Articles by Travis Kriens

In the early hours of Saturday, May 31, a single-vehicle crash near Humboldt, South Dakota, resulted in the death of the male driver and serious injuries to a female passenger. The vehicle, traveling southbound on [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s largest hunger-relief organization says it faces a $2.5 million budget shortfall next year because of President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts. Feeding South Dakota CEO Lori Dykstra addressed lawmakers on a [Read More…]

Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from following his son up the stairs to the waterslides. Wirt’s breathing became more labored once they [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota’s proposal to implement work requirements for Medicaid expansion could be “an exercise in futility” now that the federal government is also considering it, said state Department of Social Services [Read More…]

Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Public Broadcasting Service and Lakeland PBS in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Friday, arguing an executive order seeking to cut off their federal funding violates the Constitution and would [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight ABERDEEN — Toby Doeden, an Aberdeen businessman, officially launched his campaign for governor of South Dakota on Wednesday evening, promising a sweeping overhaul of state government including the elimination of property [Read More…]

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the campus of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, according to the Department of Corrections. The violence comes [Read More…]

Jackie Hendry, South Dakota News Watch WALL, S.D. – Despite consistent visitation in recent years and record-breaking visitor spending, critical South Dakota tourist attractions remain subject to broader concerns as the peak tourist season begins. [Read More…]

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Members of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors raised alarms during a virtual roundtable Tuesday about volatile Trump administration tariff policies, saying they’re driving up costs, stalling housing developments, and threatening key sectors [Read More…]

Juan Salinas II, Nebraska Examiner Nebraska confirmed its first measles case of the recent national surge, this one in the state’s Panhandle in a county bordering South Dakota. The measles case involving an “age-appropriately vaccinated [Read More…]