Articles by Travis Kriens

Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch The CEO of one of the state’s largest nonprofit social services agencies, who was the subject of a federal sexual harassment and toxic workplace settlement in 2022, has quit [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit challenging South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot measure, saying the litigation should have targeted the Secretary of State’s Office rather than only the group [Read More…]

Between Saturday, July 13 and Sunday July 14, at approximately 9:11 AM, an unknown individual(s) vandalized the church located at 301 E 4th, Mitchell, SD, by spray painting graffiti on the front doors. This marks [Read More…]

Authorities in Sioux Falls are investigating a fatal crash that occurred around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday at East 57th Street and South Rateliff Avenue. Emergency crews responded to the scene where a motorcycle had collided [Read More…]

Moody County, S.D.- An 18-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon when the pickup truck she was in collided with a semi near Flandreau, SD. The names of the people involved have not been released pending notification [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently pledged about $110 million to smaller and independent meat processors — including one in South Dakota — to expand their capacities in an effort to [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Two South Dakota counties whose policies violated petition circulators’ First Amendment rights to political speech had to fork over a combined $74,000 in attorney fees and costs for the lawyer [Read More…]

Interim CEO Brian Hoerneman announced in an email that Marshfield Clinic will merge with South Dakota-based Sanford Health. The two organizations have signed a nonbinding Memorandum of Understanding to form “the premier rural health system [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch FAITH, S.D. – A few months ago, the city council in this ranching town in remote northwestern South Dakota decided to join dozens of other communities across the [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – State boards approved two loans, one grant and four bonds Wednesday worth a combined $87 million. The Board of Economic Development and Economic Development Finance Authority approved the assistance, which will [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight SPRINGFIELD — The South Dakota Department of Corrections says six inmates were hurt at a prison in Springfield following an overnight bout of unrest. Agency spokesman Michael Winder said Wednesday [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight A seventh ballot question has been validated by the Secretary of State’s Office for the Nov. 5 general election. The referendum asks voters to consider a recently adopted state law [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight A second statewide 911 outage this year is suspected to have been caused by Hurricane Beryl making landfall in Texas on Tuesday night and damaging network infrastructure, according to South Dakota’s [Read More…]

Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a coalition of seven states — including South Dakota — challenging a rule by the Biden administration that would preempt state restrictions on gender-affirming [Read More…]