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Friday Sports: July 24, 2026
FRIDAY SPORTS, JULY 24, 2026 PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL — Rapid City Post 320 rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat Palace City Post 18, 6-5, Thursday night and complete a two-game sweep in their [Read More…]
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Late Rapid City Post 320 rally ends Palace City’s season
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Post 320 rallied from a three-run deficit with three runs in the seventh inning, including Tegan Sayles’ go-ahead two-run home run, to defeat Palace City Post 18, 6-5, on [Read More…]
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Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall get RBIs in 12th as Twins beat Guardians 3-1 for series split
CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall both delivered two-out RBI singles in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday and a split of their [Read More…]
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Arts in the Park returns to Mitchell with more than 100 vendors, live entertainment
MITCHELL — Arts in the Park returns to Hitchcock Park July 24-26, featuring more than 100 artisan and craft vendors, live entertainment, food trucks and family-friendly activities. The free event begins with a kickoff party [Read More…]
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Palace City Post 18 Opens Regional Play Against Rapid City Post 320
Palace City Post 18 begins the Class A Legion Baseball regional playoffs Wednesday night with a best-of-three series against No. 6 seed Rapid City Post 320. The 11 seed Palace City will try to reverse [Read More…]
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City of Brookings set to welcome Target to new regional shopping center on July 26
BROOKINGS, SD – It may be July, but Christmas is coming early to Brookings this year, and Santa is trading in his sleigh for a red cart. Just 19 months after Mayor Oepke “Ope” Niemeyer’s [Read More…]
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Luverne, Minnesota now boasts the world’s tallest nutcracker
LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you’ll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small [Read More…]
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World Cup final between Spain and Argentina watched by roughly 60 million on Fox and Telemundo
There are a lot of things that could have gone wrong during this summer’s World Cup — a complicated logistical undertaking that included three host nations, 16 stadiums, 48 teams, 104 games and endless opportunities for controversy on and [Read More…]
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ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says
ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by [Read More…]
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Wednesday Sports: July 22, 2026
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JULY 22, 2026 PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL — Palace City Post 18 legion baseball takes on No. 6 seed Rapid City Post 320 in game one on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Game two [Read More…]
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Hedges and Halpin hit sac flies in the 6th, Guardians beat Twins 5-2 for third straight victory
CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Hedges and Petey Halpin hit sacrifice flies in the sixth inning as the Cleveland Guardians, a night after hitting seven homers, used small ball to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on [Read More…]
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South Dakota State Women’s Basketball Ranked 9th in WCBA Academic Top 25
ATLANTA – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was recognized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) as the organization announced its 2025-26 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll Tuesday. The Jackrabbits are ranked ninth [Read More…]
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Three Tigers Win National Awards at the GPAC Level, Advance to NAIA Ballot
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Three Dakota Wesleyan student-athletes have won NAIA national awards at the conference level and will advance to the NAIA’s official national ballot. These distinctions reflect excellence both in competition and in the [Read More…]
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South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll – July 21, 2026
The Alexandria Angels and Brookings Cubs will enter postseason play as South Dakota’s top-ranked amateur baseball teams after holding the No. 1 spots in the final 2026 South Dakota Amateur Baseball Poll released Tuesday. Alexandria [Read More…]
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State fairgrounds undergoes extensive cleanup after tornado strikes Huron
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota State Fair staff, state prison inmates and volunteers spent two weeks clearing debris and repairing damage after a tornado swept through Huron. Despite widespread damage across the fairgrounds, no [Read More…]
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Multi-agency operation yields 14 cocaine arrests, including in South Dakota
South Dakota Searchlight RAPID CITY — A multi-agency effort to disrupt cocaine trafficking resulted in 14 total arrests of people from Colorado and the South Dakota cities of Pine Ridge, Box Elder and Rapid City, [Read More…]
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State-ordered study says opioid settlement money should target treatment for incarcerated people
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota should spend opioid settlement money in the coming years to address the needs of people entering or leaving prisons and jails, according to an assessment prepared for the state [Read More…]
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Dry July deepens rainfall deficits across much of southeastern South Dakota
After a wet start to July, dry conditions have dominated much of the month across southeastern South Dakota, leaving many communities well below normal precipitation levels. National Weather Service data through July 21 show Mitchell [Read More…]
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Family’s $150M lawsuit against U.S. Marshals closed
Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch A lawsuit filed against the U.S. Marshals Service after the shooting death of a young man on the Yankton Indian Reservation in 2024 has been dismissed and the case has [Read More…]
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Tuesday Sports: July 21, 2026
TUESDAY SPORTS, JULY 21, 2026 PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL — The No. 1 seed and tournament host Rapid City Post 22 is an automatic qualifier for the Class A state tournament. Teams will play in a [Read More…]
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