Articles by J.P. Skelly

Honors of Distinction candidates announced at DWU
Twelve Dakota Wesleyan University students are finalists for the Honors of Distinction awards, the highest honors given to students in their senior year at the university. Established in 2022, the Wesleyan Honors of Distinction are [Read More…]

Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley offer summer course for tribal law enforcement recruits
Gov. Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley said Thursday they aim to open an extra basic law enforcement certification course for tribal police recruits this summer, but it’s unclear how many tribal recruits will [Read More…]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and the Animal Industry Board have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a [Read More…]

Texas couple convicted of stealing from an elderly adult
A Texas couple has been convicted of a combined six charges in connection with stealing or attempting to steal the property of another person. A Bon Homme County jury Wednesday convicted 82 year old Richard [Read More…]

Mitchell among the Top 10 towns in the region
Mitchell, South Dakota has been recognized as one of the top small towns in the region by USA Today’s 10 Best. In a rigorous selection process, Mitchell was carefully vetted by an expert panel before [Read More…]

Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist
By Stu Whitney South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Travis Entenman stood on the banks of the Big Sioux River in central Sioux Falls on an early April afternoon, watching the future [Read More…]

Governor Kristi Noem Pleased with South Dakota’s AAA Credit Rating
Governor Kristi Noem is celebrating Fitch Ratings’ affirmation of South Dakota’s AAA credit rating. “South Dakota’s conservative fiscal policies work. They make our people more prosperous and our government more efficient – and this rating [Read More…]

Mitchell Tech’s Quinn to compete in final round of Governor’s Giant Vision Competition
Kelton Quinn, a member of Mitchell Tech’s first Entrepreneurship cohort and owner of KU Craftmanship, will compete as a finalist in the Governor’s Giant Vision Competition. “I’m excited, but it’s a little nerve-racking,” the 21-year-old [Read More…]

$9-Million Dollar Price-Tag for South Dakota Recruitment Campaign
Governor Kristi Noem’s administration has signed a contract amendment raising the maximum spending on workforce recruitment ads starring the governor to $9 million. The contract is publicly viewable in the state’s online portal for financial documents, Open.SD.gov, which [Read More…]

Mitchell School Staff Positions Filled
Things are looking up for staffing in the Mitchell School District…. Superintendent Joe Childs says some are familiar faces….. He says Mitchell’s recent ranking as the number one high school in South Dakota [Read More…]

Woman from Mitchell sentenced for sexual contact
A 50 year old woman from Mitchell was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight years suspended Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Sexual Contact With a Person Incapable of Consent. [Read More…]

Millions to be Invested in Rural South Dakota with New Dairy and Small Business Expansion
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board of Economic Development and the Economic Development Finance Authority recently approved an up-to $55 million bond and a $155,000 loan. The financing for these two projects reflects a [Read More…]

Two Appointed to Dakota Wesleyan University Board of Trustees
Dakota Wesleyan University announces the appointment of two returning members to its Board of Trustees. Daniel F. Duffy, Rapid City, is a partner with Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons with offices in Rapid City [Read More…]

Noem doesn’t address exceptions but calls Trump’s abortion statement ‘exactly right’
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said Monday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s new statement on abortion is “exactly right,” but she didn’t specifically say whether she agrees with his support of several abortion-ban exceptions. Trump [Read More…]

KORN News Radio Earns Regional Award
Over the weekend the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association presented the First-Place Eric Sevareid Award for Morning Newscast, Small Market Radio to KORN News Radio: “Mitchell’s Morning News-November 15th, 2023.” News Director J.P. Skelly accepted the [Read More…]

Murder Charge Dismissed
Attorney General Marty Jackley and Davison County State’s Attorney Jim Miskimins have announced that based on a further review of the evidence, including the forensic pathologist autopsy results, the appropriate charge in South Dakota is [Read More…]

Mitchell High School Number One!
The website niche.com recently named Mitchell High School as the best public high school in South Dakota. Superintendent Joe Childs learned about it in a round-about way….. And as expected, Childs did some homework [Read More…]

Emerald Ash Borer found in Lennox
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has confirmed emerald ash borer (EAB) in Lennox, South Dakota. The community of Lennox is in the existing quarantine area, which includes all of Minnehaha, [Read More…]

Man charged with murder and improper disposal appears in court
A 60 year old man from Detroit, Michigan charged in the death of a woman in Mitchell last month appeared in a Mitchell courtroom Tuesday for an advisory hearing. Anthony Melvin Harris is facing one [Read More…]

Three Appointed to the Commission on Indigent Legal Services
South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen has appointed three individuals to the Commission on Indigent Legal Services. They are: Dean Neil Fulton, USD Knudson School of Law: four-year term Betsy Doyle, Minnehaha [Read More…]
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