Articles by J.P. Skelly

Wednesday evening 15 beds were donated to local families through the annual Slumberland Homes for the Holidays Bed Giveaway. The event is a long-standing partnership between Slumberland Furniture and Mitchell Area United Way that’s continued [Read More…]

Davison County Commissioners Tuesday approved a request by Colleen Stegenga to operate a small-scale, home-based professional counseling office on her agricultural property near Mount Vernon. She says Embracing Change fills a need regarding mental health [Read More…]

Many families across the United States celebrate the holiday season with a Christmas tree. Although farmed and fake Christmas trees are full, symmetrical, and simple to get, they can be pricey. And rightly so – [Read More…]

Mitchell Police arrested two males from Sioux Falls early this morning after an officer on patrol observed suspicious activity near a business in the 1100 block of E. Spruce Ave The Mitchell Police Department says [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council green-lighted pursuing a South Dakota Transportation Department Bridge Improvement Grant. Public Works Director Joe Schroeder says it’s for the canal bridge spanning Firesteel Creek on the western portion of Lake Mitchell. [Read More…]

A South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation review has determined that a Beresford Police Department Officer was justified in his use of force during a traffic stop on Friday, Nov. 21, in Beresford. “The person [Read More…]

An extradited Jamaican citizen was sentenced Monday to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a long-running scheme to defraud an elderly California woman. According to court documents, [Read More…]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that it has selected two local governments from Region 8 to receive more than $8.3 million in Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants to help improve post-consumer materials [Read More…]

Three people were injured, one fatally, in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning 13 miles west of Rapid City. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported 52 year old Willard D. Howard, Jr. of Rapid [Read More…]

The Attorney General’s office has announced a 22 year old man from Parkston has been convicted of Third Degree Rape and Taking Pictures without Consent. Quinn Scott Bormann was found guilty Thursday by a Yankton [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley has sent a letter to Mayday Health ordering the company to immediately cease and desist the deceptive advertising of the sale of abortion pills in South Dakota and said the state [Read More…]

SD Searchlight-Meghan O’Brien There’s a new ad campaign promoting abortion pills at dozens of gas station pumps across South Dakota, and state officials said Tuesday they’ll investigate it for potentially deceptive trade practices and possible [Read More…]

Mitchell Superintendent Joe Childs recently offered the school board a peek at a new program in the works. It’s called “summer scholars”. “Scholars program that was available to any of our current Mitchell students that [Read More…]

The Mitchell School Board hosted its final meeting for 2025 Monday evening at Longfellow Elementary School. The group considered and approved the consent agenda, set the date of June 2nd, 2026 for the next school [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley has been elected unanimously to serve as President-Elect of the National Association of Attorneys General  for a second time. Jackley was elected to the post Monday by the nation’s Attorneys General [Read More…]

Prairie Business magazine has released its annual 40 Under 40 list, which profiles young professionals in the region under the age of 40. The inspiring and dedicated professionals listed every year come from a wide [Read More…]

By Molly Wetsch South Dakota News Watch PLANKINTON, S.D. – Of the just 768 people who call Plankinton home, 163 identify as Hispanic, according to the 2023 American Community Survey. That’s 1 in 5 people [Read More…]

Despite Saturday’s snow event, Mitchell’s annual Christmas Shopping for Kids drew plenty of young shoppers. “32 years, what a history for our community,” said Liz Luczak, executive director of Mitchell Main Street and Beyond. “Very [Read More…]

Makenzie Huber-SD Searchlight Close to half of South Dakotans aren’t up-to-date on their flu shots or their hepatitis B vaccinations, new vaccine survey results released by the South Dakota Department of Health indicate. About 63% aren’t up-to-date on their HPV [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says one man has been charged with First Degree Murder and Second Degree Murder in the death of a woman Saturday morning in Howard. 46 year old Elias Stubbe is charged [Read More…]