Month: June 2023

Seth Paulson has been hired as the next Head Boys Soccer Coach for the Mitchell School District. Coach Paulson is a 2017 Mitchell High School graduate. He was a 5 year starter on the soccer [Read More…]

Flood Warning issued June 02 at 7:55AM MDT until further notice by NWS

June 2, 2023 J.P. Skelly

…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]

Tyson Foods to Lay Off 262 Employees in Dakota Dunes

Tyson Foods has announced that it will be laying off 262 employees at its Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, office. The layoffs are expected to take effect on July 31, 2023. The layoffs are part of [Read More…]

At Offensive, a new Kyiv bar, revellers toast to Putin’s downfall amid the debris of war

Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — A group of friends in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, opened what they call the first military-meme art bar: Offensive. On the walls of a new bar, there’s [Read More…]

Twins top Guardians 7-6 as Lewis hits tying HR in 8th, Castro wins it with SF in 9th

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton heard the crowd roar as he approached the steps to the Minnesota dugout, giving him chills that had nothing to do with the ice that had just been strapped to [Read More…]

With only dozens left, South Dakota zoo welcomes litter of ‘critically endangered’ red wolf pups

The Great Plains Zoo (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — A zoo in South Dakota has welcomed a litter of critically endangered red wolf pups — a litter vital to the existence of the species with only [Read More…]

Cadaver dogs arrive at Iowa building collapse in race against time to find survivors

georgeclerk/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — An elite task force with dogs trained to smell death is combing through a partially collapsed building in eastern Iowa as three people remain missing. Iowa Task Force 1, a [Read More…]

Six Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born at Great Plains Zoo

Six critically endangered red wolf pups were born at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, on May 31. The pups, two females and four males, are the first for parents Camelia and Uyosi, who [Read More…]

Senate passes debt ceiling deal, staving off default

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday night passed legislation to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and stave off what would’ve been an economically disastrous default days before Monday’s deadline. [Read More…]

Cancer drug shortage is forcing doctors to decide which patients get treatment

Chris Rogers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just six weeks ago, Greg DeStefano began a new chemotherapy combination. The 50-year-old, from Northbrook, Illinois, had recently been diagnosed with his fourth round of cancer and doctors were [Read More…]

‘And Just Like That…’ season 2 trailer reveals how Aiden lands back in Carrie’s arms

Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Max “You never know what tomorrow will bring” Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie Bradshaw is heard saying in the official trailer for season 2 of Max’s And Just Like That…, which dropped on Thursday, and in her case, [Read More…]

5 people rescued after private plane crashes into waters near Bahamas: Authorities

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NASSAU, Bahamas) — Five people were rescued after a private plane crashed into waters near the Bahamas on Thursday, the Bahamas’ Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority told ABC News. The plane was en route to [Read More…]

South Carolina teen killed after shoplifting allegations remembered as ‘intelligent, humorous’

Courtesy Rutherford Law (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A South Carolina teenager who police say was fatally shot by a gas station owner who they say had falsely accused him of shoplifting was remembered by his middle school [Read More…]

Former Houghton University employee claims he was fired for using pronouns in email signature

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As debate grows over how gender identity is handled in schools, many employees at educational institutions have said that they feel caught in the middle, and some also say that they’ve [Read More…]

Daniel Penny chokehold death case before grand jury: Sources

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The case against the Marine veteran charged in the chokehold death of a homeless man aboard a New York City subway train is now before a grand jury, sources familiar [Read More…]

Appeal planned after Ed Sheeran win over copyright infringement lawsuit involving ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Theo Wargo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on “Let’s Get it On” intends to appeal a verdict in Manhattan federal court for Ed Sheeran, according to a court filing Thursday. The [Read More…]

Judge involved in Trump criminal case previously did work for a Trump entity

Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The federal judge in New York who will decide whether to move former President Donald Trump’s criminal case from state court to federal court previously did work for a Trump [Read More…]

Trump pushes back on his inability to serve 8 more years in White House: ‘You need 6 months’

Scott Olson/Getty Images (URBANDALE, Iowa) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Thursday for a full day of campaign events, taking multiple jabs at 2024 primary rival Ron DeSantis and defending people imprisoned in [Read More…]

Debt ceiling drama heads down to the wire in Senate