Governor Larry Rhoden has approved the deployment of 12 South Dakota National Guard soldiers from the 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Rapid City to Washington, D.C. The troops will support the DC National Guard on a 30-day mission, with the option to extend up to 90 days.
The Davison County Commission meets this morning in Mitchell with a full agenda, including a public hearing on a temporary liquor license and raffle for the Corn Palace Shrine Club, a discussion with Sheriff Harr about the jail phone contract and training requests, and the 2026 provisional budget hearing and adoption. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at the North Offices Building on North Main Street.
John Hutton, a North Carolina art history professor who draws in his spare time, outlined his four-step technique in a new book, “How to Draw the Presidents & First Ladies,” published in July by the White House Historical Association.
Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” which had its world premiere Monday at the Venice Film Festival.
“I have for a long time wanted this,” Johnson said before the premiere.
Naomi Osaka and Iga Swiatek rolled into the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open, showing off what once made each of them the top-ranked women’s tennis player in the world.
Monday night’s hyped-up debut turned into a romp by TCU — along with a reminder that even an NFL icon with six Super Bowl titles as a head coach can’t just magically turn the Tar Heels into winners after decades of also-ran status.
Anna Wintour ended weeks of fashion-world speculation Tuesday when she named Chloe Malle her successor as head of editorial content at Vogue — but the most powerful person in the business isn’t going anywhere.
The Taliban said the death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, as the United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties.
Mitchell Golf The Kernel boys golf team will compete in the Marchand Cup this […]
Bill Mawhiney, longtime leader of the South Dakota Afterschool Network, has launched his campaign for the U.S. House. Emphasizing that he is not a career politician, Mawhiney says his focus will be on putting people ahead of politics and giving rural and working families a stronger voice. Based in Sioux Falls, where he lives with his husband and two children, Mawhiney has spent nearly 20 years championing childcare, education, and afterschool programs across South Dakota.