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One injured when car strikes Dependable Recycling trailer
A 23-year-old Mitchell man was cited and sustained minor injuries when the car he was driving struck a local recycling company’s trailer Wednesday...
 News/local August 23, 2017 - 11:43am
Members of the Mitchell Emergency Response Unit, along with the Davison County Sheriff's Office and South Dakota Highway Patrol, respond to a situation on Tuesday at 310 N. Johnston St. in Mount Vernon. (Matt Gade / Republic) play button
‘Mentally disturbed’ man in custody after two-day standoff in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — A two-day standoff with law enforcement agencies led to the apprehension of a “mentally disturbed man” Tuesday in Mount...
 News/local August 22, 2017 - 4:39pm
Mitchell resident Anthony Lewis, 49, is escorted into court on Tuesday afternoon at the Davison County Public Safety Center. (Matt Gade / Republic)
Police: Mitchell man arrested for stabbing, killing person early Tuesday morning
A 49-year-old Mitchell man was arrested after police say he stabbed and killed a man early Tuesday morning outside of a Mitchell apartment complex....
 News/crime August 22, 2017 - 11:00am
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Wednesday need-to-know: 5 stories
Here are five stories to know headed into Wednesday: 1. A Mitchell man was arrested early Tuesday morning and was in court later for fatally...
 News/local August 23, 2017 - 9:50am
Email from January 2011 shows Schopp knew about GEAR UP
PIERRE – An email from seven years ago shows Melody Schopp knew about financial improprieties in South Dakota’s GEAR UP program for American...
 News/state August 22, 2017 - 8:32pm
The Davison County Public Safety Center. (Republic file photo)
Former Whiskey Creek employee pleads guilty to stealing money from restaurant
A Mitchell man has been ordered to pay more than $9,000 fines for stealing money from Whiskey Creek while he was an employee of the restaurant....
 News/local August 23, 2017 - 9:38am
Seattle skyline. (Matt Lutton/The New York Times)
Three reclusive Seattle brothers, aged 82, 80 and 78, accused of child sex abuse
The three reclusive Emery brothers have lived in the same yellow Seattle house for more than 50 years, rarely making contact with others in the...
 News August 23, 2017 - 10:12am
Freeman Academy/Marion's Amy Ptak, right, hits the ball as Corsica-Stickney's Brooke Wiezcorek, left, gets ready to try and block it during a high school volleyball match at the Hanson Early Bird tournament on Tuesday in Alexandria. (Eric Mayer / Republic)
Area prep volleyball roundup: Jaguars outlast Bearcats
ALEXANDRIA—Despite dropping the first set, Corsica-Stickney battled back to advance to the semifinals of the Hanson Early Bird Volleyball...
 sports/prep August 22, 2017 - 10:34pm
Mitchell's Payton Morgan (18) and Chelsea Brewster (14) defend the net during an Eastern South Dakota Conference volleyball match Tuesday against Aberdeen Central at the MHS gym. (Marcus Traxler / Republic) play button
Opening-night thriller: No. 3 Mitchell rallies to edge No. 4 Aberdeen in five sets
It was hardly a warm-up match for the Mitchell High School volleyball team. The No. 3 Kernels and No. 4 Aberdeen Central played like two of the...
 sports/Kernels August 22, 2017 - 10:27pm
Montana woman pleads not guilty to murder in South Dakota 
SUMMERSET (AP) — A Montana woman accused of killing her roommate in the South Dakota town of Summerset has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-eight-year-old...
 News/crime August 23, 2017 - 11:50am
Terri Eimers
Terri Eimers Terri Eimers (Kasselder), age 57, of Mitchell, SD died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Avera McKennan Hospital. A viewing will be held...
 August 22, 2017 - 7:39pm
A woman holds Powerball lottery tickets outside Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 12, 2016. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
How Powerball manipulated the odds to make another massive jackpot
At $700 million, Wednesday night's Powerball prize is the second-largest lottery jackpot in its history, and the math is working out in favor...
 News August 23, 2017 - 7:36am
Mitchell artist earns international award for photograph
A local photographer is making a name for herself internationally. Allison Russell, of Mitchell, was recently named a silver medalist at the...
 News/local August 22, 2017 - 3:41pm
Yankton man pleads guilty to robbing downtown bank 
YANKTON (AP) — A Yankton man accused of robbing a downtown bank in the city a year ago has pleaded guilty. Authorities say David Giese donned...
 News/state August 23, 2017 - 12:00pm
John A. Fillaus
John A. Fillaus Aug. 21, 2017 MITCHELL, S.D. - John A. Fillaus, 67, rural Scotland, S..D, died Monday, Aug. 21, in Firesteel Healthcare Center. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m., with family present from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, at Goglin Funeral Home in Scotland. The funeral will...
 August 23, 2017 - 11:59am

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