Articles by Travis Kriens

CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have little margin for error and plenty of room to improve as they try to secure a playoff spot. Not that Kirk Cousins needed a reminder. Or, for that [Read More…]

4 vying for Minnehaha County’s lone medical pot license

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Four applicants are vying to win Minnehaha County’s single medical marijuana dispensary license. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported Tuesday that the applicants include Genesis Farm LLC; GFV Specialty Retail LLC; [Read More…]

Firefighters battle overnight blaze at South Dakota lodge

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say numerous fire departments worked through the night to put out a fire at a popular 85-year-old lodge in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Two firefighters received minor injuries [Read More…]

Montana St. wins first semifinal since ’84, beats SDSU 31-17

December 10, 2021 Travis Kriens

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State freshman quarterback Tommy Mellott accounted for four touchdowns to send the Bobcats to their first title game in 38 years with a 31-17 win over South Dakota State in [Read More…]

Al Unser, a four-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 82

Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with [Read More…]

Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champ Demaryius Thomas dies at 33

December 10, 2021 Travis Kriens

ATLANTA (AP) — Demaryius Thomas overcame a troubled childhood. He managed to shine as a receiver in Georgia Tech’s run-oriented offense. By the time his NFL career was over, he had earned five straight Pro [Read More…]

Vikings beat Steelers 36-28, deny last-play pass in end zone

December 10, 2021 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety Harrison Smith ripped off his helmet once the victory was finally secured, after a 29-point lead on the Pittsburgh Steelers late in the third quarter evaporated into yet another [Read More…]

QB Bryce Young of Alabama voted AP Player of the Year

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is The Associated Press college football player of the year, giving the Crimson Tide its second consecutive winner. Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points [Read More…]

Woods to make return from car crash at PNC Championship

Ten months after his right leg was badly damaged in a car crash, Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week with 12-year-old son Charlie in the PNC Championship. “Although it’s been a long and [Read More…]

Woman, man killed in McCook County highway crash

SALEM, S.D. (AP) — Two people have died in a highway crash in southeastern South Dakota. A 22-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man were killed Tuesday when the cars they were driving collided east of [Read More…]

House committee wants trust secrecy cut after Pandora Papers

December 8, 2021 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Democrats on a U.S. House committee pushed Wednesday for reducing the financial secrecy that has allowed many of the world’s richest and most powerful to hide their assets in South [Read More…]

7-time champion Serena Williams won’t play Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Not long after Serena Williams’ name was absent from the entry list for the Australian Open, she confirmed the obvious: the seven-time champion won’t play the 2022 edition of the season-opening [Read More…]

Noem proposes big salary raises, over $1B in projects

December 8, 2021 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem laid out a plan Tuesday to spend an unprecedented amount of money in raises for state employees, teachers and health care providers, as well as [Read More…]

South Dakota Preseason High School Basketball Poll 2021-22

The South Dakota high school basketball media preps preseason poll for the 2021-22 season was released on Monday. Teams are ranked by points received and first-place votes are in parentheses. Boys basketball Class AA 1. [Read More…]

End of an era: Germany’s Merkel bows out after 16 years

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited [Read More…]

Survivors gather to remember those lost at Pearl Harbor

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor are expected to gather Tuesday at the site of the Japanese bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack that [Read More…]

Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as Biden seeks a diplomatic solution to [Read More…]

O’Neil, Miñoso, Hodges, Kaat, Oliva, Fowler get baseball HOF

Buck O’Neil never uttered a single word of bitterness or regret about not being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Till the end, he urged those who loved and rooted for him to do [Read More…]

US plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing t o protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House confirmed Monday, a move that China has vowed to greet [Read More…]

Heisman finalists: Young, Hutchinson, Pickett, Stroud