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Local organization proposes Business Improvement District

Mitchell Main Street & Beyond, an organization that works to promote and preserve Mitchell’s downtown will lead the charge in creating a Business Improvement District (BID) by increasing taxes for property owners within the historic district.  By creating a means to generate funds, Main Street will be able to enhance the historic commercial core and …

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Corn Palace numbers up

It looks like a good year for visitation at the World’s Only Corn Palace. Director Scott Schmidt told the Corn Palace Entertainment Board Tuesday 267,361 people visited the Corn Palace between May first and September 11th which is up from last year despite the Burr Street construction project. In other business Schmidt said it looked …

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Dakota Wesleyan University one of the best

Dakota Wesleyan University is once again ranked among America’s best regional colleges for the Midwest, according to the recently released U.S. News & World Report 2018 Best Colleges rankings; and this year, the university was also named one of the Best Value Schools for Midwestern regional colleges. This is the fifth year that Dakota Wesleyan is …

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Attorney General offers advice regarding Equifax data breach

Attorney General Marty Jackley is alerting  South Dakota citizens that a data breach of Equifax, one of the three (3) Credit Bureaus, has occurred which allowed thieves to access more than 143 million American consumers personal identifying information with 200,000 of them being South Dakota residents.   The facts according to Equifax are as follows: “The …

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Authorities seek missing teenage girl

Authorities are asking for your help in locating a missing teenage girl. Missing: 08-29-2017 Age:16 yrs. Race: white Sex: female Height: 5’4” Weight: 140 lbs. Hair: dark brown / dyed purple Eyes: blue Wearing: red long sleeved sweater with cowl neck and black lace up boots Description: fair complexion/freckles, pierced ears, scars on arm Last …

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Mitchell Telecom announces new brand

Mitchell Telecom began delivering phone, broadband and video services to Mitchell in 2005 as the city’s first fiber optics provider. Since inception, Mitchell Telecom has been represented by the same look and logo, but company’s brand currently undergoing an overhaul. Effective September 5th, the Mitchell Community will see a new look for Mitchell Telecom. “Mitchell …

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Three arrested on felony drug charges

Three men are facing felony drug charges following their arrest on Tuesday  Officers with The Mitchell Police Division executed a search warrant at a residence located at 601 E. 5th Avenue in Mitchell.  Over 3 grams of methamphetamine, less than 2 ounces of marijuana and several items of drug paraphernalia were seized as a result …

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Mitchell man now facing murder charges

A Mitchell man is now facing murder charges in the death of a 30 year old man last Tuesday morning. A Davison County Grand Jury indicted 49 year old Anthony Lewis for first and second degree murder. Lewis was originally charged with first degree manslaughter when he was arrested for stabbing 30 year old Quinn …

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Eclipse Day is here!

Good morning! The long-awaited day of the total solar eclipse in Nebraska has arrived and the excitement is building leading up to totality at about 1 pm central time. Arnold, Nebraska is close to dead center of the 70 mile-wide path of totality. Since Friday visitors from across the nation and overseas have steadily filtered …

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Nebraska Eclipse Experience

Monday’s solar eclipse is a popular topic around gathering places in Arnold, Nebraska, a town of about 600 people located in the Sandhills about 40 miles northeast of North Platte. Customers at the Arnold Exchange chat and speculate what lies as ahead as 1PM Monday, the time of totality arrives. Arnold lies almost dead center …

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