Articles by Travis Kriens
Why South Dakota wants to be a leader in quantum computing
Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch – Four public South Dakota universities would start offering research and training in an emerging field of technology that promises to solve complex problems in minutes instead of years, [Read More…]
State lawmaker seeks study of child care costs and unused subsidies
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight – The families of roughly 27,000 infants and toddlers qualify for income-based child care assistance in South Dakota, but only 7% actually receive the subsidy, according to a study from [Read More…]
Lawmaker lacks proof for claim that private school scholarships save millions for state
PIERRE (Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight) — A legislator lacked evidence Wednesday for his claim that private school scholarships funded by tax credits save millions of dollars for state government. The scholarship program is South Dakota [Read More…]
USDA Invests Millions in Renewable Energy and Fertilizer Projects, Allocates $3 Million to South Dakota
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating millions of dollars for renewable energy and domestic fertilizer projects, with the majority of the funding coming from the Federal Inflation Reduction Act. South Dakota is [Read More…]
Daycare Manager Arrested in Connection with Illicit Drug Activities at Little Steps Daycare
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe has confirmed the arrest of a daycare manager from Little Steps Daycare in connection with illicit drug-related activities. While the manager’s name has not been disclosed, concerns have been raised about [Read More…]
Yankton Man Changes Plea in Manslaughter Case in Stabbing Death
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a Yankton man has pleaded guilty to First Degree Manslaughter in connection to a stabbing death that occurred May 22, 2023 in Yankton. [Read More…]
Bill banning AI-generated child pornography, adding mandatory minimums passes Senate panel
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – A bill that would adjust South Dakota law on child pornography includes provisions barring the possession of sexually explicit deep fakes of real children or artificial intelligence-generated children. Senate [Read More…]
Panel backs longer waits between clemency requests for prisoners sentenced to life
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – In 1984, an intruder broke through the back door of a Winner home and fatally shot Karol Kniffen’s brother in his bed. Kniffen’s Korean War-veteran father disarmed the intruder. [Read More…]
State Senate votes to ditch 30-day residency requirement for voter registration
John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight – The South Dakota Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a 30-day residency requirement for voter registration that became law last year. Sen. David Wheeler, R-Huron, carried the secretary of state-supported Senate [Read More…]
WWE’s ‘Raw’ is moving to Netflix next year in a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion
WWE’s weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion. TKO Group Holdings Inc., which houses WWE and UFC, said in a [Read More…]
Charles Osgood, CBS host on TV and radio and network’s poet-in-residence, dies at age 91
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running radio program “The Osgood File” and was referred to as CBS [Read More…]
Adrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Beltré was picked on 366 of 385 [Read More…]
SDSU to Host Annual Pink Game on Sunday
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball program will host its annual Pink Game Sunday, January 28, when it plays Oral Roberts at Frost Arena. The SDSU team will wear pink and white Under [Read More…]
Mayo Collects Summit League Weekly Honors
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State’s Zeke Mayo helped lead the Jackrabbits to two victories and for his performance was honored as the TicketSmarter Summit League Men’s Basketball Peak Performer of the Week, the conference office announced [Read More…]
$3.2 million coming to South Dakota as part of federal energy and fertilizer funds
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Utah on Monday where he announced millions in funding for renewable energy and domestic fertilizer projects, with about $3.2 million headed to South [Read More…]
State: Bowing to local zoning in prison dispute ‘would be an absurd result’
CANTON (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) — The notion that the state of South Dakota needs county permission to build a state penitentiary is absurd, a lawyer representing the state Department of Corrections said Monday. That [Read More…]
Joel Embiid scores 70 and Karl-Anthony Towns scores 62. It was a night like few others in the NBA
Joel Embiid scored 70 in Philadelphia. Karl-Anthony Towns had 62 in Minnesota. The elite big men paired up to do something the NBA hadn’t seen on the same day in more than 45 years. So, [Read More…]
UConn, Purdue remain atop jumbled AP Top 25; No. 25 New Mexico moves into rankings
The AP Top 25 had another week of upheaval, with teams bouncing around like kernels in a popcorn maker. The same two teams remained at the top amid the poll turmoil. Reigning national champion Connecticut stayed No. [Read More…]
Are government subsidies the solution to the child care crisis? Lawmakers weigh options.
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on children that Jackie Hendry, producer and host of South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s “South Dakota Focus” will write for South Dakota News Watch. Each month, she [Read More…]
Investigation Underway in Man’s Death Amid Dangerously Cold Temperatures in Sioux Falls
Authorities in Sioux Falls are investigating the death of a man who had been missing for a day. Relatives found his body in a parking garage stairwell on Sunday, and police are awaiting the coroner’s [Read More…]
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