Articles by J.P. Skelly

Mitchell first responders had a busy Saturday afternoon. A number of organizations successfully located a small girl who was reported missing in the Loma Linda area of southwest Mitchell for just under two hours. She [Read More…]

South Dakota Searchlight The owner of a Spearfish sawmill is laying off 50 people and alleges the U.S. Forest Service is to blame for not allowing the company to cut enough timber. The Forest Service, [Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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, 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…]

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 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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]