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Sioux Falls mother shares grief about wellness check she says went wrong
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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Editor's note: The story below mentions mental health issues or suicide. If you need help or know someone who does, please call 988, the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available for 24/7, free and confidential support. When Barbara...
Travelers can now see new Indigenous art at Rapid City Regional Airport
Black Hills FOX News - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Visitors coming in and out of Rapid City Regional Airport will now be able to indulge in 15 new Indigenous art pieces. As part of the airport’s partnerships with Crazy Horse Memorial, the Journey Museum, and the Sioux...
Smittys Split With Sioux Falls On Tuesday From Fossum Field
Hub City Radio - South Dakota
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July 9, 2025
Posted on July 8, 2025 by - Sports TUES SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL Legion Baseball SF Post 15 East 9 F/7 Aberdeen Smittys 15 – WP: Bennett Eisenbeisz 3IP. 5H. 4R. 3ER. 2BB. Lance Siefken 2-4 + run & 4RBI. [Game 1] [Presented by Culvers of Aberdeen] SF...
With infusion of Vision Funds, sports complex moves forward
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A multi-purpose sports complex is one step closer to becoming a piece of the Rapid City sports landscape. Monday night, the Rapid City City Council approved dedicated $5 million in surplus Vision Funds to the project giving...
Jewelry with natural beauty: Susan Roskens returns for fifth Brookings Summer Arts Festival
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By John KubalThe Brookings Register BROOKINGS — “Embrace the simple beauty of nature to rejuvenate your spirit, relax your mind and nurture your soul.” Those elements come to life in the jewelry of Susan Roskens, who will be returning for her...
Watch Zach Top Soak Up the Sun in His ‘Good Times & Tan Lines’ Music Video
Country Now - Tennessee
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July 8, 2025
The feel-good video captures lake days, cold drinks, and country vibes. Zach Top brings his latest single, “Good Times & Tan Lines,” to life with a summer-soaked new music video. Out now, the clip captures Top and a group of friends enjoying a...
Sioux Falls hosts South Dakota's first National Jump Rope Competition
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
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July 8, 2025
Over 160 competitors hopped to Augustana in Sioux Falls to compete in the national jump rope competition. The competition is put on by the American Jump Rope Federation and happens once a year. This year was the first year the event was held in...
Conversation: Former Windom great Timm Gronseth is settling down in South Dakota
The Globe - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
(Note: Timm Gronseth was a fabulous all-around athlete at Windom High, earning all-Southwest Conference honors in three sports. He earned All-State in 1984 while leading the Eagles’ baseball team of head coach Dean Jaacks to the first state...
South Dakota lawmaker responds to criticism over now-deleted social media post
Go Watertown - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
July 8, 2025 ABERDEEN, S.D.–The now-deleted Instagram post by Representative Logan Manhart was a photo of himself with the caption, “It’s white boy summer and the boys are back in charge”, with the hashtag “MAGA,” the acronym for Make America...
South Dakota is back in College Football 26
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
SIOUX FALLS — After making a triumphant return last year with College Football '25, the EA Sports video game juggernaut is back this year with this week's release of College Football '26. While last year's game wasn't perfect, it was a pretty...
'ICE Barbie': Trump DHS secretary slammed for social media stunt during Texas tragedy
AlterNet
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July 8, 2025
In a Monday, July 7 post on Instagram, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem highlighted three photos of her on horseback and asked social media users to pick the one they liked best. The former South Dakota governor posted, "Which one do you...
Aberdeen lawmaker hit with backlash over controversial social media post
Watertown Public Opinion - South Dakota
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South Dakota Rep. Logan Manhart posted and later deleted an Instagram photo captioned "It's a white boy summer and the boys are back in charge." Democratic lawmakers criticized the post as racist and sexist, while the House Majority Leader...
Rapid City Council votes 7-2 to add $5 million to the Vision Fund
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Council approved a controversial funding measure for a new sports complex Monday night, dedicating $5 million in surplus Vision Funds to the project. In a 7-2 vote the council passed Resolution 2025-077, which...
Rapid City Council celebrates new members
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Council chambers saw five members were sworn into office Monday for new three-year terms. Two newcomers, Stephen Tamang representing Ward 1 and Callie Meyer from Ward 5, took the oath of office alongside...
Officers shoot, injure 1 person Monday in Sioux Falls
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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Officials with the Sioux Falls Police Department say several officers shot and injured a person as they attempted to arrest him on July 7 near the area of West 10th Street and South Garfield Avenue. Assistant Chief Nick Cook, speaking at an 8:30...
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
The American Prospect
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July 8, 2025
For decades, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has supported the development of and access to public broadcasting in the United States, focusing on providing non-commercial, high-quality content that reaches 99 percent of Americans....
Sioux Falls man charged with second-degree murder related to Friday assault death
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 7, 2025
SIOUX FALLS — A Sioux Falls man was charged with second-degree murder on Monday after an assault turned deadly in an eastside apartment on Thursday. Police say Shawn Raphael Roubideaux, Sr., was involved in an altercation in 600 block of North...
South Dakota VFW Baseball adds state tournaments to give more youth teams a chance to play
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 7, 2025
MITCHELL — After 60-plus years of organizing state youth baseball tournaments in South Dakota, the Veterans of Foreign Wars baseball postseason is going to look much different in 2025. Gone are the past Class A and Class B region tournaments and...
Republican South Dakota lawmaker removes ‘white boy summer’ social media post after criticism
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 8, 2025
A South Dakota lawmaker removed a social media post that some fellow lawmakers described as “a direct expression of racism and sexism.” Meanwhile, a legislative leader declined to act on the post and criticized the legislators who complained about...
35th Anniversary of the ADA marked in Sioux Falls
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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July 7, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The disability community in Sioux Falls is marking the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Vicki Stewart is one of those people with a positive personality and who lights up the room when...