School board debates gift to local swim group

A donation in the form of a lease payment became a brief subject of controversy at Monday’s Mitchell school board meeting. Board members voted 4-0 — board member Eric Christensen was ill and not present — Monday to approve a one-time lease payment of $17,800 for the use of a new above-ground pool being developed by the Mitchell Aquatic Club.

By: Ross Dolan, The Daily Republic