Year: 2020

Davison County’s website is getting a much-needed makeover. Commission Chairwoman Brenda Bode told a gathering of County Department heads Tuesday there’s a lot of outdated information, including her own. “We have to do a lot [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota couple have pleaded not guilty to charges that they gave four children illegal drugs and zapped them with a cattle prod to get them to comply with [Read More…]

The Davison County Commission is lifting restrictions at the courthouse. Chairwoman Brenda Bode says they’re opening all doors starting Wednesday morning. “We still have appointments available, a lot of times it’s more convenient for people,” [Read More…]

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A Florida man is accused of punching Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert at a bar in South Dakota, the player’s home state. A prosecutor in Brown County says the 29-year-old [Read More…]

Governor Kristi Noem announced Monday there’s $200-million dollars available for South Dakota’s cities and counties through the new Local Government COVID Relief Fund. The City of Mitchell’s allocation is $3,545,000 with Davison County eligible for [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Social Services in collaboration with the Department of Education will be providing additional assistance with food costs to families who lost access to free or reduced-price school meals in response [Read More…]

Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to the city of Mitchell, South Dakota, to make improvements to storm water management [Read More…]

Several Mitchell City Councilors along with Mayor Bob Everson and other city officials took a field trip Wednesday to get at first-hand look at the city’s recycling program. First, the group boarded a Palace Transit [Read More…]

We’re learning more regarding a three-county pursuit that started in Davison County Tuesday afternoon. A news release from the Mitchell Police Department says on Tuesday, at approx. 2:52 p.m., a Davison County Sheriff’s Office employee [Read More…]

At the June 11, 2020 South Dakota High School Activities Association meeting of its Board of Directors, the Board approved a second reading of a proposal to add a Girls division in Wrestling, effective the [Read More…]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, announced a reward today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those [Read More…]

Mitchell Middle School student Bane Briggs recently accomplished something that hadn’t been achieved before. He’s the first three-time winner of the school’s Geography Bee which has been held for more than 30 years. Congressman Dusty [Read More…]

United States Attorney Ron Parsons says a Dimock woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 18, 2020, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.  45 year old Jacqueline Ann [Read More…]

The ACT exams set for Mitchell Senior High on Saturday are going on as planned. Counselor Erin Fowkes is expecting 127 students. The students should arrive no later than eight o’clock Saturday morning. “That’s when [Read More…]

Heavy rains and high winds roared through Mitchell around six this morning leaving a trail of toppled trees and branches some flooded streets and property damage. National Weather Service Meteorologist Samantha Garretts was following the [Read More…]

South Dakota’s 20 remaining driver license exam stations will open by appointment only starting June 15. The exam stations are located in: Armour, Belle Fourche, Chamberlain, Custer, Elk Point, Hot Springs, Madison, Martin, Milbank, North [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University will resume face-to-face classes for the fall semester beginning Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, with appropriate and prudent modifications and a modestly revised academic calendar. The university will conclude on-campus, face-to-face classes at [Read More…]

It looks like the District 19 three-way Republican House primary is headed for a recount. According to the unofficial results, incumbent Representative Kent Peterson of Salem was the top vote-getter with 1,881 followed by Jessica [Read More…]