Articles by Travis Kriens
Defying the odds: Meet the attorney for 1,000 clients who beat two pipeline companies
Brian Jorde, at right, and Ryan Cwach, attorneys for opponent landowners, participate in a Public Utilities Commission hearing July 25, 2023, in Fort Pierre on the permit application for the proposed Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide [Read More…]
South Dakota High School Football Playoffs Semifinals; Seven Championship Matchups Set
11AAA Semifinals, Friday, November 3 No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln def. No. 4 Brandon Valley, 28-21 No. 3 O’Gorman def. No. 2 Harrisburg, 49-34 11AAA Championship, Saturday, November 11 No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln (11-0) [Read More…]
Sioux Falls Man Arrested for Shooting Parked Vehicle with Occupants, Including Infant
A Sioux Falls man, 19-year-old Manarion Timothy Douglas Fuse, was arrested after allegedly firing a gun at a parked vehicle containing a 17-year-old male, a 19-year-old female, and an infant. The incident occurred around 12:10 [Read More…]
Law Enforcement Agencies in Sioux Falls and Rapid City to Encrypt Radios, Enhancing Officer and Public Safety
Law enforcement agencies in the Sioux Falls and Rapid City areas have announced their plans to encrypt their radios, making them inaccessible to the public on scanners starting from November 13. This decision complies with [Read More…]
Class A and Class B Volleyball SoDAK Bracket Set, Locations Announced
Winners advance to the State Volleyball Tournament in Rapid City, November 16-18. Class A SoDAK 16, Tuesday, November 7 No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian (31-4) vs. No. 16 Bennett County (11-15), Corn Palace, 5:30 pm [Read More…]
Jackrabbits, Bison Battle for Marker
GAME 9: #10/11 North Dakota State (6-2, 3-2 MVFC) at #1/1 South Dakota State (8-0, 5-0) When Saturday, Nov. 4 | 2 p.m. Where Dana J. Dykhouse State | Brookings, S.D. | SOLD OUT TV [Read More…]
Juvenile justice report: More delinquent kids taken to court in South Dakota
(John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota prosecutors filed more juvenile delinquency petitions in fiscal year 2023 than at any time in nearly a decade, according to an annual report presented Wednesday to a state committee. [Read More…]
Governors risk NCAA ramifications with opposition to transgender policy, scholar says
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Governors criticizing an NCAA policy on transgender student athletes may put their universities at risk of “penalties or ramifications” if those institutions disobey the policy, according to a sports law scholar. [Read More…]
Sobriety checkpoints coming up in South Dakota in November
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 13 sobriety checkpoints in 13 different counties during November. Checkpoints are scheduled for these counties: Beadle, Brown, Butte, Clay, Codington, Day, [Read More…]
Snowplow naming contest underway in South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. — On Wednesday, the South Dakota Department of Transportation announced the fourth annual snowplow naming contest. Over the past three winters, SDDOT has actively engaged with thousands of South Dakotans to bring this [Read More…]
Watertown Woman Sentenced to Prison On Grand Theft Charge
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Watertown woman has been sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Grand Theft. Danielle L. Johnson, 36, was sentenced Wednesday in Codington [Read More…]
US-born siblings safe with father in South Dakota after being feared missing in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The Chihuahua State Attorney General’s office said the four U.S.-born siblings reported missing during the weekend have been located safe and sound and are back in South Dakota with their biological [Read More…]
Downtown Sioux Falls Brewery Combines Pickleball and Craft Beer at The Pickle Pub
A new venture, “The Pickle Pub” by Remedy Brewing Co., is set to open by the end of the year in downtown Sioux Falls. Located next to the brewery’s back patio at the 8th & [Read More…]
Cherry Creek Grill in Sioux Falls Permanently Closed and Building Listed for Sale
Cherry Creek Grill, a popular restaurant in Sioux Falls, will not be reopening after a fire broke out in September 2022 during renovations. Owners Charlie and Judy Kneip have decided to sell the building, land, [Read More…]
Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83. Knight’s family [Read More…]
Decade-Long Disability Fraud Scheme Unveiled in South Dakota Federal District
Jason Lee Stokes and Tami Lee Stokes have entered not guilty pleas in a federal case filed in the District of South Dakota, where they stand accused of defrauding the Social Security Administration over a [Read More…]
Construction to Begin on U.S. Highway 81 North of Yankton
YANKTON, S.D. – Work is scheduled to begin on U.S. Highway 81 between 302nd Street and 306th Street to extend the four-lane divided roadway north of Yankton. The overall project includes transitioning the current two-lane highway into [Read More…]
Mitchell Hires Baker Haar as Wrestling Coach
Baker Haar has been hired as the next Head Wrestling Coach for the Mitchell School District. Coach Haar is a 2009 graduate of Aberdeen Central High School where he was a 4 year varsity starter, [Read More…]
Raiders fire coach Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — When the Las Vegas Raiders hired Josh McDaniels in January 2022, he said he had learned from his first stint as an NFL head coach. But McDaniels’ record actually was worse the [Read More…]
Semien’s 5 RBIs, Seager’s home run lead Rangers over Diamondbacks 11-7 for 3-1 World Series lead
PHOENIX (AP) — Marcus Semien’s two-run triple and three-run homer powered Texas to a 10-run lead by the third inning, Corey Seager hit another long home run and the Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-7 [Read More…]
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