Articles by Travis Kriens

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mitchell Post 18 Legion baseball improved to 2-1 at the Gopher Classic with a 12-6 win over Ashland (Neb.) on Saturday with seven runs in the 7th inning. Mitchell (22-10) had [Read More…]

Semien 4 RBIs, Seager HR power Rangers past Twins 9-7

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking RBI triple in the eighth inning after earlier being part of back-to-back homers with Corey Seager for the first time, and the Texas Rangers beat the [Read More…]

Seager’s HR sparks Rangers past Twins 6-5 to end 4-game skid

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and the Texas Rangers reached the midpoint of their season on the right side of a one-run game. Mitch Garver, another of the Texas [Read More…]

South Dakota Democrats strategize on abortion, elections

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democrats are convening in Fort Pierre Friday as they look to reverse a slide that has dwindled their representation in the Statehouse to its lowest point in 60 [Read More…]

Iowa’s Barta doubts Big Ten expands further ‘in near future’

July 8, 2022 Travis Kriens

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Big Ten has no additional expansion plans even though schools interested in becoming members have reached out to the conference in the week since the additions of Southern California and [Read More…]

Gunman kills Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe during a speech

July 8, 2022 Travis Kriens

NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — [Read More…]

Democrat Smith announces fellow House member as running mate

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democratic lawmaker Jamie Smith, who is trying to unseat Gov. Kristi Noem in the November election, announced Thursday that he has selected fellow House member Jennifer Keintz for [Read More…]

Johnson resigns, remains UK prime minister for now

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but [Read More…]

Rudy Gobert arrives in Minnesota, after 9 seasons with Utah

Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he’s aware that Minnesota fans didn’t like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way [Read More…]

Wild GM Guerin says Kirill Kaprizov is fine, still in Russia

MONTREAL (AP) — Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin said Kirill Kaprizov remains in Russia and is doing well, denying a report the star winger returned to the U.S. and adding the team is trying [Read More…]

Severe storms left thousands without power in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Xcel Energy says 55,000 customers lost service when a long line of severe thunderstorms rolled across South Dakota. By Wednesday morning, 90% of power lost on Tuesday has been restored [Read More…]

Kirilloff hits 2 homers as Twins pound White Sox 8-2

July 6, 2022 Travis Kriens

CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Twins were well on their way by the time Alex Kirilloff started knocking the ball over the wall. He just helped put the game away. Kirilloff hit two of Minnesota’s [Read More…]

2021 Black Hills national park visitors spent $231 million

July 6, 2022 Travis Kriens

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A new report shows 3.6 million visitors to Black Hills area national parks in South Dakota spent about $231 million in 2021. That had a cumulative benefit to the state [Read More…]

Nebraska medical marijuana campaign says it might fall short

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A campaign to legalize marijuana for medicinal use in Nebraska is in danger of missing its signature goal to qualify for the November general election ballot, organizers said. Nebraskans for Medical [Read More…]

2 dead, 1 injured after Hartford robbery and standoff

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two people are dead and a third is in critical but stable condition after a robbery and related standoff Saturday in the Sioux Falls area, officials said. Police said two [Read More…]

18-year-old man dies in Minnesota fireworks explosion

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — An 18-year-old man died early Monday after a firework exploded in his face in a Minneapolis suburb. The incident was the first publicly reported death in Minnesota from fireworks this [Read More…]

Arraez gets 3 hits as Twins beat White Sox 6-3 in 10 innings