Articles by Travis Kriens

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch IGLOO, S.D. – A former military munitions site with concrete bunkers now used as residences has become the source of numerous lawsuits, several complaints to the South Dakota [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight CANTON — Commissioners in South Dakota’s fastest-growing county punted on four carbon dioxide pipeline ordinances on Christmas Eve, opting to let their planning staff and two new commissioners start from [Read More…]

Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor The owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline last week became the latest party to join the defense in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s new lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Yankton County State’s Attorney-Elect Tyler Larsen announce that Andrew Jondahl of Watertown has been indicted on four charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Yankton man has been indicted on one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree in connection [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota high school students will pay 50% more to take dual credit courses if legislators adopt a budget proposal by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem. Currently, students pay one-third of [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Amy Willis says she’s not a criminal. When she entered the U.S. Capitol with a crowd of protesters who’d been urged by Donald Trump to “stop the steal” of the [Read More…]

A 29-year-old woman died on Sunday, December 15, after attempting to cross a slow-moving train near the intersection of E 8th Street and N Weber Ave in Sioux Falls. Witnesses reported that the woman tried [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Gov. Kristi Noem has issued seven pardons this fall, bringing the total number she’s granted since taking office to 348. The pardons went to people convicted of a range of [Read More…]

Gov. Kristi Noem presents her annual budget address to lawmakers in the South Dakota State Capitol on Dec. 3, 2024. Behind her, from left, are House Speaker nominee Jon Hansen and Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden. [Read More…]