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One of the former Corn Palace domes rests in the grass across from Muth Electric at 730 N. Kimball St. in Mitchell. (Matt Gade / Republic)

History Jul 12th 2019 - 3pm

Where the domes go to die: Five years ago, Palace pulled its old domes down

A lineup of Ford Pinto cars are pictured at a past Pinto Stampede, which will be coming into Mitchell Thursday and Friday to cap a five-day tour of South Dakota and Nebraska. (Courtesy photo)

Travel Jul 11th 2019 - 4pm

Small Pinto Stampede rolling into town

Shown here is the corner of the corroding exterior wall on the Carnegie Resource Center. (Sam Fosness / Republic)

Community Jun 5th 2019 - 8am

Keeping up Mitchell's home for history

Many of the historical artifacts on display at the Dakota Discovery Museum include federal documents and inmate logs from the Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum near Canton, which was open for 31 years in the early 1900s. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)

Community Nov 13th 2018 - 7am

Museum exhibit sheds light on painful past

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1,500-year-old pre-Viking era sword discovered in a Swedish lake by Saga Vanecek. Courtesy / JÖNKÖPINGS LÄNS MUSEUM

Community Oct 8th 2018 - 9am

‘Daddy, I found a sword!’: 8-year-old former Minn. girl finds 1,500-year-old pre-Viking era relic in Swedish lake

From left to right: Ron Dufek, vice president of the Geddes historical society, and U.S. Legislative Representative Julie Bartling hands over the official bill that proclaims Aug. 27 as the Peter Norbeck working holiday to Irene Merkwan, president of the Geddes historical society. (Sam Fosness /Republic)

Community Aug 27th 2018 - 10am

Celebrating Norbeck, ‘a pioneer’ for South Dakota

Amelia Earhart in 1928. Photo from the Library of Congress

Community Jul 26th 2018 - 8am

Dozens heard Amelia Earhart's final, chilling pleas for help, researchers say

A firing squad, led by former Harrison Camp 53-2 Commander Norman Weber, honors Civil War veteran Timothy Peters in Alexandria, S.D. Ellen Bardash / Forum News Service

Community Jun 25th 2018 - 8am

Civil War veteran honored with long-awaited headstone

U.S. Navy personnel carry the casket of WWII U.S. Navy sailor Julius Pieper during a reburial service at the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Seventy four years to the day after their ship hit a mine off the coast of Normandy and sunk, Julius Pieper was finally reunited with his twin brother Ludwig. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Community Jun 21st 2018 - 8am

Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

Community Jun 11th 2018 - 8am

Ya sure: Regional dialects persist across Upper Midwest

Capt. Frederick Benteen's Lemaire military binoculars, which were saved from a barn fire at Benteen's home in Atlanta, are among the items from Benteen in Heritage Auctions' Legends of the West Auction. Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com

Community Jun 7th 2018 - 7pm

A lock of Custer's hair, Sitting Bull's rifle featured in auction of Little Bighorn collection

Jimmy Traupel, 93, of Mitchell, is a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran having served in World War II as a Staff Sgt. from 1942 to 1945. When asked what he thinks about most on Memorial Day, Traupel said he reflects on his crew, in the picture, he flew with during the war. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Community May 26th 2018 - 8am

A day of memory: WWII veteran reflects humbly on close calls

Jack Thurman, a Mitchell native and marine during World War II who was at Iwo Jima, looks at a display of historical references to Thurman's time during WWII. (Matt Gade / Republic)

Community May 25th 2018 - 8am

The flag of Iwo Jima and the 'Gung Ho' photo

To confirm the wreck's identity, REMUS descended to just 30 feet above the wreck where it was able to capture photos of a key distinguishing feature of the San José-its cannons. MUST CREDIT: REMUS image, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Community May 23rd 2018 - 8pm

A robot submarine found the 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks'

On May 15, Mel Lubbers of Mitchell will take a one-day Honor Flight to the Korean War Memorial and visit other Washington, D.C., attractions. (Mark Andersen / Republic)

Community May 12th 2018 - 9am

Not everyone forgot the Korean War

Two human footprint trackways at White Sands National Monument. MUST CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Matthew Bennett/Bournemouth University

Community Apr 25th 2018 - 2pm

'Unique in the world' fossil footprints show a human chasing an extinct giant sloth

Community Nov 27th 2017 - 3pm

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