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Small-town newspapers say mail delays are crippling their business
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Delayed Postal Service deliveries of small-town newspapers are frustrating readers, undermining subscriptions and hurting advertising revenue, according to publishers across South Dakota. “It’s taking nine days to get a paper from [Read More…]
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Two South Dakota lawmakers join push to ban soda and candy purchases from food assistance program
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Two state lawmakers who work in health care want Republican South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden’s help to ban sugary drinks, candy and “other non-nutritious items” from a nutrition program for low-income [Read More…]
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Celtics rout Knicks 115-93 to cut New York’s lead to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals
NEW YORK (AP) — The Celtics’ 3-point touch came back in Game 3, so the Knicks didn’t. Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and Boston easily [Read More…]
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Saints QB Derek Carr is retiring because of ‘significant degenerative changes’ to his right shoulder
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints veteran starting quarterback Derek Carr is retiring because of a labral tear in his right shoulder and “significant degenerative changes” to his rotator cuff, the team announced Saturday. [Read More…]
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Mitchell Baseball Ends Regular Season with Two Wins vs. Rapid City Stevens
Mitchell baseball ended its regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Rapid City Stevens, winning 1-0 and 6-4 at Drake Field. Conor Mattke’s RBI double in bottom of the fifth inning scored Tyler [Read More…]
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South Dakota Advances to Championship with 3-2 Win over South Dakota State
BROOKINGS, S.D. — For the second day in a row, the South Dakota softball team went to extra innings with South Dakota State at the Summit League Tournament. This time, however, with the help of some [Read More…]
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Meyerink Headlines Awards as Three Tigers Earn All-Conference Honors
Mitchell, S.D. – The 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference Men’s Golf postseason honors have been announced, recognizing outstanding individual performances across the season. The All-Conference teams were selected by the league’s coaches, with selections based on [Read More…]
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Chris Paddack pitches Twins past Giants 3-1 for season-best 6th straight win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Chris Paddack took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. Matt Chapman homered with two [Read More…]
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Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, [Read More…]
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Humanities projects take hit from DOGE federal cuts
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch In the spring of 2024, the Norwegian American Historical Association received some encouraging news. The Minnesota-based organization was approved for a federal grant of about $300,000 to preserve, digitize [Read More…]
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A South Dakota city is pioneering nurse apprenticeships for English-as-second-language residents
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Norma Torres Ortiz quit her full-time job at a Huron nursing home in February 2019 to spend her days studying for the national nurse licensure exam. Her first language isn’t [Read More…]
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 34 as Thunder roll past Nuggets 149-106, tie West semis at 1-1
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder set league and team records in a 149-106 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night that tied [Read More…]
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Knicks take a 2-0 lead over the Celtics after coming from 20 down again to win 91-90
BOSTON (AP) — For the second straight game, the New York Knicks found themselves in a hole the Boston Celtics have rarely let teams out of this season. The Knicks again found a way — [Read More…]
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Warriors sideline Curry for at least a week with hamstring strain, putting rest of series in flux
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain [Read More…]
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Thursday Sports: May 8, 2025
THURSDAY SPORTS, MAY 8, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell baseball will be in Yankton for two games on Friday at 6 pm. Mitchell ends the regular season with a home doubleheader vs. Rapid City Stevens [Read More…]
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Buxton and Bader hit big homers as Twins top Orioles 5-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton homered for a third straight game and Harrison Bader had a pinch-hit homer to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night for [Read More…]
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Dakota Wesleyan Volleyball Releases 2025 Schedule
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team has released its 2025 schedule, which features a competitive mix of non-conference contests and Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) matchups as the Tigers look to build momentum [Read More…]
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Yotes Hold Off Roos to Advance in Conference Tournament
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota softball team made it five straight wins with an 8-6 win over Kansas City Wednesday afternoon to advance in the Summit League Tournament. With the win today, head coach Robert Wagner reached [Read More…]
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Jackrabbits Ready to Host Summit League Softball Tournament
Week 14: South Dakota State (28-24, 13-5) at 2025 Summit League Softball Championship When Wednesday, May 7 – Saturday, May 10 Location Brookings, S.D. (Jerald T. Moriarty Field Television None Stream Summit League Network Live [Read More…]
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Sioux Falls business leaders say region, state will weather the storm of tariff-related uncertainty
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – The term of art is “insolated, but not isolated.” That’s how Bob Mundt of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation describes his metro area’s position as it faces the [Read More…]
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