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It’s a race we can’t afford to lose. That’s Senator Mike Rounds view of developing the use of artificial intelligence. “And so this is not going to go away, and we’ve got to be in [Read More…]

Voters in rural Davison and Hanson counties made it clear Tuesday they want Emergency Medical Services to continue. 95% of voters approved forming a rural ambulance district with only 5% opposed. Amy Storm is an [Read More…]

Senator Mike Rounds called the late Pope Francis the one of the kindest and gentle souls to lead the Catholic Church in a long, long time. “Very humble, and what you saw was what he [Read More…]

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition hosted its Heartland Summit in Mitchell Tuesday. The event focused on why global issues matter to South Dakota. Senator Mike Rounds delivered the keynote address to stakeholders by offering praise [Read More…]

Between February 18th, 2024 and March 19th, 2024 a custom wooden tee sign was stolen from Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell. In addition to the tee sign, there was a green metal sign stating “After [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College has announced Theresa Kriese has verbally accepted the position of President, pending formal approval by the Mitchell School Board. Kriese would become the sixth President of the institution since opening in 1968. [Read More…]

Mitchell captured fourth place in the highly competitive AA division at the South Dakota High School Activities Association Gallery competition in Sioux Falls. Art teacher Marica Shannon says individually, Dailyn Kiner took 1st place in [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly® Gold School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 [Read More…]

KORN News Radio’s “Mitchell’s Morning News” captured first-place honors for small market radio morning newscast in the 2024 Eric Sevareid Awards presented by the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. News Director J.P. Skelly accepted the award [Read More…]

At its March meeting, the Dakota Wesleyan University Board of Trustees voted to extend President Dan Kittle’s contract by five more years. Kittle was hired as the 21st president of DWU in 2022 with a [Read More…]

It’s been a long time-coming. The Mitchell Fire Department recently took delivery of a new UTV which Fire Chief Dan Pollreisz says is an important tool for the department and the community. “The whole idea [Read More…]

South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, and longtime legislative lobbyist, David Owen stopped in Mitchell recently for a post-legislative briefing. He believes addressing property tax relief was the most significant issue where lawmakers [Read More…]

A 55 year old woman from Springfield has pleaded guilty to four forgery-related charges connected to crimes committed while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and performing contract work [Read More…]

South Dakota News Watch BOX ELDER, S.D. – Montana Roem is worried that a proposed $1 billion cut to federal food programs that aid schools and charities will hurt her family on two fronts. As [Read More…]

Mitchell fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a two-story house in the 500 block of East Second Avenue Saturday night. Fire investigator Shannon Sandoval says a neighbor [Read More…]

A former state Department of Social Services employee was found guilty Thursday of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services. 68 year old Lonna Carroll of [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Regents announced the state’s public university system will implement a 2.9% tuition increase at nearly all of their institutions for the upcoming academic year—after remaining nearly flat for the last [Read More…]

Beginning on Monday, April 14, 2025, traffic on S.D. Highway 37 will be detoured onto Minnesota Street and 23rd Avenue, north of Mitchell. This planned detour will be in effect for two weeks to allow [Read More…]

A 22-year-old woman from Highmore died Wednesday morning in a single vehicle crash on SD Highway 14, one mile west of Wessington. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting around 9:30, the driver [Read More…]