Articles by Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Facing public opposition, a state commission abandoned a plan Thursday in Huron that would have reduced the mountain lion population goal in South Dakota’s Black Hills by 50 animals. The South Dakota [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota has filed a lawsuit in California against the parent companies of Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok. The lawsuit, which alleges [Read More…]

Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch  Iowa and 21 other pork-production states, including South Dakota, are pushing for an appeal of a federal district court ruling that upheld a 2016 ballot measure in Massachusetts to prohibit [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s troop deployments to the nation’s southern border now have another cost: $42,000 to settle a lawsuit over a watchdog group’s document request. The federal [Read More…]

Allison Winter, States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide its fate after the election. The latest [Read More…]

McCook County, S.D.- A Lennox, SD man died yesterday from injuries sustained in a September 19 crash in McCook County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary [Read More…]

Three individuals have been arrested in connection to a kidnapping in Sioux Falls. Samantha Talent Adams, 43, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and aggravated assault after being apprehended on October 1st. The charges stem from [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – A political fundraiser featuring a video message from a controversial Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina further divided the factions within the South Dakota Republican Party on [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – The typical South Dakota teacher’s pay fell by 7.6% over the past six years when adjusted for inflation, according to a new report from a nonprofit economic research and analysis organization. The [Read More…]

A Puffy’s Dispensary location is pictured on Oct. 1, 2024, on West Main Street in Rapid City. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight VERMILLION – A Rapid City medical marijuana dispensary wants [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former prison employee has pleaded guilty to one count of a Prohibited Sexual Act Between a Prison Employee and a Prisoner. Cassandra Jelsma, 36, [Read More…]

Rapid City Police confirmed the death of 18-year-old Marquise Walker following a Monday night shooting near an apartment on the 4000 block of Range Road. Walker, a senior and football player for Central High School, [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Students who see a school threat on social media should report it to authorities, but those same authorities want students to know that sharing threats on social media could be [Read More…]

A home explosion in Gary, South Dakota, left two individuals seriously injured on the morning of September 30, 2024. Emergency crews were dispatched to the 800 block of Lac Qui Parle Street, where the two [Read More…]