Month: August 2020

August 28, 2020 Dear Mitchell School District Parent, Allow me to begin this week’s communique with a reminder:  the main point of this update going forward will be to report to you any COVID-19 cases [Read More…]

On Friday August 28, 2020 at approximately 1:45 a.m. Mitchell Police Officers were dispatched to a report of an injured male in 200 block of West 2nd Ave. This male ended up being located in [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health is reporting 343 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the state today. Today’s update also includes cases that were not reported on August 25th and 26th due to a [Read More…]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and following guidance from local and state officials, Dakota Wesleyan University has decided to cancel this year’s Blue & White Days homecoming parade. Instead DWU will be offering something [Read More…]

The South Dakota Health Department reported the largest daily jump in new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March. On Saturday South Dakota added 251 new cases boosting the state’s total to 11,135 cases [Read More…]

The first three days of the new school year in the Mitchell school district are in the books and Superintendent Joe Graves is pleased overall. Graves issued his weekly reports to parents Friday which appears [Read More…]

A second Davison County resident has died as a result of the COVID-19 virus. The South Dakota Health Department posted the death on its website Thursday. Meanwhile the county has three new COVID-19 infections bringing [Read More…]

Technical colleges in South Dakota are still accepting applicants to the UpSkill program, an effort announced by Governor Kristi Noem in July. UpSkill is a dynamic new program designed to support dislocated workers, impacted by [Read More…]

Davison County has its first recorded COVID-19 related death since the State Health Department began tracking pandemic statistics in mid-March. A comparison of health department statistics from Tuesday to Wednesday indicate the death was a [Read More…]