Today in Mitchell History

May 27, 1920 – South Dakota Farmers Violate Truancy Law May 27, 1924 – To Lay Cornerstone of Mitchell Masonic Temple May 27, 1927 – Little Girls Injured When Struck By Car May 27, 1938 [Read More…]

May 21, 1981 – Mitchell boy dies after accidental shooting May 21, 1983 – Suit blames bar owners for death May 21, 1983 – Bank: Corsica Cattle suit should be dismissed May 21, 1987 – [Read More…]

May 20, 1967 – More Than Half of State’s Interstate Is Open to Traffic May 20, 1970 – Rash of Shoplifting by Teenagers is Reported May 20, 1973 – SDIC Names Commissioner May 20, 1973 [Read More…]

May 19, 1967 – New School Is Planned at Mitchell May 19, 1970 – Mitchell Girl Dies in Crash May 19, 1972 – KORN-TV Sale Set May 19, 1975 – Man sentenced for shooting incident [Read More…]

May 16, 1960 – City Files Suit To Acquire Land Adjacent To CP May 16, 1961 – Mitchell Concrete Employees Strike For Union Tie May 16, 1966 – Mitchellite Is Named As Top S.D. Soldier [Read More…]

May 15, 1946 – Mitchell Train Run Is Resumed Again May 15, 1952 – Mitchell Man Still Critical May 15, 1958 – Farm Wife Wins Registered Heifer In National Event May 15, 1959 – Mitchell [Read More…]

May 14, 1946 – North Western Ups Rail Service May 14, 1946 – Mitchell Man Heads Embalmers Group May 14, 1958 – Crocket to Quit Kernel Coaching Job May 14, 1958 – State Traffic Toll [Read More…]

May 13, 1959 – Flying Saucers (?) Are Seen Over Lake Mitchell May 13, 1979 – Disease puts life at standstill   May 13, 1983 – Voigt to succeed Fosness at DWU   May 13, [Read More…]

May 12, 1893 – Senator Kyle in Town May 12, 1952 – Missing Woman Found Alive Short Way From Home at Lake Mitchell May 12, 1960 – George Riggert Heads Legion May 12, 1967 – [Read More…]

November 22, 1901 – They Played Foot Ball November 22, 1922 – Woman Teacher Seriously Hurt November 22, 1929 – Dakota Wesleyan Defeats Western Union 20-2 November 22, 1940 – Household Training Course is Success [Read More…]

November 21, 1910 – Woonsocket Has Organized a Commercial Club November 21, 1922 – New School at Ethan Dedicated November 21, 1949 – More Than 9,000 Hear Walter Maier at Mitchell Sunday November 21, 1949 [Read More…]

November 20, 1915 – High School Football Team Went Down in Defeat Before Mitchell November 20, 1929 –Injunction Proceedings Planned to halt James River Contamination November 20, 1950 – Overpass Opening Set at Mitchell November [Read More…]

November 19, 1909 – Dedication set for the new Mitchell High School November 19, 1909 – Farmer Finds Gold Near Mitchell November 19, 1967 – Mitchell Prairie Market Badly Damaged by Fire November 19, 1982 [Read More…]

  July 10, 1936 – Rain Prayers Offered July 10, 1951 – Hold Mitchell Man after Two-Car Accident in which Six Persons were injured, two critically July 10, 1981 – Development proposed for archaeological find [Read More…]

  July 9, 1973 – Daily Republic-KORN to Sponsor Radiothon July 17   July 9, 1992 – Zion Lutheran Church in Mitchell to Mark Centennial   July 9, 1994 – Mitchell Chief of Police Resigns [Read More…]

1909- Automobiles Will Race   1926 – Twin City Architect is Barred from South Dakota   1945 – Girl Hurt by Tractor 1946 – Tot Rallying from Accident that Killed Father, Sister 1955 – Mitchell [Read More…]

  1911 – Slackers Arrested   1917 – Weird Story Scares Patrons of Peddler   1929 – Ask Cooperation of S.D. Drivers   1953 – Mitchell City Council Approves Beer Licenses   1962 – Mitchell [Read More…]