A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

The seventh “Hockey Day South Dakota” celebrated hockey in the state on Saturday and featured four games in the Denny Sanford. Click on the video viewer to watch highlights of one of those games featuring: -Sioux Falls West Flyers boys defeating the Mitchell Marlins 5-1.

The Illinois football team reached into the transfer portal for a pair of players from two of the top FCS football programs in the nation.

Eric Eidsness and Dan Jackson took jobs at Northern Illinois. Jason Eck was named head coach of Idaho. Brian Bergstrom became head coach of Winona State, Rob Erickson at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Northwestern scooped up young offensive coordinator Zach Lujan and defensive line coach Christian Smith.

South Dakota State football coach Dan Jackson announced ... the Jackrabbit running backs after serving in a similar role at Idaho during the 2024 season. The trio of hires marks the first for ...

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

Isaiah Griffin had 23 points in Idaho State's 86-61 victory over Montana on Saturday night. Griffin shot 10 for 17, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc for the Bengals (8-8, 3-2 Big Sky Conference).

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Jacari White’s 32 points led North Dakota State over South Dakota 103-77 on Saturday.

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Idaho State will aim to end its three-game road losing streak when the Bengals play Montana. The teams play Saturday for the first time this season. Montana is 2-3 against

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said the No. 1 threat to the U.S. is immigration at the southern border with Mexico.