Mitchell students and community members will travel to the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre on Thursday, Feb. 19, for “Mitchell Day at the Legislature,” including a Capitol tour and meetings with state offices.
A South Dakota House committee advanced HB 1205 on a split vote, sending it to House Appropriations after lawmakers debated changing the school funding formula so annual increases would be the greater of inflation or 3%.
Mitchell city leaders approved transferring the former First Avenue mobile home park property to the Mitchell Area Development Corporation for $1 to advance a 24-home, owner-occupied development with price caps and a 10-year owner-occupancy requirement.
Area high school basketball tonight, Mitchell vs Aberdeen Central, DWU basketball on the road tomorrow and Timberwolves beat Hawks.
Boys and Girls Class B up for grabs with first place votes split between three teams, Top team in Classs A/AA dominating and an unbeaten team finally falls.
Boys Class B the only ones without an unbeaten team, Mitchell girls just shy of Top 5 ranking, Sioux Falls Lincoln yet to be unseated atop boys Class AA and various teams enter Top 5/10 for the first time.
Wilmot native and retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams, 100, will receive the Medal of Honor after a secret Korean War-era dogfight in 1952 in which he faced seven Soviet MiG-15 jets, according to an announcement from Sen. Mike Rounds.
The Mitchell City Council voted 7-1 to turn down a proposed $50,000 annual contract with a retail-recruitment firm, saying it wants to explore partnerships with local organizations before hiring an outside company.
The South Dakota House voted 40-28 to defeat House Bill 1068, which would have limited liability for doctors and pharmacists who dispense ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to adults under written protocols for off-label COVID-19 treatment.
Small high school hoop slate tonight, Mitchell vs Aberdeen Central tomorrow, DWU results from yesterday, Timberwolves lose to Clipper and Super Bowl LX winners and losers.