Articles by Travis Kriens
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Late Surge Spurred by Neuendorf Pushes DWU Past Valley City State
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball traveled to North Dakota to face the Valley City State Vikings in the second matchup of their home-and-home out-of-conference series. The Tigers and Vikings kept close pace for [Read More…]
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South Dakota Falls 106-76 on the Road to Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — South Dakota basketball had its two-game win streak snapped by Kansas State Saturday, falling 106-76 to the Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum. Isaac Bruns paced the Coyotes with 19 points and had five rebounds. It [Read More…]
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No. 10 Dakota Wesleyan Stuns No. 3 Campbellsville in Hawaii
HONOLULU — No. 10 Dakota Wesleyan delivered one of the most impressive wins of its season Friday, rolling past No. 3 Campbellsville (Ky.) 83-55 in women’s basketball action at the Shark Tank in Honolulu. The [Read More…]
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Milwaukee Holds On In Close Win Over South Dakota State
MILWAUKEE – Two Panthers scored over 20 points as Milwaukee defeated South Dakota State, 88-87, in a non-conference contest inside Fiserv Forum on Friday. Milwaukee jumped ahead 15-4 in the opening five minutes of the matchup. [Read More…]
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Attorney general charges inmate, former penitentiary employee in one of eight fatal prison overdoses
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The November overdose death of a state prison inmate in Sioux Falls has drawn charges for a former Department of Corrections medical staffer and a man who’s already serving a 65-year [Read More…]
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Company that hired state’s former head of economic development benefits from $69 million in aid
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Steve Westra was South Dakota’s commissioner of economic development four years ago when the office first agreed to provide financial assistance for a CJ Schwan’s company project. After leaving state government, [Read More…]
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US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study
Amy Dalrymple, Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday issued a long-awaited Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement, recommending that the pipeline keep operating but with some new conditions for [Read More…]
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Friday Sports: December 19, 2025
FRIDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 19, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels basketball hosts Rapid City Stevens for a doubleheader at the Corn Palace on Friday night. The girls game starts at 6 pm, followed by the [Read More…]
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South Dakota Women Pick Up 71-44 Win Over UTRGV in Malibu Classic
MALIBU, Calif. – The Coyote women’s basketball program snapped a three-game losing skid with a 71-44 win over UTRGV Thursday evening inside Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif. It had been a quiet last couple of [Read More…]
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Shutdown-delayed analysis shows rising unemployment in half the states; South Dakota has lowest rate
Tim Henderson/Stateline September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a shutdown-delayed analysis. The largest increase compared with September 2024 was in Oregon, where [Read More…]
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State tallies $43,000 in trooper overtime costs during Operation Prairie Thunder
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol initiative has had a minimal impact on the Highway Patrol’s budget. Operation Prairie Thunder, announced in July by Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden, [Read More…]
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South Dakota state economist says sluggish farm economy has held back sales tax revenues
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking Commission on Wednesday that a sluggish farm economy, driven by lower soybean, corn and wheat prices, has been [Read More…]
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Meyer Scores 27 in Loss at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team dropped a 97-54 decision to Duke Thursday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Jackrabbits move to 10-3 on the season while Duke is now 5-6. Brooklyn [Read More…]
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Thursday Sports: December 18, 2025
THURSDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 18, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels basketball hosts Rapid City Stevens for a doubleheader at the Corn Palace on Friday night. The girls game starts at 6 pm, followed by the [Read More…]
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17th-Ranked Northwestern Gets the Better of DWU Men’s Basketball
MITCHELL, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball hosted the No. 17 Northwestern Red Raiders at the Corn Palace in a conference contest. The Red Raiders started the contest with most of the scoring momentum, but the [Read More…]
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USD Drops First Game of Malibu Classic 73-65 to Pepperdine
MALIBU, Calif. – South Dakota women’s basketball lost its third straight game, a 73-65 result to Pepperdine in the Malibu Classic hosted by Pepperdine Wednesday night. It was a season’s best performance by Elise Turrubiates to lead [Read More…]
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Coyotes Avoid Upset vs. Dakota State, 80-71
VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota basketball picked up its sixth win in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Wednesday night 80-71 over Dakota State. Isaac Bruns led the Yotes in scoring with 23 points, his sixth straight game [Read More…]
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Fights and injuries spiked in South Dakota prisons in 2025
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Fights and serious injuries spiked higher in South Dakota’s state prisons last year than at any point since at least 2018, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Department [Read More…]
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Health Department warns of measles exposure in Rapid City
Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight The South Dakota Department of Health is warning the public about a potential measles exposure at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The notification came as the agency’s website lists three new measles cases [Read More…]
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70% of children in South Dakota foster care are Native American, state says
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight For the fourth year in a row, Native American children made up more than 70% of children in the South Dakota foster care system at the end of the state’s fiscal [Read More…]
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