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Attorney General Marty Jackley says the application period opens Monday, July 1, for $5 million in grants that will be awarded by the Attorney General’s Office to organizations that assist children who have been abused [Read More…]

A week from today Mitchell Police Chief Mike Koster is ending a 24 and a half year run with the Mitchell PD….   He came up through the ranks from Patrol office to chief…   [Read More…]

Two people suffered fatal injuries in a two-vehicle crash eight miles south of Freeman, SD Monday afternoon. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported 51 year old Patrick L. Bauder of Scotland was driving [Read More…]

The South Dakota Board of Regents announces the approval of two high-need programs designed to meet the growing workforce demands in the state and beyond. These programs include a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting at South [Read More…]

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Wednesday announced the reopening of three waterbodies in southeast South Dakota that had been included on Governor Noem’s previous “no boating declaration.” Lake Henry in Bon Homme County, [Read More…]

In a historic move, the South Dakota Department of Education has awarded 36 grants totaling $6.4 million to school districts to purchase innovative, industry-grade equipment for career and technical education (CTE) programs. “We gave schools [Read More…]

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns residents impacted by the flooding in southeast South Dakota to be careful about flood-related scams involving fraudulent home repairs and charity appeals. “These are the times when scam [Read More…]

At 3 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, June 25th, state officials reopened the northbound and southbound lanes on Interstate 29 from exit 2 to exit 26 in southeast South Dakota. Motorists are advised that while all [Read More…]

Two people suffered fatal injuries in a two-vehicle crash eight miles south of Freeman Monday afternoon. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says information indicates around 2:15, the driver of a Chevrolet pickup was [Read More…]

Record amounts of water from recent heavy rains are headed for extreme southeastern South Dakota. Governor Kristi Noem says upstream gauges on the big Sioux River have already broken records…   Noem says the Big [Read More…]

An 87-year-old man died Saturday afternoon in a single vehicle crash five miles northeast of Harrisburg, SD. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported around 2:10 pm, the driver of a 2013 Kawasaki Mule [Read More…]

The City of Mitchell has closed the following streets due to flooding:  As for 4pm Friday. – SPRUCE BETWEEN WISCONSIN & ROWLEY – PHEASANT ST – 1500 BLK N OHLMAN (CONES) – 800 BLK COMMERCE [Read More…]

As of 2 p.m. CT on Friday, June 21st, a no travel advisory has been placed on all state highway sections in southeast South Dakota that are experiencing flooding due to heavy rain in the [Read More…]

A man from Centerville was arraigned Thursday in Salem on nine felony counts A Turner County Grand Jury earlier indicted 64 year old Jay Ostrem on three counts of First-Degree Murder, three counts of Second-Degree [Read More…]

Here are several announcements from the city of Mitchell regarding recovery efforts following Thursday’s heavy rains and flooding. A sandbag station is set up at the city street department for anyone wanting to make sandbags. [Read More…]

A 38 year old woman from Rapid City woman has been ordered to pay $42,000 in restitution after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Grand Theft by Embezzlement. Jessica Scott was sentenced after changing [Read More…]

Through Central Electric Cooperative’s Operation Round-Up® grant program will surpass $200,000 in local impact after the board of trustees recently pledged $13,800 to support area projects. Operation Round-Up, participating cooperative members round up their monthly [Read More…]