MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Weekend results announced

An estimated 4,000 people attended Memorial Weekend in Mitchell.

By Staff reports , June 01, 2013

PHOTOS: Memorial Day in Mitchell

May 28, 2013

Flags ordered half-staff Monday morning

PIERRE -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard asks that flags be flown at half-staff on the morning of Memorial Day, Monday, in observance of fallen military service members.

May 24, 2013

Daugaard urges safety during holiday travel

PIERRE(AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is encouraging motorists to be cautious as they travel South Dakota highways over Memorial Day weekend.

May 24, 2013

Barbecue focus of weekend event

Family fun set Saturday on Mitchell’s Main Street.

By Candy DenOuden , May 24, 2013

Street, parking closures set for weekend

The Mitchell Department of Public Safety would like to remind travelers of the following street and parking lot closures from 5 a.m. Saturday to 12 a.m. Sunday for Memorial Weekend events.

By News release , May 24, 2013

OPINION: Memorial Day a chance to honor memory of more than soldiers

In all of the wars Americans have fought, an estimated 1,316,000 have died. In contrast, since the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973, approximately 55 million babies have been murdered through abortion.

By Jeff Bouman , May 24, 2013

Holiday closings set for JVCC, Mitchell Technical Institute

By Staff reports , May 24, 2013

Veterans recalled, honored

Mitchell man tells of service to the nation.

By Anna Jauhola , May 29, 2012

Memorial Weekend event celebrates 10th anniversary of helping others

The free downtown event helps raise awareness of and funding for cystic fibrosis as well as raising money for Mitchell Main Street and Beyond.

By Tom Lawrence , April 30, 2012

Memorial Day good time to reflect on importance of democracy

The wind whipped a cavalcade of flags Monday as area residents gathered in Graceland Cemetery to decorate graves and honor deceased family and friends on Memorial Day.

By Austin Kaus , May 31, 2011

Memorial Day trip stirs memories

Flags of the United States of America waved in a light breeze from rows of poles that stretched from the Kennebec cemetery entrance down a gentle slope toward a creek bottom. It was mid-morning on Memorial Day. A color guard marched crisply across the cemetery to halt before a huge wreath. The grass of the cemetery and of the land that reached beyond it toward Interstate 90 was the color of emeralds, so rich under a partly cloudy sky that it hurt the eyes, and I squinted across the prairie. Even in Lyman County, three or four inches of rain in May will keep things green.

By Terry Woster , June 05, 2010

Memorial Day services honor soldiers who died for country

As flags representing various branches of the military waved in the morning breeze Monday, former Marine Jack Thurman shared his experiences about serving at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
He recalled seeing red and blue flashes — battle fire — on the horizon just before landing on the coast.
“We could hear the booming of the artillery as they zeroed in on the island of Iwo,” Thurman said. “We thought to ourselves, ‘There’s no way anybody could stay alive on that island.’ The B-29s were bombing and dropping their loads on their way to Japan.”

By Melanie Brandert , June 01, 2010

A day for memories

It seems like forever ago when I stood at the curb on Sioux Avenue in Pierre in a crowd of people who were applauding National Guard men and women riding past on flatbed trailers. A local unit of Guard members had just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, and the whole town turned out to welcome them home.

By Terry Woster , May 29, 2010

300 years of service: Local family compiles long military record

There was never any question among the seven Bridge brothers that they would do their part for America if the opportunity arose. “All the Bridge boys were very patriotic,” said Clifford Bridge, 79, of Yankton, who served a total of 27 years in two branches of the military during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

By Ross Dolan , May 29, 2010