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The first time Tessa Dee competed in a pageant, she didn't tell anyone -- except her parents. "It was on a complete whim," she said. That was in Harrisburg in 2011.
Event planners said this year's Fourth of July fireworks display in Mitchell should be fun for the family, with the net worth of the fireworks being $12,500, according to a Mitchell Exchange Club news release. The show will start at dusk Thursday at Lake Mitchell. The fireworks will be shot from Windy Point, just east of the west-end bridge. People can tune into KMIT or KORN radio to listen to patriotic music during the fireworks display. RES Specialty Pyrotechnics, of Belle Plaine, Minn., is handling this year's show.
New season, new exhibits. Corn Palace Director Mark Schilling said the Corn Palace brought in multiple new exhibits this year, which have been grouped into five categories. Most of the exhibits were purchased from the Indiana State Museum. One exhibit, a corn grinding wheel and sheller, was purchased from a company in Iowa, funded through a local donor. Called "Down at the Mill," the exhibit allows people to take an ear of corn and grind it into corn flour. Schilling said on an average day, the exhibit goes through about 500 ears of corn. "It's been a huge hit," Schilling said.
As if children weren't bouncy enough, try directing a play where many of the cast members are rabbits. Brianna Sejnoha and Alison Day balance giving stage directions with just getting their cast members to maintain a silent, seated position. "You want to take the audience to a different world," Brianna Sejnoha said to her cast during Wednesday's dress rehearsal at the Pepsi-Cola Theatre. The Mitchell Area Community Theatre's children's production, "The Velveteen Rabbit," opens at 7:30 Friday at the Pepsi-Cola Theatre. Additional performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
How do you describe a South Dakotan? Resourceful. Patriotic. Friendly. Adventurous. Resilient. Conservative. All those words and more were used by a group of area residents who gathered Saturday afternoon at the Dakota Discovery Museum for the "What makes a South Dakotan?" conversational forum.
Weekend storms brought a mixture of rain, hail and downed power lines but little major damage to the area, according to various experts and authorities. Friday's weather caused power outages in several area communities. Tom Glanzer, company spokesman for Northwestern Energy, said the company had about 30 power lines down, causing about 4,600 customers to lose power around 2:30 p.m. Friday. Woonsocket and Alpena were among the approximately 10 communities that lost power during the outage.
A Plankinton teenager was accidentally shot and wounded Saturday morning, according to authorities. Hanson County Deputy Sheriff Casey Tegethoff said a car with four teenagers was driving eastbound on Interstate 90, near mile marker 337, around 11 a.m. Saturday. Tegethoff said the driver of the vehicle, Logan Evans, 18, of Plankinton, pointed a 9 mm pistol at the victim, who was in the backseat.
A Plankinton teenager was shot and wounded Saturday morning, according to authorities. Hanson County Deputy Sheriff Casey Tegethoff said a car with four teenagers was driving eastbound on Interstate 90, near mile marker 337, around 11 a.m. Saturday. Tegethoff said the driver of the vehicle pointed a pistol at the victim, who was in the backseat.
A Plankinton teenager was shot and wounded Saturday morning, according to authorities. Hanson County Deputy Sheriff Casey Tegethoff said a car with four teenagers was driving eastbound on Interstate 90, near mile marker 337, around 11 a.m. Saturday. Tegethoff said the driver of the vehicle pointed a pistol at the victim, who was in the backseat.
A Plankinton teenager was shot and wounded Saturday morning, according to authorities. Hanson County Deputy Sheriff Casey Tegethoff said a car with four teenagers was driving eastbound on Interstate 90, near mile marker 337, around 11 a.m. Saturday. Tegethoff said the driver of the vehicle pointed a pistol at the victim, who was in the backseat.