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    November 24, 2014
    Mitchell places seventh in McGovern tournament
    The state’s best speakers and orators competed in Mitchell over the weekend, as the 23rd George McGovern Forensics Tournament took place Friday and Saturday. Awards were presented Saturday to the top finishers in the speech and debate events, which were held at Mitchell High School,...
    news / localNovember 24, 2014 - 7:39am
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    November 20, 2014
    Annual McGovern tournament this weekend
    Twenty-four schools and hundreds of students are coming to the 23rd Annual George McGovern Forensics Tournament this weekend in Mitchell. The event, a speech and debate competition, is free and open to the public. Mitchell debate coach Ron Grimsley said there will be 404 students...
    news / localNovember 20, 2014 - 5:42pm
    November 18, 2014
    Analysis finds EB-5 jobs data used by Rounds is highly elusive
    PIERRE — There was a lot of leeway in a number cited by former-Gov. Mike Rounds during the U.S.
    newsNovember 18, 2014 - 1:13pm
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    October 30, 2014
    Senate hopefuls square off in rowdy final debate
    By James Nord SIOUX FALLS — Three candidates campaigning for South Dakota’s open U.S. Senate seat often ganged up against their Republican opponent in a rowdy debate Wednesday. The discussion at KELO-TV in Sioux Falls was the final debate for Republican Mike Rounds, Democrat...
    news / politicsOctober 30, 2014 - 8:01am
    October 24, 2014
    Sparks fly at Senate debate over DC gridlock and EB-5
    The political deadlock in Washington, D.C., and the EB-5 immigrant-investor scandal in South Dakota came under the harshest attacks during a televised debate among the four candidates for a U.S. Senate seat Thursday night. Former Republican state Sen. Gordon Howie, running as...
    news / politicsOctober 24, 2014 - 7:26am
    August 19, 2014
    Noem, Robinson ignore each other in first debate
    Saying she spends much of her time in Congress "fighting a president and a bureaucracy that don't understand life here in rural America," Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., spent her first debate of 2014 reminding voters of fights she's won and fights she's waging. Noem's foes range from...
    news / politicsAugust 19, 2014 - 8:55pm
    July 22, 2014
    Mitchell trio places at National health conference
    Three Mitchell High School students placed in the top 10 at the National Health Occupation Students of America Conference on June 25-28 in Orlando, Fla. Mason Wenzel, Emma Schmidt and Luke Bartl, who are part of the MCTEA Chapter, took sixth in biomedical debate at nationals, which...
    lifeJuly 22, 2014 - 10:51pm
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    July 10, 2014
    MHS team places 53rd at national debate contest
    Mitchell High School students Mason Wenzel and Luke Bartl placed 53rd out of 284 teams in the public forum debate at The National Speech and Debate Tournament hosted by East Kansas and Three Trails Districts June 15-20 in Overland Park, Kan. The MHS debate team sent a record-high...
    news / localJuly 10, 2014 - 6:31pm
    June 12, 2014
    5 head to national debate event
    The debate team at Mitchell High School has been around for more than 80 years, but it's still covering new ground. Mitchell debate coach Ron Grimsley said a school-best five students will participate in the National Forensic League Speech and Debate Tournament next week in Overland...
    news / localJune 12, 2014 - 9:46pm
    May 16, 2014
    GOP Senate candidates meet in public TV debate
    VERMILLION (AP) — Five Republicans running for U.S. Senate sparred over health care, the budget deficit and Mike Rounds' record as governor in a televised debate Thursday. The debate, which was broadcast on South Dakota Public Broadcasting, was the second meeting for Rounds,...
    news / politicsMay 16, 2014 - 6:53am
    May 15, 2014
    Senate candidates to debate Thursday on SDPB
    VERMILLION (AP) — The five South Dakota Republicans running for U.S. Senate meet Thursday evening in a debate that will be televised statewide. South Dakota Public Broadcasting will carry it live on television and online starting at Thursday at 8 p.m. Central time. It will...
    news / politicsMay 15, 2014 - 7:32am
    March 3, 2014
    3 MHS students qualify for speech/debate nationals
    Bartl, Wenzel, Solberg head to national competition in June
    lifeMarch 3, 2014 - 10:28am
    February 26, 2014
    Speech/debate wrapping up big year
    Mason Wenzel has a chance to accomplish a pair of impressive feats over the next nine days. This weekend, Wenzel, a senior at Mitchell High School, could become the school's second student ever to qualify three times for the national speech and debate tournament. The following weekend,...
    lifeFebruary 26, 2014 - 10:08pm
    November 20, 2013
    MHS to host McGovern debate tournament
    The 22nd annual George McGovern Forensics Tournament will be at Mitchell High School on Friday and Saturday. It is a large speech and debate tournament with competitors from 18 high schools across South Dakota. Tournament staff will be located in or near Room 101/101A at the...
    news / localNovember 20, 2013 - 9:18pm
    March 4, 2013
    Wenzel repeats as state debate champ
    YANKTON -- Mitchell High School debaters nabbed first- and second-place individual awards and had a semifinalist team over the weekend at the state speech and debate tournament. The event in Yankton, known officially as the South Dakota High School Activities Association State...
    life / state / localMarch 4, 2013 - 7:11am
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