2+ day, 2+ 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…...

2+ day, 2+ 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…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (191+ words) OMAHA, Neb. — Missouri River reservoir storage is expected to continue declining this fall, with winter releases from Gavins Point Dam set at the minimum rate under current system conditions and hydropower generation projected below average. The U.S. Army Corps of…...

2+ week, 11+ 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…...

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…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (307+ words) The average Black Hills Energy residential electric customer in South Dakota faces a monthly bill that will be $45 higher if state regulators approve a pending rate increase and surcharge. “Our most important responsibility is providing safe, reliable energy to our…...

3+ week, 10+ 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....

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…...

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, 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....