Articles by J.P. Skelly

SIOUX FALLS – FEMA teams will begin visiting neighborhoods in Davison, Lincoln, Turner, and Union counties starting this week to help residents who received damage from recent severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding apply for [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an effort to exclude more than 100 absentee ballots that had initially been rejected but were later counted in the state’s June election. The [Read More…]

Individual Assistance-Approximately 16 FEMA Representatives will be in Davison County starting Wednesday  to assess damage for Individual Assistance. Please note, the damage reported into Crisis Track in June does not count as a FEMA application [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University’s Campus Ministry will conduct the annual New Student Orientation Food Drive on Sunday, Aug. 25 from 1 – 3 p.m. All new DWU students, along with upper class leaders and employees, will [Read More…]

There’s a new item on the Mitchell City Council agenda added by Mayor Jordan Hanson.  It’s called City Council/Mayor Comments. It’s an opportunity for the council and Mayor to informally discuss topics or ideas without [Read More…]

A 59-year-old man died in a two-vehicle motorcycle crash early Monday afternoon in Presho. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the driver of a Harley Davidson motorcycle had exited Interstate 90 and continued [Read More…]

The Corn Palace gift shop has moved back across the street to its winter location following a successful summer visitor season. Tourism Retail Director Jennifer Haddon is pleased. “We had a lot of tourists from [Read More…]

Last week the state of South Dakota learned it qualified for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a Presidential Disaster Declaration after flooding in June. Davison County Emergency Management Director Jeff Bathke says [Read More…]

A 31-year-old man died in a single vehicle motorcycle crash early Saturday morning in Huron. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the driver of a motorcycle was traveling northbound on Westpark Avenue around [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley says three people were arrested early Friday morning, Aug. 16, on fentanyl and methamphetamine charges following an investigation conducted by several state and local law enforcement agencies. 30 year old Brendan [Read More…]

Mitchell fire officials have determined the cause of a fire that damaged a second-floor bedroom late Thursday afternoon in a home in the 700 block of West Fifth Avenue. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says there [Read More…]

Governor Kristi Noem announced that South Dakota has received a presidential disaster declaration due to the historic 1000-year flooding event that occurred between June 16 and July 8, 2024. 25 counties have received disaster assistance [Read More…]

Mitchell firefighters quickly extinguished a fire on the second floor of a house in the 700 block of West Fifth Avenue shortly after 5pm Thursday. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says two firefighters knocked down the [Read More…]

A 60-year-old man from Conde has been found guilty of seven counts of taking money from an elderly person who was in his care. Ronald Peter Clemensen was convicted Tuesday by a Spink County Jury. [Read More…]

SD Searchlight-Three people died in motorcycle accidents during the recently concluded Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to the official tally of the state Department of Public Safety, but the actual number of motorcycle-involved traffic deaths in [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University celebrated the sixth class of United Methodist Church pastors to complete the Practical Church Leadership (PCL) graduate certificate program during a combination in-person and virtual gathering hosted on the DWU campus July [Read More…]

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board of Economic Development has approved one loan and two grants during this month’s meeting, resulting in a capital investment of approximately $760 million and the creation of 664 [Read More…]

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined Attorneys General from seven other states in challenging a Presidential Executive Order that would encroach on the States’ authority to regulate voter registration. Executive Order 14019, signed [Read More…]

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission significantly reduced rate increases for both South Dakota electric and natural gas customers served by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. at their regular meeting in Pierre today, Aug. 13, 2024. The [Read More…]