Articles by J.P. Skelly
Mitchell Police have arrested two suspects in a deadly weekend shooting
Mitchell Police have arrested 27-year-old Jose Morales Acevedo and 28-year-old Luis Perez-Melendez for 2nd Degree murder in the shooting death of a 38-year-old male victim in Mitchell late Saturday night. The name of the victim [Read More…]
Mitchell Police seeking information regarding an apparent arson
On Wednesday, January 6th at 10:08 am the Mitchell Department of Public Safety responded to heavy black smoke coming out of a train car parked in the train yard near the intersection of Kimball and [Read More…]
Runnings purchases former Super K-Mart building in Mitchell
It’s been a source of rumors for several years, and now Mitchell’s former Super K-Mart store has a new owner. Runnings based in Marshall, Minnesota announced it’s purchasing the property from GFI-Mitchell Investments Partnership. Plans [Read More…]
Suspicious fire damages railroad car
The Mitchell Fire Department responded to the report of smoke showing in the railyard at the corner of Railroad and South Kimball Street. At approximately 10:07 AM on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, fire crews arrived [Read More…]
City of Mitchell to begin plowing east-west streets starting at 5am Wednesday
The plowing of east-west streets within the City will begin at 5:00 am December 30th, Wednesday morning. Any vehicles parked on the east – west streets at that time will be subject to ticket and [Read More…]
City of Mitchell Declares Snow Emergency
The City of Mitchell is declaring a snow emergency effective at 9:30 am Tuesday, December 29th in anticipation of the expected snowfall amounts and rate of snowfall . All vehicles shall be removed from Snow [Read More…]
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital Administers First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Saturday
Now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccines, Avera has been administering the first doses that have been allocated by the state to frontline health care workers. A [Read More…]
One individual in custody others hurt in Sunday morning shooting incident
Authorities are investigating a shooting incident that took place around 2 am Sunday in the 700 block of South Rowley in Mitchell. The Mitchell Police Department confirms officers responded to a report of a person [Read More…]
Mitchell School District weekly COVID-19 update
COVID Report by Building: Data as of 12.16.2020. Longfellow: Active Cases: 0 Total Confirmed Cases: 8 Recovered Count Case: 8 Gertie Belle Rogers: Active Cases: 3 Total Confirmed Cases: 16 Recovered Count Case: 13 L.B. [Read More…]
Mitchell Technical College honored with an unexpected gift
South Dakota’s nationally recognized colleges, Mitchell Technical College of Mitchell and Lake Area Technical College of Watertown were deeply honored to receive the news that they are the recipients of significant impact gifts from philanthropist [Read More…]
Access information for Monday’s Mitchell School Board meeting
The Mitchell School Board is holding its December 14th meeting virtually. Here are directions for accessing the meeting electronically. The board meeting will be held in virtual format. Members of the public and all interested [Read More…]
Mitchell School District COVID-19 Update
COVID Report by Building: Data as of 12.2.2020. Longfellow: Active Cases: 1 Total Confirmed Cases: 7 Recovered Count Case: 6 Gertie Belle Rogers: Active Cases: 2 Total Confirmed Cases: 7 Recovered Count Case: 5 L.B. [Read More…]
Mitchell School District Weekly COVID-19 update
COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.18.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees are included here: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered [Read More…]
Mayor Everson issues executive order mandating the use of facemasks in the city of Mitchell
Mayor Everson has issued Executive Order 2020-04 (link to the executive order is listed below) in response to COVID-19 that enacts additional restrictions within the City of Mitchell due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its [Read More…]
Mitchell Chamber, MADC and Main Street and Beyond present awards
The Mitchell Chamber, Development Corporation, and Main Street Annual Recognition Event was held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. This annual event honors and celebrates local businesses and individuals for their commitment to [Read More…]
Mitchell United Way hits a milestone despite pandemic
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mitchell United Way managed to exceed its $350,000 campaign goal. Executive Director Dave Stevens says the final tally is $386,024. “We did lower our goal from last [Read More…]
Mitchell School District weekly COVID-19 update
COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.13.2020. Three different categories of affected students/employees are included here: Active Case Count (Those with active cases of COVID-19.) Total Confirmed Case Count (Both active and recovered cases.) [Read More…]
DWU offers scholarship funds to transfer students
Beginning January 2021, students who decide to transfer to Dakota Wesleyan University will receive an additional $2,000 in scholarship funds. In addition to the $2,000 transfer scholarship, students will also have opportunities to receive academic, [Read More…]
DWU is revising its January 2021 start date
This January, Dakota Wesleyan University will resume face-to-face classes for on-campus students with one major revision. The first day of classes for the new semester will be Monday, Jan. 18 and not Jan. 11 as [Read More…]
Mitchell School District weekly COVID-19 update
COVID Report by Building: Data as of 11.4.2020. Unfortunately, we will not receive updated COVID data today. Thus, I am reporting the data we received for Wednesday, 11.4.2020, two days ago. Three different categories of [Read More…]
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