Articles by J.P. Skelly

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.13.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees are included here: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered cases.) [Read More…]

Beginning January 2021, students who decide to transfer to Dakota Wesleyan University will receive an additional $2,000 in scholarship funds. In addition to the $2,000 transfer scholarship, students will also have opportunities to receive academic, [Read More…]

This January, Dakota Wesleyan University will resume face-to-face classes for on-campus students with one major revision. The first day of classes for the new semester will be Monday, Jan. 18 and not Jan. 11 as [Read More…]

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.4.2020. Unfortunately, we will not receive updated COVID data today. Thus, I am reporting the data we received for Wednesday, 11.4.2020, two days ago. Three different categories of [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony to honor Combat Veterans SSG Jason W. Montefering and SGT Jeremiah J. Boehmer. The ceremony will be held Wednesday, November 11, [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 11.2.2020. On Friday, October 30, we received no updated data.  Thus, I am reporting the data we received late yesterday as an update for what we could not [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 10.28.2020. (As today’s data has not yet been provided, I am reporting the most recent data available, which is from Wednesday, two days ago.  Once today’s data is [Read More…]

A group of organizations in South Dakota have joined to recommend and promote masking as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge throughout the state and wider region. Behind a simple message of “Mask Up South Dakota” [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 10.23.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees are included here: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered cases.) [Read More…]

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and Department of Revenue Secretary Jim Terwilliger are warning consumers to be aware of a fictitious RV transport company by the name of DakotaFalkTrucking.com. The company claims to be [Read More…]

The South Dakota Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (SD BRIN), led by the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, has been awarded a $16.92 million five-year continuation grant from the National Institutes of Health [Read More…]

The South Dakota Municipal League released a letter Friday from the Mayors of the state’s largest cities: As Mayors of South Dakota’s largest cities and representing nearly half of our state’s population, we have come [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 10.14.2020. (Today’s—10.16.2020—data is not yet available so we are reporting what we had as of Wednesday, two days ago. We will update these numbers when 10.16.20 data is [Read More…]

On 10-13-20 at approximately 10:30 PM two or three unknown individual(s) forcibly entered a business in the 1800 Block of North Main. Numerous items of merchandise were stolen in the burglary. Between 6:00 P.M. on [Read More…]

COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 10.9.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees will be reported: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered cases.) [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – Amanda Hargreaves, a sixth-grade teacher at Mitchell Middle School, has been named the 2021 South Dakota Teacher of the Year. Secretary of Education Ben Jones made the announcement this evening at a [Read More…]

High school students looking to apply at Dakota Wesleyan University will now be able to apply without submitting an ACT or SAT score. With an aim to increase access for all students, DWU has created [Read More…]

A Mitchell man was arrested Friday night after leading Pierre area law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit through both Pierre and Fort Pierre.  Hughes County Sheriff Darin Johnson says 23 year-old Hunter Van Ash of [Read More…]

Dear Mitchell School District Parent,   COVID-19 Report by Building: Data as of 10.2.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees will be reported: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College announced today that its Wind Turbine Technology program received a valuable donation of wind turbine equipment from NextEra Energy Resources, LLC to help enhance students’ learning opportunities and provide hands-on training. “With [Read More…]