Articles by J.P. Skelly

The state budget that South Dakota lawmakers set during this year’s session begins to come into focus this week. Senator Lee Schoenbeck of Watertown is president pro tem. He says revenue estimates are due this [Read More…]

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled to bar Sanford Health Plan from denying coverage to policy holders who want to use medical providers outside the Sanford Health system. The Woods Fuller Law firm in [Read More…]

An attempt to re-litigate the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic failed Tuesday in the House Health and Human Services Committee. On a 12 to 0 vote, the committee sent the 11-page HCR6012 to the [Read More…]

South Dakota would get into the video production business concerning abortion laws under a bill passed Monday by a House Committee. HB1224 would require the Department of Health, the Attorney General, and health care providers [Read More…]

The Mitchell Walmart store was the target of a hoax bomb threat on Friday. Mitchell Police were notified by a store employee around 12:39 pm they received a call from someone claiming there was a [Read More…]

The Mitchell Police Department has received several complaints of scam calls in the area today.  The callers are identifying themselves as a member of the Mitchell Police Department.  The caller is telling people they’ve failed [Read More…]

A 39-year-old man from Brandon died Wednesday afternoon in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says just after 4 pm,  the driver of  was traveling northbound on [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – In a recent status hearing in Rapid City, six former American Legion baseball players from Mitchell faced charges of second-degree rape related to an alleged attack during a baseball tournament. Five [Read More…]

A 12-year-old Wessington Springs, South Dakota girl died Tuesday resulting from injuries sustained in a January 26 accident. Preliminary information indicates Kindra Lea Wolter, the driver of a 2016 Ford Fusion was traveling westbound on [Read More…]

A center-left British newspaper claims South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is one of two Vice Presidential candidates former President Donald Trump may select. The Independent Tuesday cites Trump’s recent interview with Fox News. “Kristi Noem [Read More…]

South Dakota legislators rejected a ballot measure this morning that would have expanded gun rights in the state. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 0 to send SJR506 to the 41st legislative day, killing [Read More…]

South Dakota lawmakers on the House Commerce and Energy Committee worked well into the evening Monday to deliberate on five separate bills related to the construction of a carbon pipeline in eastern South Dakota. And [Read More…]

It’s something the Mitchell community has been waiting for, for quite some time: Wendy’s Restaurant is coming to Mitchell. James Coombes is Area Director for Mountain West Wendy’s group. He confirmed Wendy’s will locate in [Read More…]

The Moody County Deputy Sheriff who was killed during a vehicle pursuit Friday was apparently run over by a fleeing suspect who’s now charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding. Forty year-old Joseph Hoek [Read More…]