Month: September 2020

The Mitchell Area Safehouse has been awarded the Prevention Grant through the Office of Justice, Office of Violence against Women. This grant allows the Mitchell Area Safehouse to provide comprehensive community based efforts to develop [Read More…]

Here’s the weekly Mitchell School District update from Superintendent Joe Graves: The main point of this update going forward will be to report to you any COVID-19 cases that are relevant to our schools.  Three [Read More…]

Paula Mazzer has been awarded the prestigious Clarke Award for Teaching Excellence. The Clarke Award, first instituted in the 1996-97 year, was endowed by John and the late Vicki Clarke as an award to be [Read More…]

The Mitchell School District’s 2020 Homecoming activities are being curtailed. Superintendent Joe Graves notified students, parents, staff and others in the following letter: When we began this school year, we did so with three priorities: [Read More…]

Gov. Kristi Noem announced the Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved a $1,663,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan for the City of Mitchell to make wastewater lift station improvements. The loan will [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan University crowned its homecoming royalty Monday night during Coronation. Logan Amundson, of Watertown, and Wyatt Voelker of Newcastle, Wyo., were named the DWU homecoming queen and king for 2020. Logan [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of                                                                                                                 Total Confirmed               Recovered Active Cases       Case Count                         Case Count Longfellow Elementary School:                                  0                              0                                              0 Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary School:                  1                              1                                              0 L.B. Williams Elementary School:                               [Read More…]

During a year where many would say that odds are stacked against higher education, specifically small colleges and universities, Dakota Wesleyan University continues to show signs of positive momentum heading into the 2020-21 academic year. [Read More…]

The South Dakota State Railroad Board (Board) accepted a proposal today for possible acquisition of the state-owned Mitchell to Rapid City Railroad (MRC) Line. The proposal was presented by Watco Companies who have ownership in [Read More…]

The 2020 Governor’s Awards were presented Tuesday to seven individuals and businesses across the state to recognize their contributions toward the rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities. Governor Kristi Noem presented the award for [Read More…]

Police escorted a Mitchell man from Monday’s school board meeting for refusing to wear a face mask required by the district. Reed Bender refused board president Deb Olson’s request several times. Superintendent Joe Graves called [Read More…]

September 11, 2020 Dear Mitchell School District Parent, The main point of this update going forward will be to report to you any COVID-19 cases that are relevant to our schools.  Three different categories of [Read More…]

A convoy of green and yellow farm implements rolled into Mitchell Technical College Thursday as part of a donation by C&B Operations of Mitchell. It included eight tractors, a loader, a baler, compact excavator, a [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected its Geospatial Technologies program for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Initiative program or the UAS-CTI. According to MTC program director Devon Russell, [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Vocational Rehabilitation, Board of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Statewide Independent Living Council accepted nominations to recognize individuals and employers for their contributions to improving employment [Read More…]

The Davison-Hanson Farm Bureau said thanks Tuesday to Dispatch, EMS, Fire, Police and Sheriff’s Offices for working to keep communities safe, secure and healthy. Farm Bureau’s Cindy Foster, Linda Bannwarth and Heather Lenz made the [Read More…]