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Memorial Day observed in Mitchell
It was a perfect day for the Mitchell community to gather together in remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of freedom both at home and abroad. The Memorial Day tributes [Read More…]
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Widow of Vietnam War veteran encourages more nominees for In Memory program
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota woman wants more families of Vietnam veterans to know about a national program honoring those who came home from war and later died. Bonnie Bjork’s husband, Timothy, died on March 3. [Read More…]
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Standing Rock anniversary event to include music, speakers, celebrity visitors
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Climate activists and Indigenous and cultural leaders will join A-list celebrities and musicians for a festival and conference Sept. 16-18 on the Standing Rock Reservation to mark the 10th anniversary of [Read More…]
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Data center battles started in the states. Now it’s Congress under siege
David Lightman WASHINGTON — Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data centers and their huge appetite for electricity is quickly [Read More…]
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‘Nine Little Indians’ tells story from South Dakota’s Native boarding schools
Molly Wetsch/South Dakota News Watch A documentary about nine sisters who attended a boarding school for Native American children in South Dakota and later underwent a lengthy legal battle with the Catholic Diocese of Sioux [Read More…]
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Mitchell High School commencement speakers offer words of encouragement to their classmates
Each year Mitchell High School’s graduating seniors selected two commencement speakers. And 2026 was no exception. Katie Hohn encouraged her classmates to move forward using life lessons learned from the Disney Pixar movie “A Bug’s [Read More…]
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Congratulations Mitchell High School Class of 2026
The 196 strong Mitchell High School Class of 2026 gathered for a final time Sunday to celebrate the completion of their high school education. Mitchell High School Principal Justin Siemsen says this is the first [Read More…]
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Board of Regents ‘leaning in’ to AI while planning to regulate its use at South Dakota universities
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota universities are “leaning in” to artificial intelligence, state Board of Regents President Jeff Partridge said at a Wednesday meeting in Custer. The system that oversees the state’s public universities [Read More…]
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Woman killed by bison in South Dakota’s Custer State Park, weeks after another visitor was injured
SD Searchlight-Josh Haiar A 70-year-old woman from Canada died after being struck by a bison Monday while hiking with her husband in South Dakota’s Custer State Park, after another park visitor was injured by a [Read More…]
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Johnson looks to return a long-time event back to the capital city area
Should he be elected governor, Dusty Johnson is promising to bring a long-standing tradition back to Pierre and Fort Pierre. In 2019, former Governor Kristi Noem announced she’d be moving the Governor’s Hunt from Pierre [Read More…]
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Lawsuit halts Black Hills drilling project
A federal lawsuit filed against the South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment has delayed upcoming hearings and temporarily paused Project Chord, a proposal by Canadian mining company Clean Nuclear Energy Corp. to drill 38 [Read More…]
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Superintendent Joe Childs reflects on a successful school year for Mitchell
It’s the end of the 2025-2026 school year in Mitchell. And Superintendent Joe Childs says it’s been memorable. “The day before school began with the announcement of our endowment gift in partnership with Dakota Wesleyan, [Read More…]
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Company seeks permit for $174 million battery energy storage facility in South Dakota
South Dakota Searchlight A Florida-based company is seeking approval from South Dakota regulators to build a $174 million battery energy storage system that would capture excess energy from the electrical grid and release it at [Read More…]
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New poll shows Doeden overtaking Johnson in governor race, though within margin of error
South Dakota Searchlight A new poll shows Aberdeen businessman Toby Doeden overtaking U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson in the race for the Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota, but the gap between the two is [Read More…]
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Army Corps grants final approval for Dakota Access Pipeline, 9 years after oil began flowing
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor A federal agency officially granted the Dakota Access Pipeline a permit to cross under the Missouri River’s Lake Oahe reservoir, ending a six-year environmental review to determine whether the pipeline could [Read More…]
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Proposed EPA rule change could impact data center development in South Dakota
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule change that could speed up data center builds in South Dakota and across the country. The move would eliminate the need for a Clean Air Act permit [Read More…]
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South Dakota Supreme Court upholds murder conviction and life sentence
Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the South Dakota Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and life sentence of David J. Shangreaux, Jr., a Pierre man found guilty by a Hughes County jury of second-degree murder [Read More…]
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Man from Crooks sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
A 50 year old man from Crooks is sitting in a federal prison following his conviction of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on Monday. Cary Ludens was sentenced to 13 [Read More…]
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Volga Civil Air Patrol Cadet Receives Prestigious Billy Mitchell Award, Prepares for Air Force Career
During a ceremony held recently at the Big Sioux Composite Squadron meeting, Cadet Tysen King of Volga was presented with the Brigadier General Billy Mitchell Award by Maj Tyler Gross, the South Dakota Deputy Wing [Read More…]
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James Valley Drug and DUI Court announces upcoming graduation
James Valley Drug & DUI Court will hold a graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. CDT in the second-floor courtroom of the Davison County Public Safety Building, 1015 S. Miller Ave., [Read More…]