Articles by Travis Kriens

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s governor awarded money from an economic development fund he controls to a teacher apprenticeship program, to continue reducing the teacher shortage across the state. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — City officials are reminding residents to check their sump pumps to ensure they are operating properly and to follow local rules on where water can be discharged. The notice from the city’s [Read More…]

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Red Flag Warning for Davison County and much of southeastern South Dakota, along with parts of northeastern Nebraska, southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa, as fire [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch KEYSTONE, S.D. – Members of the Foley family of Green Bay, Wisconsin, are the quintessential visitors that tourism officials and operators hope will push South Dakota to a successful 2026 [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Nearly two years after a historic flood devastated the southeast South Dakota community of McCook Lake, local officials and community groups say the lake is moving closer to normal summer use. But people [Read More…]

Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — A panel of South Dakota regulators approved an electric rate increase Friday for Xcel Energy customers and allowed eight entities to intervene in a pending Black Hills Energy rate [Read More…]

Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight A company that’s being sued for exploratory drilling near a culturally significant site in South Dakota’s Black Hills is withdrawing from the project, according to a letter shared with project opponents. [Read More…]

Nicole Schlabach/South Dakota Searchlight Daniel Milks, the founder and lead guide at My XO Adventures, has introduced many visitors in South Dakota’s Black Hills to mountain goats. “It’s an eye-opener, and a jaw-dropper,” he said. [Read More…]