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SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is hosting a free benefit concert Monday night to raise money for a musician's wife who is fighting breast cancer. Thirty-nine-year-old Susan Hill, the wife of longtime clarinetist Chris Hill, has been diagnosed with stage four...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Around 500 people gathered at a local church in Sioux Falls on Saturday to bag more than 100,000 meals for hungry children in far off locales like Haiti and Nicaragua. Youth group leaders at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church put the event together. The leaders teamed...

SCOTLAND (AP) -- Elementary school students in the southeastern South Dakota town of Scotland have received a mystery "pay it forward" package filled with $1,000 for the third time in eight years. The anonymous donor, who has been nicknamed "Secret Santa," also sent packages in 2005...

A benefit fund for Caroline Kennedy and family, victims of the Monday house fire on East Seventh Avenue, has been set up at CorTrust Bank, Mitchell. Donations may be made at any Mitchell CorTrust bank. Funds will be used to help defray expenses.

The James Valley Community Center's Gift Tree to Fight Hunger needed help last week, and the Mitchell community responded in an overwhelming fashion. Senior Services Director Jessica Pickett and Amy Hurt, the city of Mitchell's senior services coordinator, said $6,793 had been...

First National Bank South Dakota in Mitchell has selected the Mitchell Snack Pack program as its charity project for the holidays.

The 2012 Mitchell United Way Campaign is drawing to a close as the official end date is Nov. 2. The awards luncheon is planned for Nov. 16. Dave Stevens, executive director of the United Way, said pledges received so far are running about 9 percent behind the page a year ago....

The Rural Office of Community Services Inc. (ROCS) is offering a School Supply Program for eligible low-income families. The ROCS School Supply Program provides a $20 voucher per school-aged child (K-12) to purchase necessary school supplies so that children can participate fully...

MINNEAPOLIS - Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota said today that it is working with the ELCA Northeastern Minnesota Synod Office and the national office of Lutheran Disaster Response to respond to the flood disaster in Duluth and other communities. "Right now, people need to focus...

The Artesian, Letcher, Mount Vernon Community Foundation Board of Directors met recently to award its semi-annual grants. The following distributions were approved: • Letcher Community Development Foundation for $1,000 for new chairs and tables at the Letcher Community...