2+ week, 1+ day ago   (733+ words) SPRING VALLEY COLONY, S.D. — Down a dirt road about 20 miles from Wessington Springs sits Spring Valley Colony. Though it has fewer than 150 people, the colony actively contributes to two major industries: agriculture and manufacturing. Spring Valley is one of more than…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (983+ words) MITCHELL — Britni Ross has spent her life learning that agriculture is about more than raising livestock or managing land. It is also about family, community and finding ways to make sure the next generation has a place in the industry....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (654+ words) MITCHELL — A Main Street building is finally getting the upgrades it needs to stay viable after a fire two decades ago destroyed the neighboring building. Olesen stated the wall scares her. “We thought when they fixed it, it was going…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (242+ words) Dale's A-1 Transmission was established in 1982 by Dale and Donna Long. Their original location was at 505 South Burr Street. Repairing cars seemed to be a family affair, as their son Daren joined the company as manager in 1994. Later, in 1996, Devin joined…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (251+ words) The beginnings of Newbury Greenhouse date back to 1884, when Hiram Barber Jr. sold 160 acres to A. M. Bowdle. The area was then platted as the University Addition to the City of Mitchell. In 1906, Dakota University sold Lots 1–14 in Block 10 to Jessie Newbury....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) MITCHELL — A long-time Mitchell resident has received statewide recognition for his contributions to utilities in South Dakota. Ken Schlimgen was inducted in August into the South Dakota Cooperative Hall of Fame. Schlimgen has worked for the Central Electric Cooperative for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (664+ words) MITCHELL — Mitchell’s newest business park likely will be home to more than one business, the community’s business leader said on Wednesday as the city gets a $1 million investment from the state of South Dakota to foster development at the site....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1018+ words) WINNER, S.D. — For some Tripp County residents, the debate over a proposed 10,000-head hog confinement is about more than whether one operation should be built. It is about whether the county should have rules before large-scale agricultural development arrives. That question…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (569+ words) MITCHELL — One permit down, one to go. That’s what Mitchell Mayor Jordan Hanson told attendees Thursday night in a packed second-floor space at the Thomsen Center Archeodome at the Mitchell Indigenous Archaeological Site and Museum, overlooking Lake Mitchell. The city…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (718+ words) MITCHELL — After months of planning and a delay from its planned spring groundbreaking, construction is finally getting underway on a new housing development near Hitchcock Park. Van Buskirk Companies broke ground Thursday, Sept. 10, on Hitchcock Homes, a 26-unit development on…...