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There have been Street and Traffic sign thefts in the City of Mitchell. Recently a Pedestrian/Bike sign from the West end Bridge area on Lake Mitchell and a T-intersection pre-warning sign from the 700 block [Read More…]

Plankinton, S.D. – Two people died Saturday night in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90, three miles east of Plankinton. Names of the three persons involved have not yet been released. Preliminary crash information from [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man pleaded guilty to selling conventionally grown crops as certified organic produce in a scheme the federal prosecutors said brought in $19 million in profits. James Clayton Wolf, 65, of [Read More…]

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Two people were killed and a third person was critically injured Wednesday after a South Dakota police chase at speeds over 100 mph ended when the fleeing vehicle crashed into a [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A broadcast reporter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge filed after he made a prank phone call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cell phone number. Reporter Austin [Read More…]

The Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Committee has announced it’s cancelling the 2023 Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo. The decision is based on a jury verdict in Davison County Circuit Court in favor of the committee against [Read More…]

GLENWOOD, Wis. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop before running into some nearby woods and killing himself, authorities said Sunday. During a conversation about [Read More…]

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — Opponents of planned liquid carbon dioxide pipelines in the Midwest won a victory when an Iowa judge ruled that a state law that gives surveyors the right to enter private property is [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A broadcast reporter has been charged with making a prank phone call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cellphone number. Stanley County Sheriff Brad Rathbun said Austin Goss, who [Read More…]

Mitchell’s Starlite Drive-In Theatre will not open this summer according to its Facebook page. The Starlite first opened in 1949 before closing in 2013 for seven years. The Drive-In was then brought back to life [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development announced the latest ConnectSD broadband grants. These awards will make quality, high-speed internet available to underserved households in South Dakota. “ConnectSD is investing [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D.  – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that Melba Jean Bickett of Ramona, S.D. has been sentenced to two years in the South Dakota Women’s Prison after pleading guilty to one [Read More…]

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of intentionally running over an 18-year-old at a street dance in North Dakota had his charges reduced from murder to manslaughter, according to court documents filed Monday. Shannon Brandt, 42, [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D . – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) and the South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) are proud to recognize longstanding South Dakota family farms and ranches through the Century Farm [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that the state Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and other law enforcement agencies are asking for the public’s help in locating Alfredo Castellanos-Rosales, 39, [Read More…]

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The surging Mississippi River was cresting in Iowa on Saturday as melting snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin continues to push up river levels, the National Weather Service said. The weather service [Read More…]

Lawmakers in North Dakota’s House passed a bill on April 17 that would ban abortions at all stages of pregnancy with some narrow exceptions, the Bismarck Tribune reported. Up to six weeks of pregnancy, victims of [Read More…]