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Federal judge in Alabama lets Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ kids go forward in four states • South Dakota Searchlight

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July 31, 2024

Federal judge in Alabama lets Title IX rule protecting LGBTQ kids go forward in four states • South Dakota Searchlight

A federal judge has struck down an attempt by Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to halt enforcement of the Biden administration’s final rule for Title IX, shortly before the final rule takes effect nationwide on Thursday.

The administration’s updated regulations — which seek to extend federal discrimination protections for LGBTQ students — have been met with a wave of GOP pushback since being announced by the Department of Education in April.

Though the final rule is slated to go into effect on Thursday, it’s now blocked in 22 states and has faced mounting legal uncertainty.

“In short, although Plaintiffs may dislike the Department’s rules, they have failed to show a substantial likelihood of success in proving the Department’s rulemaking was unreasonable or not reasonably explained,” Judge Annemarie Carney Axon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama wrote Tuesday in a 122-page opinion.

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Axon, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump, also wrote that “the evidentiary record is sparse, and the legal arguments are conclusory and underdeveloped.”

In late April, the group of Southern states, all with GOP attorneys general, sued the administration in federal court in Alabama over the regulations. Multiple organizations also tacked onto the lawsuit, including the Independent Women’s Law Center, the Independent Women’s Network, Parents Defending Education and Speech First.

They quickly appealed Tuesday’s ruling later in the day to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Since the department released the final rule, 26 states in total have signed onto lawsuits seeking to block the updated regulations from taking effect.

Across multiple temporary injunctions, the final rule is blocked in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

On Wednesday, Judge Jodi W. Dishman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma halted the final rule from taking effect in the state. Oklahoma individually sued the administration back in May.

To further complicate the matter, when Judge John Broomes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas temporarily blocked the measure in the Sunflower State, Alaska, Utah and Wyoming earlier in July, he extended it to also include “the schools attended by the members of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes United, as well as the schools attended by the children of the members of Moms for Liberty,” all groups that sued alongside those four states.

This means the final rule is blocked in schools across the country, including in states that never challenged the updated regulations. Despite Axon’s Tuesday ruling, the final rule will still be halted in any K-12 school or college in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina that is impacted by the earlier Kansas decision.

The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Connie Carlisle of Fort Pierre to be honored by South Dakota State Historical Society

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April 15, 2026

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South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame to induct 21 new members in September

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April 14, 2026

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South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame to induct 21 new members in September

The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday, April 14, that its newest induction class will feature 21 people, including six who will be inducted posthumously.

The induction ceremony will be on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. These 21 inductees will bring the total up to 418 in the hall of fame.

2026 South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame Class

Taylor Baker: Rapid City Stevens (1998), Kansas State (2004)
Mike Begeman: Parker (1975), Augustana (1979)
Howard Blumhardt (posthumously): Bowdle (1946), South Dakota (1950)
Frank Cutler: Langford (1978), South Dakota State (1983)
Julie (Krauth) Dearring: Des Moines Roosevelt (IA) (1989), Augustana (1994)
Laticia DeCory: Pine Ridge (1989), Utah State (1994)
Jim Dorman: Castlewood (1970), South Dakota State (1975)
Dan Freidel: Armour (1980), Augustana (1984)
Barry French (posthumously): Sioux Falls Washington (1940), Purdue (1947)
Jeff Fylling (posthumously): Lennox (1974), Augustana (1978)
Randi (Morgan) Haines: Mitchell (2000), Dakota Weslyan (2004)
Mylo Jackson (posthumously): Ardmore (1929), Northern State (1934)
Greg Jimmerson: Rapid City Stevens (1993), Stanford (1998)
Louis Koupal (posthumously): St. Wenceslaus Catholic Parochial High School (1915)

Tim Miles: Doland, South Dakota native
Mike Miller: Mitchell (1998), Florida
Kent Mueller: Freeman (1976), Dakota Weslyan, South Dakota (1985)
John Papendick: Bridgewater (1978), South Dakota State (1984)
Thelma (Austin) Smalley (posthumously): Wagner (1926)
Jim Sorensen: Sioux Falls Washington (1962), Augustana (1966)
Jason Sutherland: Watertown (1993), Missouri (1997)

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Reilly: ‘full-circle moment’ to play in Sioux Falls

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April 14, 2026

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Reilly: ‘full-circle moment’ to play in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Bergen Reilly and the Nebraska volleyball team played in her hometown, Sioux Falls, Saturday afternoon – marking a special moment for the setter.

“It feels just kind of like a full-circle moment to be able to start off my senior year back in my hometown,” Reilly said.

The Cornhuskers’ exhibition match against Iowa State sold out within minutes as fans decked out in red and white piled into the Sanford Pentagon to cheer on Reilly and the Huskers to a sweep.

“It was a lot of emotions,” Reilly said. “I would say definitely some nerves. I felt like everywhere I looked in the crowd, I saw some what I knew, which is not normal. So that was really cool. But yeah, like I said, I think just everyone knew that this was going to be special for me, and they did a really good job of making it feel that way.”

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“It’s always really special being in your hometown,” Nebraska head coach Dani Busboom Kelly said. “I know the Sioux Falls people, they travel to Nebraska frequently to watch us and watch her. But to do it in your hometown, where there’s a lot of pride and is pretty special for her.”

The match was the O’Gorman product’s first time back playing in Sioux Falls. To see more than 3,000 fans turn out for her return, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year reflected on the impact she and this match have had on the community.

“Coach texted me yesterday, Coach [John] Cook, and he said when I was recruiting you, you said you wanted to put Sioux Falls on the map for volleyball,” Reilly said. “And I feel like this was another step in the right direction there. And just seeing how many people care. And it’s sold out so quick, I think that it’s really going in the right direction. And it makes me really happy to see.”

Reilly and Nebraska will be back in South Dakota in September when they visit SDSU.

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