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Tuesday Sports: May 6, 2025
TUESDAY SPORTS, MAY 6, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels girls golf won the SF Washington Invite on Monday with a team score of 306, while Maddie Childs finished first overall shooting a -2 (70). Childs [Read More…]
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Sintek Honored By Summit League
SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota State shortstop Carter Sintek was honored Monday as the Kwik Star Summit League Baseball Peak Performer of the Week after putting up big numbers in the Jackrabbits’ series win over Northern Colorado. [Read More…]
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SDSU’s Tayler Baker Earns Pitcher of the Week
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State’s Tayler Baker was honored for her performance in the circle during the Jackrabbits’ recent weekend series at North Dakota, as she was selected as the Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak [Read More…]
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Omaha earns top seed in 2025 Summit League Softball Championship
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The 2025 Summit League Softball Championship bracket is officially set with Omaha earning the No. 1 seed after clinching a share of the regular season title for the first time in program [Read More…]
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Gordon’s game-winner, Jokic’s 42 points, 22 rebounds lead Nuggets past Thunder in West semis Game 1
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nikola Jokic showed why he’s a finalist for another MVP award with his historic stat line. But with Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals at stake, the ball again found [Read More…]
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Knicks come from 20 down, beat Celtics 108-105 in OT as Bridges’ steal preserves Game 1 win
BOSTON (AP) — The Knicks grew accustomed to facing big deficits against the Celtics this season. New York faced another one to open its Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the defending NBA champions. This time, [Read More…]
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Ravens release Justin Tucker after accusations by massage therapists of inappropriate behavior
The Baltimore Ravens are describing it as a football decision, and it came before the NFL completed its investigation into Justin Tucker. Whatever the underlying reasons, the team is moving on from its star kicker. [Read More…]
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Fight breaks out at penitentiary one month after similar violence that injured officer
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Another round of violence erupted Sunday on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, the Department of Corrections has confirmed. The fight between inmates came a little more than [Read More…]
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Mercury pollution lands two more South Dakota lakes on fish consumption advisory list
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight State officials have added two more South Dakota lakes to the fish consumption advisory list after testing found elevated mercury levels in large walleye. The state announced Monday that Dry Lake #1 [Read More…]
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Name Released in Brown County Fatal Crash
Brown County, S.D.- An Aberdeen man died in a single vehicle tractor crash Thursday afternoon six miles southeast of Aberdeen, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Ronald Allen Glugla, the driver of a Farmall Tractor with a belly mower, was [Read More…]
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Missouri Valley Football Conference, Summit League Forge Partnership
The Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) President’s Council has approved a new governance structure that recognizes the strong partnership between key multi-sport conferences and positions the league for continued success as the dominant conference in [Read More…]
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South Dakota public broadcasting warns of local impact from Trump’s attempt to cut national funding
Todd Epp, Northern Plains News LLC South Dakota Public Broadcasting faces a new funding threat after President Donald Trump signed an executive order recently ending federal support for NPR, PBS and their affiliate stations, including [Read More…]
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Trump’s First 100 Days: Tariffs, Federal Cuts Hit South Dakota Families, Libraries, Arts, and Recreation
Todd Epp, Northern Plains News LLC In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, new tariffs have caused South Dakota families to pay more for food, farm inputs, and consumer goods. Federal [Read More…]
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South Dakota Students Weigh Protest Against Noem
MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been focused on their studies [Read More…]
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Monday Sports: May 5, 2025
MONDAY SPORTS, MAY 5, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell baseball swept Brookings on Sunday afternoon at Cadwell Park winning both ends of a doubleheader, 10-5 and 6-5. Mitchell took an early 3-2 lead in game one, [Read More…]
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Stephen Curry and Buddy Hield lead Warriors past Rockets 103-89 in Game 7
HOUSTON (AP) — Buddy Hield became an unlikely playoff hero for the Golden State Warriors, leading the team early in Game 7 against the Houston Rockets before Stephen Curry took over late. Curry scored 14 [Read More…]
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SDSU Continues Winning Ways With 10-2 Win Over Northern Colorado
Dylan Richey pitched five shutout frames and South Dakota State put together its second six-run inning of the series en route to a 10-2, series-clinching victory over Northern Colorado Sunday afternoon at Erv Huether Field. In [Read More…]
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Twins rally for 2nd straight road win behind Harrison Bader’s tiebreaking double; beat Red Sox 5-4
BOSTON (AP) — Harrison Bader hit a go-ahead double off the Green Monster in the eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins took the weekend series against the Boston Red Sox with a 5-4 victory on [Read More…]
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Mitchell Sweeps Brookings in Sunday Home Doubleheader
Mitchell baseball swept Brookings on Sunday afternoon at Cadwell Park winning both ends of a doubleheader, 10-5 and 6-5, to start a busy final week of the regular season. Mitchell took an early 3-2 lead [Read More…]
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South Dakotans oppose building prison at Lincoln County site: Poll
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch More than half of South Dakotans oppose building a new men’s state prison in rural Lincoln County, according to a poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch, another blow [Read More…]