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Shuttle Astronaut Charles Gemar in Mitchell
MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Charles Gemar is one of the famous South Dakotans depicted on the 2024 Corn Palace. He was a NASA Shuttle astronaut in the 1990’s. Gemar graduated from high school in Scotland, South Dakota at 17 years old in 1973. He joined the Army and won an appointment to West Point. Gemar graduated with a degree in engineering in 1979. In 1985 he became just the fourth Army officer selected for the NASA space program. He trained for a year to become a Mission Specialist.
2024 Open Season | Bragging Rights: Pierre angler hooks record walleye
Years of learning the secrets hidden within the depths of Lake Oahe brought a Pierre, South Dakota angler his ultimate prize last November. . Setting out by himself in his boat from Swan Creek at Akaska, SD, on Saturday morning, Nov. 11, 2023, Keith Pazour, 44, had only been on the immense lake about 20 minutes when he got action on his line. “I pulled into one of my favorite spots and checked the depth finder. This walleye hit my crankbait like a freight train. It kind of drug me around, and I said to myself, ‘What did I catch here?’ After reeling it in, I dug out my hand scale and knew I was tapping a record.” He got the fish on ice and called Game, Fish and Parks officers. He drove 45 minutes with his walleye to the ramp at West Whitlock Bay to meet for an official weighing at the bait shop.
Nurse battling brain cancer runs SF half-marathon
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Sioux Falls woman is not letting cancer get in the way of her passion for running. In early July, we introduced you to Sara Beck, a nurse at Sanford Health who was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year. Her goal then was to run the Sioux Falls half-marathon, […]
26 restaurants to compete in Sioux Falls Downtown Pork Showdown
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Downtown Pork Showdown is returning for the fourth year, and the competition kicks off on September 1st. All month long, participating downtown restaurants will present exclusive pork dishes that can be voted on through the DTSF Digital Passport App. This year, 26...
Citizens First Responder Academy offers glimpse behind the scenes
BROOKINGS — If you want to learn more about first responders in Brookings, there’s still an opportunity to do so, but the window is closing fast. Registration closes at noon Tuesday for this year’s edition of Citizens First Responder Academy. It’s a 12-week course offered to the public at no cost that starts Aug. 27. It’s been around for years — and for each of those years, it’s provided class participants with insights that shed far more light on what first responders do than what the public typically sees, reads and listens to normally.
One man dead, three wounded in Sioux Falls park shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — One man is dead, and three others are hospitalized after a shooting at Sioux Falls Park. It happened late Sunday afternoon. Investigators were still at Dunham Park on the city’s west side today, collecting evidence and processing the scene. The person who was shot to death is identified as 29-year-old […]
Jamaican National Extradited to South Dakota to Face Fraud Charges
{KXLG – Sioux Falls, SD} Dwayne Anderson, a 35-year-old Jamaican national, initially appeared in a Sioux Falls court today following his extradition from Jamaica. Anderson is accused of participating in a long-running scheme to defraud a California woman out of millions of dollars in a fake sweepstakes. According to...
Aww! South Dakota Couple Gets Engaged After Half Marathon
A Sioux Falls couple is celebrating much more than completing a half-marathon race. As part of the Sioux Falls Marathon activities, runners Austin Gaspar and Ashley Gibson finished the half-marathon race after battling the heat and humidity. Not only did Ashley get a medal, but she also got THE ring!
USD, SDSU Open Football Season This Week
(Vermillion, SD) — The Coyotes and the Jackrabbits kick off their 2024 football season this week. South Dakota gets an early start as the Coyotes host Northern State Thursday night at The Dakota Dome. Two-time defending FCS champion South Dakota State heads south to Stillwater, Oklahoma Saturday afternoon to take on Big 12 power and nationally 18th-ranked Oklahoma State. Someone is going to have an impressive streak come to an end in that game. Cowboys coach Mike Gundy is 15-and-oh all-time against FCS opponents. The Jackrabbits have won 29 in a row since opening the 2022 season with a 7-to-3 loss to Iowa out of the Big Ten Conference.
Fatal Motorcycle Crash Claims Life of Oral, SD Man
{KXLG – Oral, SD} The South Dakota Highway Patrol has released more information on a fatal motorcycle crash on Wednesday evening that claimed the life of a 65-year-old man near the small town of Oral, South Dakota. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, Derald Neil Bledsoe was riding...
Birds drop series finale in Fargo
Fargo, ND (Canaries) — The Sioux Falls Canaries dropped their final road contest of the regular season, falling 9-2 at Fargo-Moorhead on Sunday. The RedHawks opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the third inning. Sioux Falls tied the game in the sixth on a Josh Rehwaldt solo homerun and an RBI double […]
I-90 Speedway closes in on championship finale
HARTFORD, S.D. (KELO) — The clock is winding down on racing season as I-90 speedway hosted its second to last night of races Saturday, which means it’s final push to crown champions for 2024. In the Hobby Stock Feature, Todd Uhl, from Sheldon, Iowa, secured the win. Centerville’s Chris Goetz claimed the checkered flag in […]
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