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Thursday Sports: October 23, 2025
THURSDAY SPORTS, OCTOBER 23, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels football ends the season at home vs. No. 2 Yankton on Thursday night at 7 pm. The KORNer Booth pregame show starts at 6 pm [Read More…]
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Class 9B Football Playoffs Set to Begin Thursday
Travis Kriens, KORN News Radio Sports Director The 2025 Class 9B football playoffs begin Thursday with the spotlight on No. 1 Dell Rapids St. Mary and No. 2 Avon, both coming off dominant regular seasons [Read More…]
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Class 9A Playoffs Preview: Top Teams Eye State Title
Travis Kriens, KORN News Radio Sports Director The 2025 South Dakota Class 9A football playoffs kick off this Thursday. Wall (8-0) Leads the Pack The No. 1 seed Wall enters the playoffs as the team [Read More…]
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Class 9AA Football Playoff Preview: A Competitive Field Gears Up for Thursday’s First Round
Travis Kriens, KORN News Radio Sports Director The 2025 South Dakota Class 9AA football playoffs kick off this Thursday. Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy: The Top SeedFreeman/Marion/Freeman Academy enters the playoffs with an undefeated 8-0 record, earning the [Read More…]
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Class 11B Playoffs Kick Off Thursday With Familiar Favorites, High-Powered Offenses and Regular Season Rematches
Travis Kriens, KORN News Radio Sports Director The South Dakota Class 11B high school football playoffs begin Thursday with eight first-round games, headlined by undefeated contenders, explosive offenses, and key rematches from the regular season. [Read More…]
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Wednesday Sports: October 22, 2025
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, OCTOBER 22, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels volleyball had its seven-match winning streak come to an end last night with a 3-0 loss at Aberdeen Central, (26-24, 25-12, 25-18). Charleigh Collins had [Read More…]
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Mitchell Police Department Urges Drivers to Follow Railroad Crossing Safety Laws
The Mitchell Police Department is issuing a public safety reminder after recent reports of vehicles ignoring warning signals at railroad crossings. The department has seen an increase in incidents where drivers speed through crossings while [Read More…]
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Lawmakers want ambulance services reimbursed for helping patients at home
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A group of lawmakers voted Tuesday to back efforts to get ambulance services paid for helping low-income and elderly patients without taking them to a hospital. The vote came during a [Read More…]
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U.S. ranchers oppose Trump’s plan to import more Argentine beef and experts doubt it will lower prices
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s plan to cut record beef prices by importing more meat from Argentina is running into heated opposition from U.S. ranchers who are enjoying some rare profitable years and skepticism from [Read More…]
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Flying Under the Radar No More: Mitchell Volleyball Makes Statement in Class AA
Travis Kriens – KORN News Radio Sports Director MITCHELL, S.D. — A year ago, the Mitchell Kernels volleyball team was a 3-win program stuck at the bottom of the Class AA standings. Fast forward to [Read More…]
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Quality and cost of Medicare coverage vary by state, report finds, with South Dakota ranking 24th
Anna Claire Vollers/Stateline The quality and cost of Medicare coverage depend on where you live, according to new research. The Commonwealth Fund, a research nonprofit focused on health care, on Thursday released a report grading how well [Read More…]
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$174 million South Dakota battery project signals intent to begin permitting process
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Last month, utilities regulators voted 2-1 to tell a company that wants to put industrial scale batteries near Watertown that they’ll need a permit before they build. Last week, lawyers for the company [Read More…]
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Gov. Rhoden hires Iowan to lead South Dakota prison system
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight An Iowa prison official who’s worked in corrections in three states will lead the South Dakota Department of Corrections. Gov. Larry Rhoden announced that Nick Lamb will serve as the department’s [Read More…]
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Tuesday Sports: October 21, 2025
TUESDAY SPORTS, OCTOBER 21, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — No. 5 Mitchell Kernels volleyball, 13-4 on the season, will be at Aberdeen Central on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. The Kernels have won seven matches in a [Read More…]
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South Dakota Media High School Football Poll – October 20
The South Dakota Prep Media Football Poll for the week of Oct. 20 is listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. [Read More…]
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South Dakota Media High School Volleyball Poll – October 20
Here is the South Dakota Media volleyball poll for the week of Oct. 20, 2025. Teams are listed with first place votes in parentheses, record, points and previous ranking. CLASS AA 1. Harrisburg (12) 22-2 [Read More…]
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Guerrero hits 6th postseason homer and Blue Jays beat Mariners 6-2 to force Game 7 of ALCS
TORONTO (AP) — Look dad, Game 7! Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run this postseason, rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays pushed the American [Read More…]
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AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind No. 1 Ohio State; Vandy is a top-10 team for 1st time since 1947
Vanderbilt is a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947 in an Associated Press poll that got a nearly complete makeover Sunday after a weekend when nine Top 25 teams lost. Ohio State was the [Read More…]
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Monday Sports: October 20, 2025
MONDAY SPORTS, OCTOBER 20, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels football lost on Friday to No. 1 Huron 27-3. With the loss, Mitchell is officially eliminated from playoff contention. The Kernels end the season at [Read More…]
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Shohei Ohtani hits 3 homers and strikes out 10 in Dodgers’ clinching 5-1 NLCS win over Brewers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages. Ohtani hit three mammoth homers and struck out 10 while pitching shutout ball [Read More…]