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Kelton Quinn, a member of Mitchell Tech’s first Entrepreneurship cohort and owner of KU Craftmanship, will compete as a finalist in the Governor’s Giant Vision Competition. “I’m excited, but it’s a little nerve-racking,” the 21-year-old [Read More…]

Governor Kristi Noem’s administration has signed a contract amendment raising the maximum spending on workforce recruitment ads starring the governor to $9 million. The contract is publicly viewable in the state’s online portal for financial documents, Open.SD.gov, which [Read More…]

Things are looking up for staffing in the Mitchell School District….   Superintendent Joe Childs says some are familiar faces…..   He says Mitchell’s recent ranking as the number one high school in South Dakota [Read More…]

A 50 year old woman from Mitchell was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight years suspended Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Sexual Contact With a Person Incapable of Consent. [Read More…]

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board of Economic Development and the Economic Development Finance Authority recently approved an up-to $55 million bond and a $155,000 loan. The financing for these two projects reflects a [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University announces the appointment of two returning members to its Board of Trustees. Daniel F. Duffy, Rapid City, is a partner with Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons with offices in Rapid City [Read More…]

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said Monday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s new statement on abortion is “exactly right,” but she didn’t specifically say whether she agrees with his support of several abortion-ban exceptions. Trump [Read More…]

Over the weekend the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association presented the First-Place Eric Sevareid Award for Morning Newscast, Small Market Radio to KORN News Radio: “Mitchell’s Morning News-November 15th, 2023.” News Director J.P. Skelly accepted the [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley and Davison County State’s Attorney Jim Miskimins have announced that based on a further review of the evidence, including the forensic pathologist autopsy results, the appropriate charge in South Dakota is [Read More…]

The website niche.com recently named Mitchell High School as the best public high school in South Dakota. Superintendent Joe Childs learned about it in a round-about way…..   And as expected, Childs did some homework [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has confirmed emerald ash borer (EAB) in Lennox, South Dakota. The community of Lennox is in the existing quarantine area, which includes all of Minnehaha, [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University announces the hiring of Dr. Derek Driedger for the position of provost. Driedger has served as interim provost since June. Driedger joined the university in 2007 as a faculty member in the [Read More…]

A corrections officer was hospitalized during Wednesday’s disturbance at the South Dakota Penitentiary. Inmates could be heard chanting “We want phones” from outside the prison yesterday afternoon. Attorney General Marty Jackley’s office is investigating…   [Read More…]

The City of Mitchell has a role in the upcoming South Dakota Highway 37-Main Street to National Guard Road project. Public Works Director Joe Schroeder says it involves infrastructure….   He says the work will [Read More…]

Avera announces plans to build a six-story tower addition to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center and a three-story building on the Avera on Louise Health Campus. Combined, the projects will be the largest [Read More…]

The Mitchell Food Pantry sponsored an Easter Dinner giveaway Tuesday afternoon. Karen Pooley of the Food Pantry says each vehicle received a ham, food box and a gallon of milk…   Volunteers braved the blustery [Read More…]

Attorney General Marty Jackley is part of a coalition of 21 Attorneys General requesting that Congress fix language in the 2018 Farm Bill that has been used by “bad actors” to market unregulated intoxicating hemp. [Read More…]

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has announced multiple awardees of Governor Kristi Noem’s Investment Plan for Child Care. “We are creating more child care options and openings across our state because of this funding,” [Read More…]