Articles by Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced Tuesday, Oct. 1, that U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol has sentenced a Huron, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University is hosting a public event to bless and present The Saint John’s Bible, a handwritten and hand-illuminated work of art and theology gifted to the university. Commissioned in 1998 by Saint John’s [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch So far in the post-pandemic period, the South Dakota economy is humming along nicely, though some new economic indicators reveal concerns that growth might slow in the coming months [Read More…]

Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch When Alexis Myers tore a knee ligament the second week of practice as a senior high school basketball player in Ethan, South Dakota, it was a low point in [Read More…]

A transient man in Sioux Falls, Skyler Glenn Bluebird, was arrested after smashing a vehicle’s windows with a hammer when the driver refused to give him money. The incident occurred on Thursday at 8th Street [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Facing public opposition, a state commission abandoned a plan Thursday in Huron that would have reduced the mountain lion population goal in South Dakota’s Black Hills by 50 animals. The South Dakota [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North and South Dakota has filed a lawsuit in California against the parent companies of Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok. The lawsuit, which alleges [Read More…]

Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch  Iowa and 21 other pork-production states, including South Dakota, are pushing for an appeal of a federal district court ruling that upheld a 2016 ballot measure in Massachusetts to prohibit [Read More…]

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s troop deployments to the nation’s southern border now have another cost: $42,000 to settle a lawsuit over a watchdog group’s document request. The federal [Read More…]

Allison Winter, States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Sweeping legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide its fate after the election. The latest [Read More…]

McCook County, S.D.- A Lennox, SD man died yesterday from injuries sustained in a September 19 crash in McCook County. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary [Read More…]

Three individuals have been arrested in connection to a kidnapping in Sioux Falls. Samantha Talent Adams, 43, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and aggravated assault after being apprehended on October 1st. The charges stem from [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS – A political fundraiser featuring a video message from a controversial Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina further divided the factions within the South Dakota Republican Party on [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight – The typical South Dakota teacher’s pay fell by 7.6% over the past six years when adjusted for inflation, according to a new report from a nonprofit economic research and analysis organization. The [Read More…]

A Puffy’s Dispensary location is pictured on Oct. 1, 2024, on West Main Street in Rapid City. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight VERMILLION – A Rapid City medical marijuana dispensary wants [Read More…]