Year: 2021

The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating what appears to be a hit and run incident west of Mitchell. South Dakota Department of Public Safety spokesman Tony Mangan says Davison County Sheriff’s Office personnel found [Read More…]

The extreme weather that gripped the Midwest the week of Feb.15 resulted in temperatures that were far below normal. Record energy demand throughout the Midwest during this time caused natural gas prices to spike. NorthWestern [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health today announced that the remainder of those in priority group D – teachers, childcare workers, college staff, college students, and funeral workers – are now eligible to receive their [Read More…]

SD Hwy Patrol is looking for an African American male and white female in connection with a stolen vehicle that was involved in a vehicle pursuit in Mitchell this afternoon. The male was last seen [Read More…]

A long-time Mitchell School Board member has decided against seeking another term. Neil Putnam says it’s time to move on. “It’s been an honor to serve the Mitchell School District,” said Putnam. “And I’ve been [Read More…]

The South Dakota Fraternal Order of Police, South Dakota Chiefs’ of Police Association and the South Dakota Sheriffs Association are unified in requesting Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg resign as South Dakota Attorney General. Ravnsborg’s involvement [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University is launching a new graduate certificate in Athletic and Activities Administration as part of its graduate-level program offerings. The program will prepare students to develop specific skill sets for management of entertainment [Read More…]

The Mitchell School District recognized its teaching and classified staff Wednesday at the Performing Arts Center. Each building selects its individual honoree and a committee selects the district honorees. This year’s classified staff building honorees [Read More…]

The bitter cold stretch that recently gripped South Dakota required families to use more energy to stay warm. For families struggling to pay winter heating bills, the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) may [Read More…]

Lawmakers in Pierre are considering impeaching South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Articles of Impeachment could be brought in the State House as early as today and would be required to be filed no later [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released of the four people who died last Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash west of Wagner. A 2003 Chrysler Sebring was southbound on South Dakota Highway [Read More…]

Mitchell Firefighters along with crews from out of town responded to a fire in a three-story home in the 800 block of East Fifth Avenue late Friday morning. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says there was [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting  four people died and another person was injured Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash west of Wagner. Names of the five people involved are not yet [Read More…]

Energy grid operators are ordering utilities to implement unplanned power outages to keep the grid stable in this emergency created by widespread frigid temperatures. Customers may experience outages for up to an hour throughout the [Read More…]

A South Dakota Army National Guard legacy unit has received the U.S. Army’s Valorous Unit Award nearly 17 years after the company’s service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Parkston and Platte-based Company [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University President Amy C. Novak, Ed.D. was introduced today as the next president of St. Ambrose University, a private, Catholic institution of more than 3,000 students located in Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Novak will [Read More…]

Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring middle-market software and services companies, announced a strategic partnership and growth investment in Innovative Systems, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise software for the [Read More…]

The Mitchell Police Community Camera Registration Program is a voluntary record of home or business security cameras, meant to assist officers during an investigation. In the event of a critical incident or criminal investigation, business [Read More…]

On Monday, January 11th,  between 5:07 PM and 5:30 PM an individual was struck by an unknown vehicle in a parking lot in the 200 block of North Rowley, Mitchell SD.  This individual sustained serious [Read More…]

Mitchell Police have arrested 27-year-old Jose Morales Acevedo and 28-year-old Luis Perez-Melendez for  2nd Degree murder in the shooting death of a 38-year-old male victim in Mitchell late Saturday night. The name of the victim [Read More…]