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The bitter cold stretch that recently gripped South Dakota required families to use more energy to stay warm. For families struggling to pay winter heating bills, the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) may [Read More…]

Lawmakers in Pierre are considering impeaching South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Articles of Impeachment could be brought in the State House as early as today and would be required to be filed no later [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has released of the four people who died last Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash west of Wagner. A 2003 Chrysler Sebring was southbound on South Dakota Highway [Read More…]

Mitchell Firefighters along with crews from out of town responded to a fire in a three-story home in the 800 block of East Fifth Avenue late Friday morning. Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says there was [Read More…]

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting  four people died and another person was injured Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash west of Wagner. Names of the five people involved are not yet [Read More…]

Energy grid operators are ordering utilities to implement unplanned power outages to keep the grid stable in this emergency created by widespread frigid temperatures. Customers may experience outages for up to an hour throughout the [Read More…]

A South Dakota Army National Guard legacy unit has received the U.S. Army’s Valorous Unit Award nearly 17 years after the company’s service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Parkston and Platte-based Company [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan University President Amy C. Novak, Ed.D. was introduced today as the next president of St. Ambrose University, a private, Catholic institution of more than 3,000 students located in Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Novak will [Read More…]

Alpine Investors, a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring middle-market software and services companies, announced a strategic partnership and growth investment in Innovative Systems, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise software for the [Read More…]

The Mitchell Police Community Camera Registration Program is a voluntary record of home or business security cameras, meant to assist officers during an investigation. In the event of a critical incident or criminal investigation, business [Read More…]

On Monday, January 11th,  between 5:07 PM and 5:30 PM an individual was struck by an unknown vehicle in a parking lot in the 200 block of North Rowley, Mitchell SD.  This individual sustained serious [Read More…]

Mitchell Police have arrested 27-year-old Jose Morales Acevedo and 28-year-old Luis Perez-Melendez for  2nd Degree murder in the shooting death of a 38-year-old male victim in Mitchell late Saturday night. The name of the victim [Read More…]

On Wednesday, January 6th at 10:08 am the Mitchell Department of Public Safety responded to heavy black smoke coming out of a train car parked in the train yard near the intersection of Kimball and [Read More…]

It’s been a source of rumors for several years, and now Mitchell’s former Super K-Mart store has a new owner. Runnings based in Marshall, Minnesota announced it’s purchasing the property from GFI-Mitchell Investments Partnership. Plans [Read More…]

The Mitchell Fire Department responded to the report of smoke showing in the railyard at the corner of Railroad and South Kimball Street. At approximately 10:07 AM on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, fire crews arrived [Read More…]

The plowing of east-west streets within the City will begin at 5:00 am December 30th, Wednesday morning. Any vehicles parked on the east – west streets at that time will be subject to ticket and [Read More…]

The City of Mitchell is declaring a snow emergency effective at 9:30 am Tuesday, December 29th in anticipation of the expected snowfall amounts and rate of snowfall . All vehicles shall be removed from Snow [Read More…]

Now that the Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccines, Avera has been administering the first doses that have been allocated by the state to frontline health care workers. A [Read More…]

Authorities are investigating a shooting incident that took place around 2 am Sunday in the 700 block of South Rowley in Mitchell. The Mitchell Police Department confirms officers responded to a report of a person [Read More…]

COVID Report by Building: Data as of 12.16.2020. Longfellow: Active Cases:      0 Total Confirmed Cases: 8 Recovered Count Case: 8 Gertie Belle Rogers: Active Cases:      3 Total Confirmed Cases: 16 Recovered Count Case: 13 L.B. [Read More…]