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A local veterans group is undertaking a massive fundraising effort to renovate their new building. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2750 in Mitchell is seeking about $253,000 in donations in an attempt to return their post home to its former glory after being forced to move out of...

HURON (AP) — Donations continue to flow in for a new 4-H exhibit hall at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron. The state's Department of Agriculture says the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, the SD 4-H Foundation and the state...

Just a few months ago, James Patterson finished giving away $1 million to more than 175 independent bookstores nationwide. Now, the bestselling thriller writer is turning to schools with a similar grant program. Monday morning, Patterson announced his plan to give away $1.25 million...

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...