Articles by Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A dozen Republicans who are seeking or hold elected statewide office and the mayor of South Dakota’s most populous city have endorsed the incumbent governor in South Dakota’s [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch DELL RAPIDS, S.D. – Scott Buss can only imagine what this town north of Sioux Falls might have looked like – and how many jobs and taxes would [Read More…]

Amelia Twyman/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The prime time for ticks is here in the United States, and after an especially active start to the season, experts are urging the public to stay alert and take [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A company spearheading a long-lingering uranium mining proposal in southwestern South Dakota hopes to restart its state permitting process after a 13-year hold. The Dewey-Burdock project — spanning nearly 20 square [Read More…]

The Mitchell Police Department is reminding residents to celebrate safely and follow city fireworks regulations during the Independence Day holiday. General fireworks may be used July 3 and July 4 from noon until 11:59 p.m. [Read More…]

Beadle County, S.D.- A Huron, South Dakota man died Wednesday from injuries sustained during a June 13 single-vehicle crash near Yale, South Dakota. Names of the those involved have not been released pending notification of family [Read More…]

HURON, S.D. — A powerful line of severe thunderstorms swept through Huron on Thursday evening, knocking out power to nearly the entire city, toppling trees and power lines, damaging homes and businesses, and prompting city [Read More…]

Cassandra Stephenson/The Tennessee Lookout Crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S. soybean exports — is once again placing [Read More…]

Elena Tittel/South Dakota News Watch MT. VERNON, S.D. – About 20 miles from Mitchell sits a 100-year-old barn. Merely driving by, it looks like nothing out of the ordinary: just one of many such farming [Read More…]

Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — South Dakota’s online 605Drive vehicle title and registration system charged incorrect tax amounts in some transactions, a new audit report found. The state’s Department of Revenue, which is responsible for the system, began [Read More…]