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At the regularly scheduled South Dakota Railroad Board meeting held Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, board members approved grant request applications for several projects for use of the FY2022 and FY2023 allocation of Special Transportation Circumstance [Read More…]

The First Circuit’s James Valley Drug & DUI Court will hold a graduation ceremony to honor participants’ achievements on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. CDT. The event will take place at the Davison [Read More…]

Three South Dakota communities — Custer, Freeman and Mitchell — were each presented with a 2023 Healthy HometownSM Powered by Wellmark Community Award during the Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Annual Partners Meeting held [Read More…]

The Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce, Development Corporation, and Mitchell Main Street & Beyond held their Annual Recognition Event on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Valley View Villa to celebrate local businesses and individuals for [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Corrections has agreed to purchase two 160-acre parcels of land in rural Lincoln County. This land provides a sufficient site plan for a new men’s prison to replace much of [Read More…]

The Mitchell School District School Board earned a Gold Level award for its participation in the Associated School Boards of South Dakota’s board recognition program: ALL, which stands for Act, Learn, Lead and honors the [Read More…]

At 8:23 AM, the Mitchell Public Safety received an urgent call from the Suicide Hotline based in Kansas City. The hotline reported a concerning message they had received, indicating a potential threat to an individual’s [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. -From KNBN-TV-News Center One The six former members of the Mitchell Legion Baseball team who are facing charges of Second Degree Rape and Aiding and Abetting Rape were arraigned Tuesday morning at [Read More…]

George Hawkins, a social studies teacher at Jefferson High School in Sioux Falls, has been named the 2024 South Dakota Teacher of the Year.  Secretary of Education Joseph Graves made the announcement at a banquet [Read More…]

On September 28th, 2023, at approximately 0211 hours, Mitchell Police Patrol Officers conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation.  The vehicle stopped in the 300 Block of N Minnesota St in Mitchell. As the [Read More…]

The Mitchell School Board spent more than two-hours Wednesday evening in a goal-setting work session with an education consultant. Superintendent Joe Childs found the session useful. “We ranked those and three rose to the top [Read More…]

Davison County Commissioners have approved the 2024 budget. The total spending plan is $11.9-million dollars. Of that total County Road and Bridge accounts for $4.46-million dollars followed by Public Safety with $4.19-million dollars. Chairman Randy [Read More…]

Jeff Bathke of Mitchell has announced he’s running for State Representative in the 2024 District 20 House race. Bathke started his career in the South Dakota Department of Corrections, spending over 17 years as a [Read More…]

For the first time in several years, the South Dakota Center for Farm and Ranch Management is actively seeking new students, thanks to an expansion of the program by Mitchell Technical College. “This year, in [Read More…]

When this project first started, a group of citizens who were interested in bringing the shooting range to Mitchell approached the City of Mitchell about being a partner to help see the project become a [Read More…]

The dirt’s been turned on a $500-million dollar multi-seed processing plant two miles south of Mitchell. The facility will have the capacity to process 35-million bushels of soybeans annually or the equivalent of one-million tons [Read More…]