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An eight-run eighth inning lifts the Blue Jays past the Twins 11-4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two days, Brandon Valenzuela homered in an eight-run eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 11-4 Saturday afternoon. Lenyn Sosa [Read More…]
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Madison’s Career Day Lifts Jacks Past Bison in Comeback Win
FARGO, N.D. — Ty Madison pitched the final 7 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters to help lead South Dakota State to a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over North Dakota State in Summit League baseball [Read More…]
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SDSU Softball Wraps up Regular Season with loss at North Dakota State
FARGO, N.D. — The South Dakota State softball team closed out its 2026 regular season ahead of The Summit League Softball Championship on Saturday with its finale at North Dakota State. The Jackrabbits dropped a 15-2 [Read More…]
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Saturday Sports: May 2, 2026
SATURDAY SPORTS, MAY 2, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys tennis team picked up a pair of wins Friday in a home triangular at Hitchcock Park. The Kernels defeated Aberdeen Central 8-1, then topped [Read More…]
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Okamoto goes deep twice, Sosa and Pinango each have three hits; Blue Jays beat Twins 7-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto homered twice, Yohendrick Pinango had three hits in just his fifth career game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 Friday night. Lenyn Sosa also had three [Read More…]
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2026 DWU Baseball Season Ends Against Concordia in GPAC Semifinals
LINCOLN, Neb. — Dakota Wesleyan Baseball faced the hosting Concordia Bulldogs in the Great Plains Athletic Conference Semifinals, where they needed to win two games back-to-back to advance to the championship series. The Bulldogs and Tigers [Read More…]
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New requirement for combined state, local elections brings dizzying array of ballot variations
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A new South Dakota law intended to make voting easier is doing the opposite for some of the people running elections. The new law requires cities and schools to hold their [Read More…]
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South Dakota to Receive $10.1 Million in $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for their role in fueling the opioid crisis takes effect today (Friday, May [Read More…]
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Nine Native American tribes sue US Forest Service over approval of drilling at sacred site
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight Nine Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit against the US Forest Service over its approval of a graphite drilling project near Pe’ Sla, a site in the Black Hills that [Read More…]
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South Dakota governor pledges parole reform days after Sioux Falls officer is shot
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota will hire more parole officers, expand monitoring to nights and weekends, and make it easier to send people on parole back to prison, Gov. Larry Rhoden announced this week. [Read More…]
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Tyrese Maxey sparks the 76ers’ Game 6 surge with 30 points, forcing a Game 7 vs the Celtics
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 30 points, a resurgent Paul George had 23 points and a Philadelphia 76ers’ team that lost by 32 points twice in this first-round playoff series played their most complete [Read More…]
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Knicks crush Hawks in record-setting 140-89 Game 6 rout to end Atlanta’s season
ATLANTA (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 29 points in 27 minutes, Karl-Anthony Towns had his second triple-double of the series and the New York Knicks had their biggest playoff victory in franchise history, overwhelming and [Read More…]
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Individual contribution limit doesn’t restrain big donors in South Dakota governor race
Joshua Haiar and Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight In South Dakota’s race for governor, a state law limiting individual campaign contributions is proving to be more of a suggestion than a requirement. The law caps individual contributions to [Read More…]
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South Dakota tax collections ‘doing well’ as end of fiscal year nears
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota is on track to meet or exceed its revenue estimates by the end of the fiscal year, the Legislature’s lead budget expert said Thursday. The state is about $10 [Read More…]
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Opponents seek public vote on SD law using higher sales taxes to drop property taxes
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A campaign committee has launched a referendum effort to repeal a new law that would use money from a scheduled statewide sales tax increase to lower property taxes for homeowners. Lawmakers reduced the [Read More…]
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Friday Sports: May 1, 2026
FRIDAY SPORTS, MAY 1, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mia Larson turned in a season-best performance Thursday to lead the Mitchell Kernels girls golf team at the Hub City Invitational in Aberdeen. Larson shot a 3-over-par [Read More…]
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Wild beat Stars 5-2 for first playoff series win in 11 years
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Quinn Hughes led Minnesota to its first playoff series victory in 11 years, scoring twice in the Wild’s 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 on Thursday night. [Read More…]
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Jaden McDaniels leads Timberwolves on both ends of the court in 110-98 clincher to oust Nuggets in 6
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jaden McDaniels had 32 points and 10 rebounds and Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 24 points in a surprise start for the injury-ravaged Minnesota Timberwolves in a 110-98 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game [Read More…]
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Buxton hits 3rd homer in 4 games, Jeffers also goes deep as Twins top Blue Jays 7-1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton homered for the third time in four games and Ryan Jeffers hit a go-ahead, two-run drive that led the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 7- 1 on Thursday [Read More…]
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Dakota Wesleyan Baseball Advances to GPAC Semifinals
LINCOLN, Neb. — Dakota Wesleyan Baseball faced the Concordia (Neb.) Bulldogs and the Morningside Mustangs in their second and third contests of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament, splitting contests and managing to advance to the [Read More…]