The Brookings Register

11/26/2025

For the second straight year, South Dakota State came up short in the championship match of the Summit League Tournament as the Jackrabbits fell to St. Thomas in four sets at First Bank & Trust Arena on Tuesday night.

SDSU had not lost a match against a conference opponent all season, including beating the Tommies in four sets in the two other matches against UST this year.

“Congratulations to St. Thomas on an amazing match and an amazing season,” said SDSU head coach Dan Georgalas. “They were certainly the better team today. … This really hurts, but I’m positive our group is going to have a positive response. … I don’t know if I would call it wilting under the pressure. We came out flat and [St. Thomas] played the underdog role really well.”

For the second straight year, South Dakota State came up short in the championship match of the Summit League Tournament as the Jackrabbits fell to St. Thomas in four sets at First Bank & Trust Arena on Tuesday night.

11/26/2025

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11/25/2025

South Dakota State was awarded the No. 14 seed in the FCS Playoffs on Sunday and the Jackrabbits will play New Hampshire in Brookings this upcoming Saturday.

SDSU (8-4) clinched a playoff spot on Saturday with a 34-31 overtime win over North Dakota. The Jacks snapped a four-game losing streak with the win and SDSU head coach Dan Jackson said there was a sense of relief after the victory, knowing that they made the playoffs.

South Dakota State was awarded the No. 14 seed in the FCS Playoffs on Sunday morning and the Jackrabbits will play New Hampshire in Brookings this upcoming Saturday

11/25/2025

Ismael “Izzy” Collazo, 40, has been a Type-1 diabetic since he was 11 months old. When he was in his 20s, he explained, he “didn’t have enough money to buy insulin, because it was really expensive and none of the programs (to buy it) had come out yet.”

When he married his wife Heather at 28 years old, it was too late to save his vision.

“I woke up one morning with blood in my line of sight,” he explained. “I went to the doctor to try getting shots and had two surgeries in each eye, but wasn’t able to save it.”

BROOKINGS — Ismael “Izzy” Collazo, 40, has been a Type-1 diabetic since he was 11 months old. When he was in his 20s, he explained, he “didn’t have enough money to buy …

11/25/2025

Public feedback following a pair of community meetings on Nov. 3 has led the Brookings City Council to reconsider the site of a new headquarters for the Brooking Police Department.

While the decision doesn’t take the proposed site at the corner of Fifth Street South and Medary Avenue South entirely off the table, it does add other possibilities to the mix, including at least some of the 20 other sites the city has previously studied over the past several years.

BROOKINGS — Public feedback following a pair of community meetings on Nov. 3 has led the Brookings City Council to reconsider the site of a new headquarters for the Brooking Police Department. …

11/25/2025

A second-degree manslaughter charge has been filed against an Arlington man in the wake of a two-vehicle crash on Oct. 19 that killed a Brookings woman.

Jody Alan Weiss, 53, could face up to 10 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine, as the charge is a Class 4 felony under South Dakota law.

The case stems from a crash that killed Sixta Erika Huerta Garcia, 48, at the intersection of state Highway 30 and 471st Avenue 6 miles north of Brookings.

BROOKINGS — A second-degree manslaughter charge has been filed against an Arlington man in the wake of a two-vehicle crash on Oct. 19 that killed a Brookings woman. Jody Alan Weiss, 53, …

11/25/2025

South Dakota State advanced to the Summit League Tournament title game after sweeping North Dakota State in the semifinals on Monday night at First Bank & Trust Arena.

The top-seeded Jackrabbits, who went undefeated in the conference in the regular season, dominated the first two sets and then came from behind to complete the sweep.

South Dakota State advanced to the Summit League Tournament title game after sweeping North Dakota State in the semifinals on Monday night at First Bank & Trust Arena.

11/24/2025

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said the state Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting on Nov. 21 in Beresford involving a Beresford Police Department officer that killed Aurora resident Christopher John Pearson, 36.

PIERRE — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said the state Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting on Nov. 21 in Beresford involving a …

11/22/2025

South Dakota State kept its season alive on Saturday as the Jackrabbits rallied from 13 points down and beat North Dakota 34-31 in overtime at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

The Jackrabbits held UND to a field goal in overtime and then Jack Henry connected with Graham Goering for a 23-yard touchdown to give SDSU the win.

SDSU improved to 8-4 on the season and snapped a four-game losing streak.

South Dakota State kept its season alive on Saturday as the Jackrabbits rallied from 13 points down and beat North Dakota 34-31 in overtime at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.

11/22/2025

South Dakota State built a 23-point lead in the first 10 minutes on Friday night and the Jackrabbits didn’t look back as they beat 105-58 Georgia State at First Bank & Trust Arena.

It’s the second-straight game that the Jacks have won by nearly 50 as they beat Peru State 94-46 on Monday.

South Dakota State built a 23-point lead in the first 10 minutes on Friday night and the Jackrabbits didn’t look back as they beat 105-58 Georgia State at First Bank & Trust Arena.

11/21/2025

Brookings Bobcats seniors Ashley Reints, Bergan Tetzlaff and Layla Erickson will be playing collegiate sports after signing letters of intent — with one of them going all the way out to California.

Three Brookings High School students signed their letters of intent to play collegiate sports on Nov. 12. From left to right: Ashley Reints is going to play soccer at California State Stansiaus, …