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For the fourth consecutive year, Victory Media has named Mitchell Technical Institute to the Military Friendly Schools list. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and to ensure their success on campus.
In a perfect world, young Iszabella Morgan would be alive today, running and playing, attending classes and doing everything that a little girl does. But the world isn't perfect, as brutally demonstrated in March 2012, when Morgan died in an accident related to drunken driving. In the months since, her family and friends worked hard to preserve her memory and, if nothing else, provide a difficult reminder that drinking and driving absolutely do not mix.
The KMIT Shoot Out is Sunday at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell. The event begins with tee times starting at 9 a.m., and the cost is $45 per golfer. There are two-man teams and participants will golf 27 holes. To register, call 605-995-8460.
PIERRE -- At the request of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed Sept. 20 as "POW/MIA Recognition Day," calling on all South Dakotans to honor those men and women who fought bravely for our freedoms.
Craig Guymon, formerly of Mitchell, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail for voter fraud. Guymon, who has since moved to Platte, voted twice in the June Mitchell school...
Mitchell Police Department CAD Press Log 9/10/2013 From: 9/9/2013 to 9/9/2013 Call: Incident: Type: Date/Time: 16210 201312694 9/9/2013 0:28 MENTAL CASES Press Remarks: BRULE COUNTY DEPUTY CALLED OUT TO TRY...
In 1965, as political tensions escalated in southeast Asia and specifically in Vietnam, President Lyndon Johnson assured America that he was thoroughly against sending U.S. troops abroad to fight a war that had nothing to do with our country. "We are not about to send American boys 9,000 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves," Johnson said during a nationally televised speech. Of course, America did jump into Vietnam, and we did it during Johnson's tenure. What a morass it turned out to be.
Councilman Travis Carpenter argued vehemently for buying the Longhorn for $1, and I angrily opposed him. I won, and the city didn't buy the building at that time. Travis left the council at the end of his term, and the Longhorn sat there, progressively getting worse. Eventually, I came to admit Councilman Carpenter had been right; the city needed to buy the building and move on.
Community health centers play a crucial role in providing South Dakotans with high-quality health care. In 2012, CHC treated 56,000 patients in more than 200,000 visits to their clinics. This includes 12,000 patients who received dental care and 20,000 patients who do not have health insurance. There are six primary clinics across South Dakota and each of them has several satellite facilities.
HISSES to the escalating costs associated with the Longhorn building in downtown Mitchell. The tally now is approximately $500,000 that the city will pay to tear down the Longhorn and...