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The deed is done
The former Mitchell High School is no more. “There are no walls standing, so everything that we have now is at grade or under the ground.” Superintendent Joe Childs said. However, there’s still work to [Read More…]
Jackley Announces SD to Receive Minimum $52 Million in Multistate Settlement with Meta
Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive a minimum of $52,612,676 as its share in a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. It is one of the largest state consumer [Read More…]
Mitchell Tech Culinary Student Awarded Prestigious $20,000 US Foods Scholars Scholarship
Mitchell Technical College Culinary Arts student Jake Toben of Sioux Falls has been selected as one of twenty students nationwide to receive the $20,000 US Foods Scholars Award, a highly competitive national scholarship recognizing promising [Read More…]
Corn Palace Festival Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Music, Rides and Family Fun
MITCHELL, S.D. – The 2026 Corn Palace Festival gets underway Wednesday in Mitchell with five days of entertainment, live music, rides, vendors and family activities. The festival runs Wednesday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 30. [Read More…]
How about them apples?!
67 years ago a Corn Palace Festival tradition began. “In 1959, the Woolworth’s Five and Dime expanded and took over more of the building and so then for Corn Palace Week, their grand opening was [Read More…]
South Dakota Department of Corrections reports an inmate death
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is reporting the death of an inmate. 66 year old Benny Laible died at the Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls on Tuesday August 25. At the time of his [Read More…]
Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Woman Sentenced for Defrauding South Dakota Medicaid Program
A woman from Pierre has been sentenced to a 10-year suspended prison term after earlier pleading guilty to one felony count of Grand Theft. She had been charged with defrauding the South Dakota Medicaid Program [Read More…]
FBI sets $25,000 minimum reward for dozens of unsolved Indian Country cases while family members remain skeptical
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a minimum reward of $25,000 in cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country, part of a broader effort to [Read More…]
Corn Palace Festival Parking Restrictions Begin Ahead of Wednesday’s Kickoff
MITCHELL, S.D. — The city of Mitchell is reminding residents and visitors of parking restrictions and street closures ahead of the Corn Palace Festival, which runs Wednesday, Aug. 26, through Sunday, Aug. 30. Parking restrictions [Read More…]
More workers than retirees drove South Dakota’s growth
Amina Aidarkhanova/South Dakota News Watch For years, retirees have been closely associated with South Dakota’s recent population growth, especially in communities known for recreation, slower pace of life and features of lifestyle. But migration data [Read More…]
State of South Dakota faces lawsuit over proof-of-citizenship voter registration law
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A nonprofit organization and a Sioux Falls voter filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court over the implementation of South Dakota’s new proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration. Senate Bill 175, passed [Read More…]
South Dakota ranked hardest-working state in America
South Dakota has been ranked the hardest-working state in the country in a new WalletHub study. The 2026 report compared all 50 states across 10 measures of work ethic, including average workweek hours, employment rates, [Read More…]
MTC fall is semester is off and running
Mitchell Technical College opened its fall semester on Monday. “Our enrollment looks strong,” said MTC president Theresa Kriese. “We should have a good count at the end of next week. We usually wait for the [Read More…]
Mitchell School Board tackles policy review
The Mitchell School Board took a deep dive into policy series 1000-1200 as part of its annual review. Superintendent Joe Childs says it’s critical for the board to stay up to date on policies. “There’s [Read More…]
South Dakota school district creating different path to graduation
For high school students who aren’t thriving in a traditional classroom, a South Dakota school district is trying a different approach. Gold Prospect Academy is a new alternative high school in the Lead-Deadwood school district [Read More…]
Codington County Flock cameras removed following vandalism
Codington County has pulled the plug on its four Flock License Plate Reader cameras in the county due to repeated vandalism. Sheriff Brad Howell says the County Highway Department was removing the fourth and final [Read More…]
Pine Ridge man convicted of federal drug crime
A federal court jury has convicted a 41 year old man from Pine Ridge of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance following a three-day jury trial in federal district court in Rapid City. The verdict [Read More…]
South Dakota’s cybersecurity program is running out of time, money as local governments face attacks
Pennington County residents haven’t been able to access some services since a cyberattack knocked out county computer systems in July. The water system in Rapid City, which is part of Pennington County, was among the [Read More…]
Solutions-based programs filling resource gaps in schools
Elena Tittel/South Dakota News Watch SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Two expanding grassroots efforts are supporting South Dakota schools by providing kids with experiences they might not otherwise receive. Among them: a Book-A-Month Club, field trips, [Read More…]
Senator Mike Rounds subjects Postal Service to multiple pressure points
Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight About two years ago, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, started hearing increasing complaints about slow mail delivery. Veterans weren’t receiving their prescriptions on time, he said, or medications got lost [Read More…]
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