Articles by J.P. Skelly

The Pennington County man in his 60’s who died as a result of the COVID-19 virus, actually died at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell. Avera Queen of Peace CEO Tom Clark says 16 [Read More…]

PIERRE – The Department of Social Services (DSS) is asking childcare providers in South Dakota to take steps to ensure that the health and safety of children, families, and providers remain top priorities in the [Read More…]

Monday’s Mitchell City Council meeting will start as usual at 6pm. However Mayor Bob Everson says it’s been moved to the Corn Palace. “Because we’re expecting to have quite a few people attend the meeting,” [Read More…]

Mitchell Public Schools are closed this week as per Governor Kristi Noem’s request. And while the district is initiating an e-learning program, Superintendent Joe Graves says breakfast and lunch is available Monday through Wednesday of [Read More…]

Mitchell’s James Valley Community Center is closed this week as are other city facilities. However the Senior Meals program is operating on a take-out basis. Jessica Pickett is Mitchell’s Community Services Director. “They’re the same [Read More…]

Davison County Commissioners have agreed to operate county offices this week with partial staff in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Commission conducted a telephonic meeting late Saturday afternoon that [Read More…]

NorthWestern Energy activated a company-wide plan to address the implications of the COVID 19 outbreak while providing reliable energy service for our customers in Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana. Our business continuity and pandemic plans [Read More…]

Earlier this week and in our respective capacities as spiritual leaders of the two dioceses in South Dakota, we announced measures for limiting the spread of illness during Masses. These statements were circulated within parishes [Read More…]

As an organization, there are services that the City provides that are critical to the community, especially during crisis or emergency situations.  While we know many other City services are valuable to our citizens, we [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a 2% boost to funding for salary for teachers, state employees and people who work for nonprofits with government funding as it passed a budget [Read More…]

The Mitchell Area Development Corporation will donate eight lots in the proposed Ridge View housing development to Mitchell Technical Institute’s Architectural Design & Building Construction program. The lots that will be transferred will be along [Read More…]

Mitchell School Superintendent Joe Graves has announced significant changes in a letter to parents: After consulting with health officials, the Mitchell School District will remain in session with regular hours tomorrow, Friday, March 13, 2020. [Read More…]