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Since 1998, the Mitchell Rotary Club has recognized local teachers with the Carl Sprunger Outstanding Educator Award. This year’s recipient is Mitchell High School English teacher Leslie Rylance. “To be recognized from the students is [Read More…]

Central Electric added to the recent James Valley Drug and DUI Court graduation by presenting a $1,000 Operation Round-Up grant. The funds will assist the treatment program participants with housing, utility deposits and other necessities. [Read More…]

Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko announced that Joseph Roemmich has been hired as the warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. “Joseph has extensive experience working in the corrections field in a [Read More…]

Three public forums regarding the potential location of a new South Dakota Men’s prison in Davison County just south of Mitchell have been scheduled ahead of the next meeting of the Reset Prison Task Force. [Read More…]

A 50 year old man from Flandreau died following a two-vehicle crash Monday morning near Sioux Falls. Preliminary crash information indicates shortly after 9am, the driver of a Ford F-350 road construction vehicle was stopped [Read More…]

A 67 year old woman from Sioux Falls woman has been indicted on one count of Grand Theft for taking unauthorized control of monies owned by 16 different victims that had a combined value of [Read More…]

By South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE – After years of political upheaval, court battles and legislative tugs-of-war, the plan to build a new men’s prison in Lincoln County south of Harrisburg is dead. Members of the [Read More…]

Mitchell School District voters have spoken. Kimberly Lofgren and Terry Aslesen were elected to the Mitchell School Board Tuesday. Lofgren was the top vote-getter with 527 votes followed by Aslesen with 512 votes and Olson [Read More…]

Small change continues to make a big difference in local communities. Central Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up® board of trustees recently approved $12,800 in grants for community projects. Operation Round-Up is powered by cooperative members who [Read More…]

A 30 year old man from California has been sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $325,000 in restitution after earlier pleading guilty in connection to an internet scam involving a Lawrence [Read More…]

The Mitchell City Council has rejected term limits for the Mayor and Council. The vote was unanimous following a lengthy and sometimes contentious discussion. The proposed ordinance would have placed three, three-year term limits of [Read More…]

A 50 year old man Flandreau, South Dakota man died following a two- vehicle crash around 9am Monday morning near Sioux Falls. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting the driver of a [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health is reporting the first measles case of 2025 in a South Dakota resident. An adult in Meade County developed a measles infection after traveling internationally. The measles patient visited [Read More…]

A woman from Pierre woman has been charged with four counts of falsifying her own medical marijuana card while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Health. 24 year old Alexandra Feiner [Read More…]

As part of National Treatment Court Month, graduation ceremonies will be held to celebrate those completing drug and DUI court in Mitchell and Yankton. James Valley Drug & DUI Court will host a graduation ceremony [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources will be issuing an air quality alert for areas of South Dakota where smoke from wildfires in Canada is forecasted to settle. The smoke [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- The South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) has busted a ring of drug smuggling coming into state prison facilities through an internal investigation. Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko announced the preliminary results [Read More…]

Congressman Dusty Johnson is discounting critics of proposed changes in Medicaid who claim they go too far. “This is just focused on making sure that able-bodied young people who can work do work or volunteer [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has declared a public safety state of emergency on its reservation, asking for more law enforcement resources from the federal government. It’s the [Read More…]

The subject of a new Davison County Jail surfaced during Tuesday’s County Commission meeting. Commissioner Chris Nebelsick started the discussion during the Sheriff’s Office budget review. “It’s a need, you know it’s going to be [Read More…]