Articles by Travis Kriens

Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch The runup to a major election can be a hectic time for election officials, whose tasks include training poll workers, testing tabulators, processing absentee ballots and providing voter [Read More…]

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch WAVERLY, S.D. – Retiree A.J. Howey has a hard time understanding why a Florida energy company would build a set of industrial-sized lithium-ion batteries near his rural homestead [Read More…]

Codington County, S.D.- A Watertown man died Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash 10 miles southwest of Watertown, SD. The name of the person involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Ballot question campaigns in South Dakota had collectively spent about $7 million this year by their Oct. 21 reporting deadline, according to a South Dakota Searchlight analysis, and they’ve likely [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The U.S. Department of Justice will monitor polling places to ensure voting rights in South Dakota’s most-populated county and three Native American-majority counties on Election Day. Alison Ramsdell, U.S. attorney [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight The murky brown Big Sioux River consistently receives poor marks for its water quality, but eastern South Dakota water systems near the river don’t know if that pollution includes “forever chemicals.” [Read More…]

Jackie Hendry, South Dakota News Watch DE SMET, S.D. – Hundreds of thousands of tourists every year frequent sites tied to South Dakota’s pioneer and Wild West history, and cemeteries are among the historic sites [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Most of the campaign spending on a ballot question regarding work requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients has been on the “no” side, with major donations from nonprofits that advocate for [Read More…]

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A former Brookings Police Department officer suspended last year for roughing up an intoxicated man at the county jail will be able to reenter law enforcement without a second [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight An out-of-state nonprofit that hasn’t disclosed its donors is outspending in-state opponents and supporters of an open primaries ballot question ahead of South Dakota’s Nov. 5 election. Article IV is an [Read More…]