Articles by Travis Kriens

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota 911 Coordination Board commissioned a study Monday into the feasibility of consolidation among the 32 separately managed dispatch centers in the state. Some state senators pressed the issue of [Read More…]

On Sunday, August 25, a shooting at Dunham Park in Sioux Falls resulted in the death of 29-year-old Joshau Antrell Allen Jr. and left three others injured. The incident occurred around 4:21 p.m. during a [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight Scientists at a deep underground lab in South Dakota say they’ve made an advancement in their quest to understand dark matter. The invisible substance is estimated to make up 85% of the [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Governor Kristi Noem’s administration recently turned down more than $70 million of federal funds from energy efficiency and environmental programs, according to her top budget official. The Home Energy Rebates program would [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The voters of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe elected their first female president on Thursday. According to unofficial results posted late Thursday night, tribal council member Kathleen Wooden Knife prevailed by [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota landowners enrolled almost 159,000 acres this year — nearly 250 square miles — into a federal conservation program that pays them to use management practices promoting healthy grasslands. [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight MITCHELL — U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, criticized former President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade policy proposals on Wednesday at Dakotafest, calling them “a recipe for increased inflation.” “There clearly is [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight MADISON — After waiting nearly 35 years, Madison is the last South Dakota city to connect to the tri-state Lewis and Clark Regional Water System. Local leaders, South Dakota’s three congressmen and [Read More…]

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…]