Articles by J.P. Skelly

Mitchell’s James Valley Community Center is closed this week as are other city facilities. However the Senior Meals program is operating on a take-out basis. Jessica Pickett is Mitchell’s Community Services Director. “They’re the same [Read More…]

Davison County Commissioners have agreed to operate county offices this week with partial staff in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Commission conducted a telephonic meeting late Saturday afternoon that [Read More…]

NorthWestern Energy activated a company-wide plan to address the implications of the COVID 19 outbreak while providing reliable energy service for our customers in Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana. Our business continuity and pandemic plans [Read More…]

Earlier this week and in our respective capacities as spiritual leaders of the two dioceses in South Dakota, we announced measures for limiting the spread of illness during Masses. These statements were circulated within parishes [Read More…]

As an organization, there are services that the City provides that are critical to the community, especially during crisis or emergency situations.  While we know many other City services are valuable to our citizens, we [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a 2% boost to funding for salary for teachers, state employees and people who work for nonprofits with government funding as it passed a budget [Read More…]

The Mitchell Area Development Corporation will donate eight lots in the proposed Ridge View housing development to Mitchell Technical Institute’s Architectural Design & Building Construction program. The lots that will be transferred will be along [Read More…]

Mitchell School Superintendent Joe Graves has announced significant changes in a letter to parents: After consulting with health officials, the Mitchell School District will remain in session with regular hours tomorrow, Friday, March 13, 2020. [Read More…]

As a preventative measure in response to COVID-19, Dakota Wesleyan University will be extending spring break for students through Tuesday, March 17.  All classes currently being delivered face-to-face will transition to an online format beginning [Read More…]

Avera Queen of Peace Hospital and Avera Grasslands Health Campus in Mitchell have set up processing for testing for the COVID-19 virus that will limit exposure. Queen of Peace CEO Tom Clark says if you [Read More…]

Three more individuals have tested presumptively positive for the COVID19 virus. Governor Kristi Noem says they include two men from Minnehaha County one in his 30’s and the other in his 40’s plus a man [Read More…]

Classes are going on as planned Wednesday in the Mitchell Public School system following Tuesday’s announcement by the South Dakota Health Department of a positive test for the Covid 19 virus by a woman in [Read More…]

The Covid 19 coronavirus has arrived in South Dakota. Governor Kristi Noem says the state health department confirmed that a 60-69 year old Pennington County male with underlying medical conditions has died. A 30-39 year [Read More…]