Articles by Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg City Council rejected an agreement Tuesday evening that would allow the state to connect its proposed men’s prison to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, but a state official said [Read More…]

Marcus Weber, a 31-year-old resident of Watertown, has been arrested and is charged with attempted murder, burglary, and an alternative charge of domestic assault. On Friday, Weber is alleged to have forcibly entered a home, [Read More…]

The property where the former Perkins restaurant in Mitchell once stood has been sold for $800,000 to Acuity Group, LLC, according to the Davison County Register of Deeds Office and KELO News. The restaurant had [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The state’s legislative oversight committee on medical marijuana was thrust into the world of synthetic THC on Monday as members heard complaints about how the loosely regulated, hemp-derived products are [Read More…]

On Monday, Aberdeen police arrested a registered sex offender on multiple charges, including kidnapping, burglary, rape, possession of child pornography, and sexual contact with a minor. The incident began when a concerned citizen reported a [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has joined a civil antitrust lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department and 40 other Attorneys General against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolization and other unlawful [Read More…]

Two Nebraska men are facing federal charges for their roles in a scheme that defrauded the Grand River Casino in northern South Dakota of over $350,000. Roberto Carlos Gonzales Miranda and Roberto Orellana have been [Read More…]

The wildfire in the Black Hills National Forest remains within containment lines, with fire crews from multiple states continuing to secure and patrol the perimeter. As of 8 am Monday, 110 fire personnel from South [Read More…]

Jack O’Connor, States Newsroom Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company to help speed up its carbon pipeline construction project, Summit officials confirm. Summit’s former rival, Navigator CO2, [Read More…]

Health researchers in South Dakota and across the U.S. want to use artificial intelligence (AI) to do things like cure cancer, predict the onset of Alzheimer’s and diabetes earlier, and diagnose and address disparities in [Read More…]

Stu Whiteney, South Dakota News Watch DETROIT – Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party. The top election official of Ottawa [Read More…]

Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal A South Dakota superintendent has been fired after an Office of Civil Rights report revealed racist comments aimed at Native American students. Nicole Swigart, superintendent of Rapid City Area Schools, [Read More…]

Minnehaha County, S.D.- A motorcyclist died Friday evening in a two-vehicle crash on I-90 near Hartford, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Nearly seven weeks after the devastating June 23 flood at McCook Lake, victims are still in limbo about the possibility of federal aid, and some feel abandoned by government officials. [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Black Hills Energy plans to build a new power generation plant in Rapid City for a cost between $250 million and $270 million, according to a notice sent Aug. 2 to state [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Opponents of a Nov. 5 ballot measure that would reduce state sales tax collections worry it could be the final straw that breaks South Dakota’s AAA bond rating — a [Read More…]