White Lake 18 Brandon Valley 13, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 10 Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 38, Flandreau 13 Brookings 30, Aberdeen [Read More…]

Chris Stapleton, Eric Church share top CMA nominations

Country stars Chris Stapleton and Eric Church will go toe-to-toe with each other at this year’s Country Music Association Awards, with both vying in the same five categories, including entertainer of the year. In nominations [Read More…]

AP source: Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each [Read More…]

Yankees star Derek Jeter inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Jeter was simply Derek Jeter on his special day — smooth as silk. On a Wednesday afternoon that turned cloudy with the temperature in the 70s and a few sprinkles [Read More…]

Set down, Djokovic tops Berrettini at Open, nears year Slam

NEW YORK (AP) — Never fazed, rarely flummoxed, Novak Djokovic is so collected in best-of-five-set matches — even when falling behind, as he has done repeatedly at the U.S. Open. No opponent, or the prospect [Read More…]

Brady, Buccaneers begin defense of title against Cowboys

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lofty, maybe even gargantuan, expectations don’t faze Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The reigning Super Bowl champions open the 2021 NFL season against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, [Read More…]

US jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to [Read More…]

Sioux Falls caps medical marijuana retail licenses at five

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Sioux Falls City Council has capped the number of retail stores that can sell medical marijuana at five. The council on Tuesday night signed off on a proposal coming [Read More…]

School mask mandate draws a crowd in Rapid City