Year: 2024
Today in Mitchell History
November 21 – Today in Mitchell History
November 21, 1910 – Woonsocket Has Organized a Commercial Club November 21, 1922 – New School at Ethan Dedicated November 21, 1949 – More Than 9,000 Hear Walter Maier at Mitchell Sunday November 21, 1949 [Read More…]
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Noem’s Cabinet role could be ‘untenable:’ Former Homeland Security chief
Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s rise to secretary of the Department of Homeland Security would put her in charge of a sprawling federal network of 22 agencies and [Read More…]
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Badlands National Park Named #1 U.S. Destination to Visit in 2025 on Fodor’s Travel Annual “Go List”
PIERRE, S.D. – Fodor’s Travel has named Badlands National Park as the #1 destination to visit in the United States on their coveted “Go List.” The annual editorial list recommends the top 25 locations worldwide to visit in [Read More…]
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$50 million for Native American mortgages is on track for approval, US senator says
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, is confident that bipartisan legislation to help low-income Native Americans obtain home mortgages on tribal land will win approval from Congress. The U.S. Department of [Read More…]
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Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn
Nada Hassanein, Stateline Houston OB-GYN Dr. Hillary Boswell says she has seen how abortion bans affect teenage girls: More of them are carrying their pregnancies to term. “These are vulnerable girls, and it’s just heartbreaking [Read More…]
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Xcel Energy Granted Permission for Continued Special Fees and Transmission Cost Recovery in South Dakota
Xcel Energy has received approval from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to continue charging customers a special fee through 2025 to promote energy efficiency. The decision allows the company to maintain its incentives [Read More…]
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Rail board sends $12.6 million to Mitchell area to support $500 million soy processing plant
South Dakota Search Light: John Hult The South Dakota Railroad Board voted Wednesday to send $12.6 million to the Davison Regional Rail Authority for upgrades to service the state’s largest soybean processing facility. The $504 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pamela Hayden, the voice of Milhouse and others on ‘The Simpsons’, saying goodbye to Springfield
FOX – Noam Galai/Getty Images “Is this the untimely end of Milhouse?” Pamela Hayden, a 35-year veteran of The Simpsons, will have her last performance on the long-running animated series on Sunday. Hayden, who famously voices [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Anne Hathaway to star in film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’
Cindy Ord/Getty Images Anne Hathaway is taking on Colleen Hoover‘s latest film adaptation. The popular author’s novel Verity is becoming a film for Amazon MGM Studios, and Hathaway has been tapped to star. The actress [Read More…]
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Viola Davis to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at 2025 Golden Globe Award
Disney/Stewart Cook Viola Davis has been named the recipient of the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday. She’ll be recognized at the annual show for her outstanding contributions to the [Read More…]
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Denzel Washington opens up to ‘Esquire’ about his faith and sobriety
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington is one of the most famous people on the planet, but he shows a new side of himself in a first-person feature in Esquire. Denzel looks back [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Suits LA,’ ‘SNL 50th Anniversary’ get premiere dates, and more
Suits LA, has an official premiere date, as does Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special. NBC has announced that the Suits spinoff will air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET starting Feb. 23. The show, starring Stephen [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about Dr. Oz as Trump picks him to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that heart surgeon-turned-TV-host Dr. Mehmet Oz would lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/19/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONCavaliers 117, Celtics 120Hornets 115, Nets 116Nuggets 122, Grizzlies 110Pelicans 91, Mavericks 132Thunder 104, Spurs 110Jazz 118, Lakers 124 NATIONAL HOCKEY [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gaetz, Vance meet with GOP senators ahead of House Ethics Committee meeting
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHNGTON) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general, met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance, making his [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Speaker Johnson says transgender women won’t be allowed to use women’s restrooms in Capitol
Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women cannot use women’s restrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings. This also applies to changing rooms and locker rooms, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump transition live updates: Former WWE exec Linda McMahon picked for DOE job
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration, most recently naming nominees for energy secretary and to helm [Read More…]
ABC National News
Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty by judge in campus killing, sentenced to life
ABC News (ATHENS, Ga.) — The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia’s campus was found guilty by a judge on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder. He [Read More…]
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4 University of Rochester students arrested over antisemitic ‘Wanted’ posters
Libby March/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Four University of Rochester students were arrested and another is under investigation for allegedly being involved with the antisemitic “Wanted” posters found on campus. The posters were discovered last [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bomb cyclone impacts West Coast, 2 dead in Washington state
ABC News (BELLEVUE, Wash.) — Two people have been killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hits the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing [Read More…]
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