7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (899+ words) VERMILLION, S.D. — Charles Pierre Jr. didn’t need long to remind everyone what he can do when he’s healthy. After spending the better part of the past year working his way back from an ACL injury that ended his 2025 season after just…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago   (589+ words) BROOKINGS — Tight end can be a feast or famine position. On a Beef Bowl Saturday night, the Jacks’ tight ends ate well in SDSU’s 57-14 win over New Haven at Dykhouse Stadium. In the win over the Chargers, SDSU was already…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (718+ words) MITCHELL — After months of planning and a delay from its planned spring groundbreaking, construction is finally getting underway on a new housing development near Hitchcock Park. Van Buskirk Companies broke ground Thursday, Sept. 10, on Hitchcock Homes, a 26-unit development on…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (569+ words) MITCHELL — One permit down, one to go. That’s what Mitchell Mayor Jordan Hanson told attendees Thursday night in a packed second-floor space at the Thomsen Center Archeodome at the Mitchell Indigenous Archaeological Site and Museum, overlooking Lake Mitchell. The city…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (879+ words) Thousands of South Dakota drivers who have habitat conservation license plates have not actually made a financial contribution to protect habitat for wildlife. That’s because unlike some other states, where drivers’ habitat contributions are collected during license-plate transactions, South Dakota…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (248+ words) MITCHELL — A Spearfish man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Davison County felony court to three prostitution-related charges stemming from alleged activity in the county. Mark Allen Spath Sr., 48, entered the pleas Sept. 8 following his indictment by a Davison County grand…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (709+ words) MITCHELL — Hugh Holmes is well known for his advocacy work on the behalf of South Dakota veterans. He has long been involved in local and state American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations, his advocacy reflecting a belief that…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (373+ words) MITCHELL — An individual exhibiting “unusual behaviors” prompted a police response to Mitchell Middle School Wednesday afternoon, but all students were safe and secure following the encounter. The Mitchell School District issued an alert at 1:34 p.m. Thursday afternoon. “During an…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (174+ words) MITCHELL — What all goes into being a college football player at Dakota Wesleyan University? Weight lifting. Classes. Film study. Homework. And a lot more. The DWU football team picked up its first win of the season on Saturday when it…...