The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, has declared Lake Mitchell a “No Wake Zone”. Mayor Bob Everson requested it. “I got some calls from residents around the lake,” said Everson. “The waters had risen up to the point where they were in their yards and I checked with Game, Fish and Parks to …
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May 24
Police release names of individuals found dead in a Mitchell motel room
Mitchell Police have released the names of a man and woman who apparently hanged themselves early this week in a Mitchell motel room. They are 51 year old John Paul Renquin and 54 year old Joyce M. Haines. Lieutenant Don Everson says they had difficulty locating relatives. “Family members for both of these individuals were …
May 24
Rolling Thunder set to take final ride this Memorial Day weekend
Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “Ride for Freedom”, comes to a close this Memorial Day weekend, bringing to an end a 31-year tradition of Rolling Thunder veterans riding motorcycles through the streets of Washington D.C., according to the event’s organizers. The spectacle started in 1988 and has gradually accumulated support – netting more …
May 24
More ‘Varsity Blues’ parents plead guilty as one parent who previously pleaded guilty in college admissions scandal assaulted by son
iStock/Graffizone(NEW YORK) — A few days before beverage magnate Gregory Abbott pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with the college admissions cheating scam, police say he was beaten up by one of his children in the family’s swank Fifth Avenue home. Malcolm Abbott, who raps under the name “Billa,” repeatedly struck his father …
May 24
Hedge fund manager owes college friend of Trump Jr. millions of dollars, jury finds
iStock/Pattanaphong Khuankaew(NEW YORK) — Hedge fund star Paul Touradji bilked a pair of employees, including a fundraiser for the Trump campaign, out of nearly $50 million, a Manhattan jury decided late Thursday. Touradji had refused to pay Robert Vollero and Gentry Beach for three years’ worth of work and the jury awarded them a combined …
May 24
CrossFit quits Facebook and Instagram, citing privacy concerns
iStock/South_agency(NEW YORK) — CrossFit, the popular fitness and lifestyle program with a cult-like following, broke up with Facebook and Instagram on Friday, citing security and privacy concerns. CrossFit, Inc., which boasts 15,000 affiliates and millions of followers, said it was investigating alleged security problems and opposed what it called Facebook’s overwhelming influence on”the marketplace of …
May 24
‘I took back my freedom’: Jayme Closs’ powerful statement read as her kidnapper faces sentencing
DNY59/iStock(GORDON, Wis.) — Jayme Closs vowed to never let her kidnapper take her freedom or her spirit from her in a powerful statement read at the sentencing hearing of Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old Wisconsin man who pleaded guilty to abducting 13-year-old Closs, killing her parents and then holding her captive until she escaped. “I was …
May 24
Mitchell cemetery visitors asked to avoid wet areas this weekend
A jump in cemetery visitation is normal for Memorial Day weekend. However continuing standing water and wet, soft areas are making it difficult this year. Mitchell Cemetery Director Kevin Thurman is asking visitors for help in protecting the grave sites by parking on paved areas only. “We’ve got areas that are still holding water,” said …
May 24
3 more die on Mount Everest amid heavy crowding
iStock/Zzvet(NEW YORK) — A total of five people have died this week on Mount Everest, as crowds of climbers experienced bottlenecks as they rushed to take advantage of a short window of good weather to attempt the world’s highest summit. Three deaths were reported on Thursday, and two others died on Wednesday. The deaths come …
May 24
’88 days living in fear’: Jayme Closs’ family speaks movingly as her kidnapper faces sentencing
DNY59/iStock(GORDON, Wis.) — Relatives of 13-year-old Jayme Closs spoke movingly at Friday’s sentencing hearing for Jake Patterson, the Wisconsin man who pleaded guilty to abducting Closs, killing her parents and then holding her captive until she escaped. The 21-year-old pleaded guilty in March to two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting and killing Closs’ …