GPAC Names Weekly Best

Basketball players from Mount Marty and Briar Cliff share the spotlight this week in the Great Plains Athletic Conference weekly awards.

Jacks, Coyotes Earn Summit Awards

South Dakota State’s Parker Brown was named Summit League Men’s Diver of the Week while South Dakota’s Greysen Hertting earned Women’s Diver of the Week for the week of Jan. 18-24.

Wild Hire Specialists

The Minnesota Wild have hired for their hockey operations department a pair of analytics specialists who co-founded an advanced statistics website.

SD AARP Members Go to Pierre

A contingent of AARP members will be in Pierre today, for their annual lobby day.

Yankton City Commission Agrees to Extend Retail Study

The Yankton City Commission agreed to fund the second phase of a retail market survey.

SD Legislators Looking at Sales Tax Exemptions

As South Dakota lawmakers look for dollars to fund higher teacher pay this year, many are turning to sales tax exemptions.

Plouffe Re-Signs With Twins

Third baseman Trevor Plouffe and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $7.25 million, one-year contract to avoid arbitration.

Vikings Added To Pro Bowl

The Minnesota Vikings are sending three more players to the Pro Bowl.

Daum Earns Weekly Award

The Summit League named South Dakota State forward Mike Daum as its player of the week on Monday after the redshirt freshman helped lead the Jackrabbits to a pair of key road wins at Oral Roberts and at South Dakota.

Cyclones Blow Past Kansas

Monte Morris scored 21 points, Georges Niang had 19 and No. 14 Iowa State blew past Kansas 85-72 on Monday night for its fourth straight win.