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07/11/2025

Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota gets a boost from Central Electric

The Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota got a boost from Central Electric’s Operation Roundup program. Representatives Merl Bechen and Tara Miller presented a check for $2,200 for kitchen appliances…

07/10/2025

Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota celebrates a milestone

The Safe Place of Eastern South Dakota celebrated its new home with staff, friends and community leaders at its new location at 1600 North Kimball in Mitchell. Coleen Hoffman is Safe Place executiv…

07/10/2025

Miner County fatal crash

A 53 year old man from Webster man died and his passenger was injured in a single vehicle motorcycle crash early Thursday morning, five miles east of Fedora. The South Dakota Department of Public S…

07/10/2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Huron, Chamberlain and Wessington Springs until 11:00 PM.

07/10/2025

Here is the approximate timing for thunderstorms tonight. The primary hazard of damaging wind gusts up to 75 mph will be maximized for areas along and west of a Lake Andes to Mitchell to De Smet line during the late evening. Be ready to seek shelter if storms approach your area.

07/09/2025

Corrections Secretary Wasko pleased with new prison progress

John Hult-SD Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko said Wednesday she’s buoyed by a vote from the state’s prison task force endorsing a $650 millio…

07/09/2025

46 year old woman sentenced to prison for attempting to throw illegal drug over the South Dakota State Penitentiary wall https://tinyurl.com/caw26bs3

07/09/2025

Suspect charged with first and second degree murder in Clark

A 34 year old man from Clark man has been charged with First-Degree Murder and Second-Degree Murder in the death of a Clark resident Tuesday. Bowen Fladland was arrested Tuesday after a deceased fe…

07/09/2025

The task force voted to shoot down options in Mitchell or Worthing early on during its final meeting Tuesday, which took place at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls. Other site options were ruled out during earlier meetings, and some communities, including Box Elder, removed themselves from consideration after submitting proposals.

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota can’t build the prison it needs at the price it wants without sacrificing quality and longevity. That was the message delivered Tuesday…

07/09/2025

Mitchell dropped for proposed prison. Meanwhile Mayor Jordan Hanson looks to the future https://tinyurl.com/27hxhssz

07/08/2025

Mitchell out as a potential men's prison location

The Project Prison Reset Task Force has removed Mitchell and Worthing as sites for a new South Dakota Men’s prison. That leaves two locations in Sioux Falls in the running. The task force met for i…

07/08/2025

Mitchell City Council boosts a major development project

The Mitchell City Council has green-lighted a major economic development project just north of Lake Mitchell. The group unanimously approved rezoning of the land from Urban Development District to …