The Davison County Commission is weighing the potential benefits of a proposed state prison site near Mitchell, though no formal proposal has been made. The Mitchell Area Development Corporation has identified a 160-acre location three miles southeast of the city with available utilities.
South Dakota will forfeit nearly $10 million in FEMA funding after Governor Kristi Noem withdrew the state from the federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, calling it “wasteful” and “ineffective.” The program was designed to help local communities strengthen infrastructure and prepare for future disasters.
The federal trial for Cory Cumings, a Mount Vernon man accused of illegally possessing over 100 firearms and ammunition as an unlawful drug user, has been postponed until September. Cumings has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge. The firearms, seized from his home and business, are also part of a pending federal forfeiture case. His attorney claims the seizure violated Cumings’ constitutional rights.
Authorities in Mitchell, South Dakota, arrested 21-year-old Travis Bullington after a high-speed police chase involving a stolen red pickup truck reported out of Brookings County. The pursuit led officers through city streets and into rural Hanson County, ending in a cornfield after Bullington rammed two police vehicles
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A Sioux Falls woman, 22-year-old Jada Jones, is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly selling fentanyl to an undercover informant on two separate occasions last fall. According to police, the controlled buys took place at Jones’ apartment in September and October, with the informant wearing a wire and under law enforcement surveillance. Jones is now charged with drug distribution and possession.
One person was injured Tuesday in a rear-end collision north of Mitchell on Highway 37 near 245th Street.
Brandon White of Sioux Falls is facing federal charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after allegedly obtaining $57,000 in COVID-relief funds through fraudulent applications to the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.
South Dakota’s Project Prison Reset Task Force is reassessing potential sites for a new state prison after plans for a Lincoln County facility were halted due to funding issues. With $51 million already invested, locations like Mitchell—offering strong infrastructure and cost transparency—are under consideration despite mixed public response.