Articles by J.P. Skelly

A Sunday evening ATV crash claimed the life of one person and severely injured another near Garretson. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported a Polaris ATV was traveling north on a gravel road [Read More…]

Seventeen teams competed for top-honors during Sunday’s Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Chili Cook-off at Stampede Park. Cookoff Chairman Stan Peterson says when to comes to a championship chili, anything goes…… And at the end of [Read More…]

President Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon in a letter he’s ending his re-election campaign. Biden plans to complete his current term in office. Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson offered his take on the President’s decision….. However, [Read More…]

Saturday’s Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Parade boasted 100+ entries including horses, firetrucks, clowns, bubble machines, antique tractors, cars, Rodeo Queens, political candidates, and lots of candy. Here are the results as determined by a team [Read More…]

A 28-year-old man suffered fatal injuries Friday morning in a two vehicle crash five miles northeast of Beresford. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting around 5:45 am, the driver of a Jeep [Read More…]

The Mitchell School Board has new leadership. Brittni Flood is the new president and Shawn Ruml vice-president. Both recently were re-elected to their second three-year terms. Flood was elected on a three to two vote [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says a former state Department of Social Services employee has been indicted for stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services. 68 year [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University recently announced the latest group of nursing students to be awarded prestigious Avera Achieve Sponsorships. Established in 2022, the Avera Achieve Sponsorship Program supports selected sophomore DWU nursing students with $20,000 in [Read More…]

An Iraqi War combat veteran with ties to Mitchell received a long overdue recognition Thursday. Senator Mike Rounds presented the Purple Heart medal to Jerry Stravia….. Stravia suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2007, and [Read More…]

The 53rd Annual Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Week began Tuesday with the community kickoff at the new Arena at Stampede Park. Committee Chairman Jim Miskimins is thrilled to be at this point…. He also credits [Read More…]

South Dakota authorities have released the names of those involved in a fatal crash last Saturday near Flandreau. 18-year-old Davina M. Darveaux died Saturday afternoon when the pickup truck she was in collided with a [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council spent the better part of Monday’s meeting getting briefed on the Dry Run Creek Drainage report prepared by Infrastructure Design Group over the last several years. Engineer Phil Gundvaldson outlined the [Read More…]

The State of South Dakota has ended the 2024 budget year with an $80.7-million dollar surplus. State Representative Lance Koth of Mitchell is a member of the joint appropriations committee….. State government spent $56.4-million dollars [Read More…]

A storm with wind gusts exceeding 80mph blew through central South Dakota early Sunday morning. Ryan Vipond is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Aberdeen… Vipond says preliminary information shows there was [Read More…]

Between 7-13-24 and 7-14-24 at approximately 9:11 AM an unknown person(s) vandalized the church located at 301 E 4th, Mitchell SD by spray painting graffiti on the doors in front of the Church.  This is [Read More…]

The 2024 South Dakota Road Trip: Teachers Discovering History kicks off today. Teachers from across the state will be visiting historic sites along three simultaneous routes in western, central, and eastern South Dakota. Each route [Read More…]

In 2023, Governor Noem signed HB1127 approving a new grant program to support local volunteer fire departments purchase $5-million of personal protective Equipment. The Department of Public Safety in partnership with the South Dakota Firefighters [Read More…]

The Attorney General’s Office says a resident of Vietnam who is in South Dakota on a student visa has been sentenced to 240 days in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 in fines after earlier [Read More…]

James Valley Drug and DUI Court Thursday celebrated two successful graduates from the intensive program which offers an alternative to incarceration. Jonah B has 480 days sober….. John B has 609 days sober….. James Valley [Read More…]