Articles by Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A committee of state lawmakers assigned to review South Dakota’s property tax system endorsed draft “concepts” Wednesday in Pierre that are intended to improve the efficiency, accuracy and consistency of [Read More…]

Tim Johnson, a distinguished former U.S. Senator and Congressman from South Dakota, has died at the age of 77. His political journey spanned more than three decades, beginning in the South Dakota state legislature in [Read More…]

A fight between employees and a customer at a Sioux Falls business led to the arrest of Tyreik Damon Broussard on charges of Simple Assault. The altercation occurred just after 1 p.m. on Saturday at [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A federal law extending medical benefits to service members exposed to toxic burn pits has hiked the number of claims processed annually by the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Supporters of work requirements say they’re a reasonable modification to Medicaid expansion. Opponents say they’re an unnecessary bureaucratic burden on people who need health care. Voters have a choice between [Read More…]

The body of Colleen Monfore, a 68-year-old woman from South Dakota who went missing in Indonesia, is believed to have been found inside a shark’s stomach. Monfore was on a diving trip near Pulau Reong [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Corrections says it will rebuild three sweat lodges dismantled during a weekslong lockdown at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The DOC started what it [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – State officials said Monday afternoon that they’re removing 273 noncitizens from the South Dakota voter roll, but they provided few additional details. A news release from the state Department of Public [Read More…]