Officials with the South Dakota Departments of Transportation and Public Safety are closing Interstate 90 from Rapid City to Mitchell at 5:30 p.m. CDT. I-90 from Mitchell to Sioux Falls and I-29 from Sioux Falls to Brookings will both close at 7 p.m. I-29 was closed from Brookings to the North Dakota border earlier this …
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Apr 10
Governor Kristi Noem orders state offices in 52 counties under blizzard warning closed
Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the closure of state government offices today in all 52 counties that are part of the current blizzard warning. Counties part of the closure order are: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, …
Apr 09
Muth Electric announces leadership changes
Muth Electric, Inc. is preparing to celebrate 50 years in the electrical contracting business in 2020. Muth Electric was founded by Dick and Darlene Muth in 1970. Since beginning as a two-person company it has grown to 400 employees in 12 locations across three states. Muth Electric is pleased to announce the following additions and …
Apr 09
Local Sports for Tuesday April 9th
In a game that was supposed to be played in Sioux Falls but moved to Mitchell, it was a great battle between Mitchell and Sioux Falls O’Gorman at Cadwell Park last night. Mitchell just could not string solid at bats together to pull out a tough 3-2 loss against #5 OG. Mitchell recorded eight hits …
Apr 06
Lightning strike damages Mitchell church
The first thunderstorm of the season heavily damaged Mitchell’s First Lutheran Church Friday evening. A lightning bolt apparently struck the highest point of the steeple raining blocks and other debris to the ground. Church member Janet Drewes was at her home on Iowa Street when the boom rattled her residence. “I got a Facebook notice …
Apr 05
Local Sports for Friday April 5th
The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s golf team competed in the Blue River Classic and finished in eighth place after two rounds of action at the Wilderness Ridge and Highland Golf Course in Lincoln Nebraska. Four out of five Tiger golfers finished all within a stoke of each other, as Justice Morrison (Norris, S.D.) led the …
Apr 04
DWU Campus Ministry aiding flood victims
Dakota Wesleyan University’s Campus Ministry team is leading an effort to collect supplies to aid flood victims on the Pine Ridge Reservation and throughout Nebraska. Campus Ministry’s supply drive includes cleaning supplies and hygiene items which will be donated to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for distribution. Donations can be dropped off at …
Apr 03
One dead in single vehicle crash near the James River
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a 28 year old man died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred two miles northeast of Mitchell. A 2008 Chrysler Town and County Van was eastbound on 250th Street when the vehicle eventually entered the south ditch, went through a barbed wire fence and into the James …
Apr 03
Oregon woman arrested for carrying more than 100 lbs of marijuana
A 32 year old woman from Portland Oregon is facing felony drug charges for carrying about 122 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle. According to court documents Trooper Austin Schmitz observed several large boxes in the back of a vehicle with Oregon license plates on I-90 near Chamberlain last Saturday. A short time later at …
Apr 02
Aspen Institute recognizes Mitchell Technical Institute as one of the top ten finalists in national prize competition
Today, Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, South Dakota, was recognized in an award ceremony in Washington, DC, as one of the top community colleges nationally in the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. During the ceremony at the Newseum, Mitchell was honored for success in workforce preparation, a strong culture of caring for students, …