The massive gift shop on the Corn Palace floor is open for the 2019 summer season. Manager Nick Bakhitari says new this year is a Cornelius figurine. “Because the number one picture that’s taken is with the Cornelius statue, Bakhtiari said. “We wanted to be able to have something that people could bring home with …
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May 23
City launches a new Lake Mitchell community survey
The City of Mitchell has launched a community survey about recreation use at Lake Mitchell. City administrator Stephanie Ellwein says the information gathered will help form a long-range public use plan developed in partnership with the City of Mitchell and North Dakota State University. “It allows the community to go in and say how often …
May 23
New information regarding Mitchell death investigation
Mitchell Police have released new information regarding the deaths of a man and woman in a room at a local motel. Their bodies were discovered late Monday morning. Lieutenant Don Everson says an autopsy indicates both died of asphyxiation. “It appears that both people had taken their own lives by hanging at that motel room,” …
May 21
Local Sports for Tuesday May 21st
Yesterday the Mitchell girl’s golf team had a tough day on the links at the Watertown Invitational at Cattail Crossing Golf Course. The Kernels shot a 389 to place 10th out of 13 teams and 83 strokes behind first-place Sioux Falls O’Gorman. That performance was coming off one of their best performances of the season …
May 21
Mitchell Police investigating the deaths of man and woman at a local hotel
On Monday at approx. 11:40 a.m. the Mitchell Department of Public Safety Dispatch center received a report of a deceased man and woman who were found at a motel located on the 1600 block of S. Burr St. Officers and ambulance personnel responded to the scene and found an adult man and adult female who …
May 20
Local Sports for Monday May 20th
Sometimes Mother Nature ruins things due to what she throws at outdoor sporting events but this time things worked out great as the Region 4A Super Regional High School Baseball Tourney had to be moved from Sturgis to Mitchell due to cold and snow out west in the Black Hills of South Dakota on Saturday …
May 17
Leadership Mitchell celebrates graduation
A class of Mitchell’s future leaders celebrated its graduation Thursday. The twelve members of Leadership Mitchell successfully completed their nine-month course. Calli Williams of Fischer Rounds moved to Mitchell three years ago without knowing much about the community. She says Leadership Mitchell changed that. “This really opened my eyes to what Mitchell has to offer, …
May 17
Local Sports for Friday May 17th
The Mitchell Kernel track and field teams had one more chance to qualify for the State Meet by participating in the Huron Last Chance Relays yesterday. Tristen Hildebrandt needed a personal record in the triple jump to keep her season alive, and the senior came through. She jumped 33 feet, 9.5 inches to place fourth …
May 16
Local Sports for Thursday May 16th
Last night the 16th Annual Elite Eight Athletes of the Year banquet was held at the Depot with sixteen student/athletes honored for their accomplishments in athletics, in school and their community as well. Besides the many athletic achievements, the combined GPA of the boys was 3.7 while the combined GPA for the girls was 3.84, …
May 16
Early morning fire destroys garage
An early morning fire leveled a garage in the alley behind 936 East Fourth Avenue in Mitchell. Firefighters arrived shortly after 2:30 and found the structure fully involved and controlled the blaze. Mitchell Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says investigators are looking for fire’s the cause and origin. “We’re trying to first identify where the fire …