Kristi Noem was in President-elect Donald Trump’s doghouse after she crowed in a memoir published last year about butchering a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket. Despite his well ...

Larry Rhoden was officially sworn in as governor of South Dakota on Saturday following the resignation of former Gov. Kristi Noem, who stepped down to assume the role of U.S. Secretary of Homeland ...

Noem made international headlines last April after revealing in her memoir No Going Back that she had once shot dead her family dog Cricket, 14-month-old female wirehaired pointer, as well as a ...

In the 2024 book “No Going Back,” Noem had revealed that she once killed a wirehaired pointer when it was around 14 months old after realizing that the animal was “untrainable” and “less than ...

And she’s an excellent horseback rider. She was vilified this year for a story she told in her book about killing her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket. Cricket was Noem’s hunting dog but ...

On Sunday, the department received a 911 call about a choking 14-month-old. Officer Cruz Ramirez rushed to the scene and was there in under two minutes. The child wasn't breathing, so Ramirez gave ...