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The South Dakota House of Representatives voted 36-31 Tuesday to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg during a special session at the state Capitol. Representative Lance Koth of Mitchell voted to impeach. “I couldn’t convince myself [Read More…]

On March 31st,  Officers from the Mitchell Police Department responded to a report of several shots fired from a vehicle in the 600 block of East Hanson, Mitchell SD.  Upon arrival Officers found several bullet [Read More…]

Teams of high school students from across South Dakota put their culinary and hospitality management skills to the test at the 13th Annual South Dakota ProStart Invitational, held March 24 in Pierre. The ProStart Invitational [Read More…]

Friend De Coup claimed Grand Champion, Best Vocals, Best Choreography, and Best Band awards at the 14th annual Wheaton Warrenville South High School Choral Classic on March 12. Fifteen high school choirs from Alabama, Illinois, [Read More…]

Prairie Business magazine has announced 2022’s Top 25 Women in Business. Recipients were selected through a nomination process that emphasized professional achievement, community contributions and volunteerism. The 25 women listed come from finance, health care, [Read More…]

A documentary film focusing on Hansen Wheel and Wagon Works, located just north of Mitchell, will have its world premiere at the Luxury 5 Cinemas in Mitchell on Wednesday, March 30.  The film, “Wagon Master: [Read More…]

Avera Queen of Peace Hospital was one of several Avera hospitals recently listed among the Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the United States for 2022 as named by the [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Health has begun operations to promptly and efficiently distribute one million Flowflex® COVID-19 Antigen home tests to sites across the state. The first batch of 187,500 FDA-authorized tests kits arrived [Read More…]

On 12/02/21 at approximately 5:17 pm the Mitchell Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 call reporting an assault in the 200 block of West 4th street, and that a male victim had been stabbed.   Officers from [Read More…]

Thomas “Tom” Alan Riter, 64, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at his home in Yankton. Tom was born March 27, 1957, to Charles Dallas Riter and Letha Odessa (Haldeman) Riter. He grew up in Rock [Read More…]

Dr. Daniel R. Kittle will become the Dakota Wesleyan University’s 21st president, according to Doug Powers, chairman of the DWU Board of Trustees.  The announcement of Kittle’s appointment was made at an all-campus meeting today. [Read More…]

There’s additional information regarding Tuesday evening’s deadly shooting in Scotland that left three people dead and two wounded. The Bon Homme County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of shots-fired at a Scotland residence near [Read More…]

Board review of the “Return to School Protocols” is on Monday’s Mitchell School Board meeting agenda. Superintendent Joe Graves is recommending a return to “mask recommended rather than required.” He conferred with Avera Health in [Read More…]

A South Dakota feedlot operator who pleaded guilty to operating a Ponzi cattle scheme has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison. Prosecutors say Robert Blom of Corsica resold the same cattle to multiple [Read More…]

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission wants South Dakotans to be aware that all major mobile carriers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, plan to phase out their 3G networks in 2022. The decommissioning of 3G [Read More…]

Avera and other COVID-19 vaccine distributors can now offer vaccines to children ages 5-11. Anyone age 5 and older now can be vaccinated against the virus that has caused 3.2 million hospitalizations and 740,000 deaths [Read More…]