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Recycling a major priority at local Goodwill outlets
From the buttons on your shirt to the microplastics in your pants, it may surprise you just how much of your outfit is recyclable. That’s why Goodwill is ramping up its sustainability efforts. Plastics are everywhere, can be found in just about everything, and won’t go anywhere for a...
Local Sports 7-22-24
Yankton Post 12 Legion Baseball ended their regular season with a split in yesterday’s triangular, falling to Pierre 7 to 2 and defeating the Renner Sultans 10 to 4. Against Pierre, Yankton was held to just three hits as a team with Lucas Kampshoff and Tate Beste scoring the two runs.
Krohn, Barger, Tesch, Chaney and Erickson win at I-90
HARTFORD, S.D. (KELO) — The I-90 Speedway season continued Saturday in Hartford. In the Hobby Stocks, Landon Krohn claimed the win. Lee Goos Jr and Nick Barger faced off in a King of the Hill battle, and Barger came away as the winner. Tyler Tesch picked up his third win on the year in the […]
LI Motorcyclists Readying Trip to Huge Rally in South Dakota
Local motorcycle enthusiasts from around Long Island were loading up their rides Sunday and preparing to head for a huge motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. The 84th annual rally attracts riders from around the world. The rally features rides, bike shows, and concerts. It will Read More ...
Gannett has few journalists, but plenty of lawyers
It was just a year ago that this space was used to question Gannett’s business plan for its newspapers in South Dakota. A declining amount of local news in the Gannett papers — the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the Watertown Public Opinion and the Aberdeen American News — fostered an effort to change the laws […] The post Gannett has few journalists, but plenty of lawyers appeared first on South Dakota Searchlight.
Minnehaha County ATV roll-over results in fatality and severe injuries
MINNEHAHA COUNTY, S.D. — An ATV crash on Sunday evening near Garretson, SD, resulted in one fatality and severe injuries to another. The identities of those involved have not been disclosed pending family notification. Initial reports reveal that a 2022 Polaris ATV, traveling north on 487th Avenue—a gravel road—lost...
Applications open for 2025 SDSU Extension 4-H Shooting Sports national Hunting Skills team
PIERRE, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) South Dakota State University Extension 4-H is now accepting applications to be part of the Hunting Skills team that will participate at the 2025 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships. To print off an application form, visit extension.sdstate.edu/events and search “hunting”. Mail completed applications to State 4-H Office...
Masked woman robs Sioux Falls pizza shop with gun
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Sioux Falls police responded to a robbery at Dareo’s Pizza Casino in Sioux Falls late Sunday night. The incident happened at 11:45 p.m. at the business on S. Minnesota Ave. According to Sioux Falls police, the suspect was a woman who was...
State University Student Seth Martens Awarded Schaefer Scholarship
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University is proud to announce that Seth Martens, a physical education major in the teacher education program, has been awarded the Schaefer Scholarship for the 2024 academic year. This $1,000 scholarship, named in honor of the late educator Gloria Schaefer, is awarded annually to one junior or senior attending a South Dakota college.
Preparing for emerald ash borer
In early July, the emerald ash borer was confirmed in Brookings County. Officials at South Dakota State University, however, have been preparing for its arrival for around a decade. Emerald ash borer is a boring beetle that feeds on all species of North American ash. It was first detected in...
Birds suffer series sweep at Sioux City
Sioux City, IA (Canaries) – The Sioux Falls Canaries suffered their sixth consecutive loss on Sunday, falling to Sioux City 9-6 at Lewis and Clark Park. Mike Hart opened the scoring with an RBI double in the first inning but the Explorers tied things up in the bottom half with an unearned run. A run-scoring […]
VANDALS DAMAGE NEW AREA OF CHRIS LARSEN PARK
VANDALS DAMAGED THE NEW ADDITION TO SIOUX CITY’S CHRIS LARSEN PARK OVER THE WEEKEND. CITY PARKS DIRECTOR MATT SALVATORE SAYS GRAFFITTI WAS PAINTED ONTO SIDEWALKS ALL OVER THE EAST END OF THE PARK:. VANDALS1 OC…UP ALREADY. ;09. SALVATORE SAYS SEVERAL SUSPECTS WERE INVOLVED, AND HE HOPES TO HAVE...
Algona Woman Charged With Stealing Nearly 1.8 Million Dollars
Algona, IA (KICD) — An Algona woman has been charged with stealing nearly 1.8 million dollars from the state of South Dakota. Attorney General Marty Jackley says 68-year-old Lonna Carroll was arrested in Kossuth County last week. Court records show Jackley was an employee at the South Dakota Department...
Smoky skies and heat return
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We are dealing with wildfire smoke coming down from Canada. Most of this smoke is higher up in the atmosphere so it’s creating hazy sunshine. The darker the gray on this map, the thicker the smoke is. Today has had hazy sunshine. The...
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