Articles by Travis Kriens

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Monae Johnson became South Dakota’s top election official with the help of people who allege elections are rife with fraud and that ballots should be hand-counted, but they’ve been disappointed that [Read More…]

Ryan Kreidler comes through late to lead Twins to 5-4 win against Cardinals

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Kreidler’s RBI double off the center-field wall in the eighth inning scored Luke Keaschall and completed the Minnesota Twins’ comeback in a 5-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. [Read More…]

Homer-happy Cardinals beat Twins 9-6 behind Blaze Jordan’s first in MLB and Iván Herrera’s pair

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Blaze Jordan hit his first major league homer and Iván Herrera went deep twice for the St. Louis Cardinals in a power-fueled 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Herrera and Jordan Walker had back-to-back [Read More…]

Clemens, Lewis, Lee homer off Stanek in the Twins’ 9-8 win over the Cardinals

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee homered in the eighth inning — two of three home runs surrendered by St. Louis reliever Ryne Stanek — and the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Cardinals 9-8 [Read More…]

Hurricanes use stifling defense to blank Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 and win the Stanley Cup

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Carolina spent the first part of the Stanley Cup Final surviving, finding ways to overcome deficits and play a high-scoring game that didn’t fit the Hurricanes’ typical style. But when it [Read More…]

Svechnikov, Aho strike as Hurricanes top Golden Knights 4-2 to move within a win of the Stanley Cup

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes had spent the NHL playoffs waiting for their power play to get going, along with top-line performers Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho. And they had spent the first [Read More…]

Friday Sports: June 12, 2026

FRIDAY SPORTS, JUNE 12, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell’s Brooks Aadland finished second in the boys 10-11 division at a South Dakota Golf Association Mini Tour event at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Brandon. [Read More…]

Willis, Mülla set USD school records at NCAA Championships

EUGENE, Ore. — South Dakota track and field had two women’s pole vaulters set different program records Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Anna Willis and Marleen Mülla competed at the NCAA [Read More…]

South Dakota State Football Announces Promotional Schedule for 2026

Promotional dates for South Dakota State’s seven home games during the upcoming 2026 season have been finalized. The Jackrabbits kick off the season Aug. 29 by hosting Stetson in the Precision Ag Bowl and the [Read More…]

Tigers hit 6 homers in 11-0 rout of Twins

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit one of Detroit’s six homers and the Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. Colt Keith, Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel [Read More…]

Silent sirens: Two South Dakota cities experience weather siren troubles

Elena Tittel/South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – When computer technicians investigated Aberdeen’s weather sirens in mid-April, they noticed something didn’t seem right. Ahead of expected severe weather, at 5:49 p.m. Monday, June 8, [Read More…]

State board approves up to $30 million in rebated taxes to help Sioux Falls pork plant’s move

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota board approved rebating up to $30 million in sales taxes to Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. for construction costs associated with its move from downtown to northern Sioux Falls, raising total [Read More…]

US Senate committee endorses $20 million for Missouri River drinking water pipeline studies

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Two bills to fund studies on proposed Missouri River drinking water pipelines for South Dakota are headed to the U.S. Senate after a Wednesday vote by the Committee on Energy and [Read More…]

Court hears arguments on ballot-question deadlines as petition drive continues past disputed dates