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Crews work to repair township roads in Bon Homme County earlier this spring. (Luke Hagen / Republic)
Flooding damage and repair costs could linger in SD for years
The recent blizzards and rainstorms that have flooded farm fields and decimated roads across South Dakota have exposed major weaknesses in the...
 News/Weather May 18, 2019 - 8:00am
Dakota Wesleyan University senior pentathalete Kamber Lamer poses for a photo at the Dakota Wesleyan University/Avera Sports and Wellness Complex earlier this week. (Matt Gade / Republic)
Coach error leaves heptathlon star Lamer ineligible for nationals
Kamberlyn Lamer is the top-ranked women’s heptathlete in the NAIA, but she won’t be competing for a national championship at the NAIA Track...
 sports/track and field May 17, 2019 - 7:16pm
Mitchell Police Division. (Republic file photo)
Mitchell man arrested for aggravated assault
A warrant was issued last week for a Mitchell man who was charged with an alleged November assault. According to court documents, police responded...
 News/crime and courts May 17, 2019 - 1:53pm
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Harlan Quenzer July 17, 1949 - May 17, 2019 MITCHELL, S.D. - Harlan Quenzer, 69, Mitchell, died Friday, May 17, in Firesteel Healthcare Center. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, at First United Methodist Church in Mitchell. A...
 May 19, 2019 - 1:48pm
A Mitchell Police Division vehicle. (Republic file photo)
Mitchell man charged with raping 5-year-old
A Mitchell man was charged Monday with raping a 5-year-old girl. Raymond Stransky, 61, now faces three charges in connection with the alleged...
 News/crime and courts May 15, 2019 - 5:33pm
Twin brothers Sean, left, and Mason Kobold will be walking during graduation on Sunday with Mitchell High School. The brothers are the first two students from Behavior Care Specialists to take part in graduation. (Matt Gade / Republic)
A graduation first for Mitchell twins
Mason and Sean Kobold won't be the first people to graduate at the Corn Palace, but their graduation Saturday will mark a different kind of first...
 News/education May 17, 2019 - 6:00am
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LETTER: Kentucky Derby got decision wrong
To the Editor: I have been viewing the Kentucky Derby for 50-some years. The decision to take the winner's race away from Maximum Security when...
 opinion/letters May 19, 2019 - 8:00am
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
State record channel catfish voided 70 years later
PIERRE — A legendary South Dakota fishing record has been taken off the books, 70 years later. The state's record for channel catfish has...
 sports/outdoors May 17, 2019 - 4:04pm
Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post.
There's a multibillion-dollar race to replace eggs
Egg whites are universally accepted as a healthy source of protein. But because they come from chickens, one could worry about animal welfare,...
 Business/Agriculture/News May 19, 2019 - 1:52pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles, Dec. 9, 2016. (Nathanael Turner/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
'I'm just glad the idiot didn't interrupt my Snapchat,' Schwarzenegger says after a guy drop-kicks him
Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared completely unaffected after a man surprised a gym full of people with a flying, two-footed drop kick to the former...
 entertainment May 19, 2019 - 8:55am
Miller nets eight points in second WNBA contest
Mitchell native Macy Miller recorded eight points in her second WNBA preseason game for the Seattle Storm on Friday. The former South Dakota...
 sports/basketball May 18, 2019 - 3:42pm
The widening gap in abortion laws in this country. Photo by The Washington Post.
The widening gap in abortion laws in the US
Alabama has created the nation's strictest abortion ban, the latest attempt to prompt the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade. Gov. Kay Ivey,...
 News/nation May 19, 2019 - 10:35am
An aerial view of the Corn Palace in Mitchell. (Luke Hagen / Republic)
Corn Palace flagpole inoperable after April blizzard causes severe damage
Mitchell's main tourist attraction has been without Old Glory flying high above the center dome on the Corn Palace for the past month after the...
 News/government and politics May 18, 2019 - 8:01am
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LETTER: A theory on Trump and his support
To the Editor: At the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention last February, Mike Lindell (TV's "My Pillow" spokesman)...
 opinion/letters May 18, 2019 - 6:00pm
Mitchell's Drew Kitchens scores a run against Rapid City Stevens on Saturday at Cadwell Park. (Ryan Deal / Republic)
Kernel baseball claims state tourney berth
The Mitchell High School baseball team snapped a three-year drought on Saturday. The Kernels secured a spot in the Class A state tournament with...
 sports/baseball May 18, 2019 - 8:10pm

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