Getting nervous about cooking that Thanksgiving turkey? What about choosing a wine for a holiday meal?
The Daily Republic is here to help, with how-to videos about both topics on our How-To Videos site.
The turkey-cooking tips are provided by Dan Brown, a graduate of Mitchell Technical Institute’s [...]
A new community-run thrift store will open in Wilmot this Saturday.
The Replay Thrift Store, created by the local Horizons community group, is on Main Street in the Giggliotti’s Building. A ribbon cutting will be held at 1:30 p.m., and a presentation by Martha Lanes on a recent trip [...]
It's been my experience that, generally speaking, the truer the criticism of a public official, the more defensive the public official becomes when the criticism is raised.
It's a natural human reaction. When someone or something threatens to pierce the protective shield we've built around ourselves, we go into' [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Heidepriem, of Sioux Falls, is trying to drum up some publicity today with a press conference and a news release that describes the state's budget situation as "startling."
When Gov. Mike Rounds was in Mitchell recently, he estimated next year's potential budget deficit to [...]
The Daily Republic reported today that the clock is ticking on Davison County's use of nearly $8 million in low-interest money made available by the federal economic stimulus program. The money must be used by late next year, or it will be lost. So far, county commissioners have [...]
Watertown Finance Officer Tracy Turbak said funding several newly-hired firefighter positions poses a problem after grant money runs out. “So in about 2013 we’re going to have essentially five full-time positions on the city’s dollar with no grant funds involved,” he told the Finance Committee on Tuesday. “So that’s something [...]
Daily Republic photo/Laura Wehde
We've learned that the Mitchell Aquatic Club has chosen the former Campbell's automotive garage on North Main as the site of a temporary, above-ground training pool. The club has been scrambling to a find a practice site since the Mitchell Middle' [...]
From Politico:
Sen. John Thune is trying to build support to end the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a move bound to cause heartburn for Democrats wary of strong anti-bailouts sentiment among voters.
Thune, the No. 4 leader in the Republican Conference, plans to introduce a [...]
The Watertown City Council on Monday approved adopting an ordinance that regulates transferring certain on-sale liquor licenses within and for the municipality to three years after a property annexation. City Attorney Stanton Fox told the council a new sentence stating the ordinance isn’t an attempt to affect any license annexed [...]
Daily Republic columnist and Hog House blogger Denise Ross pointed out a recent column by The New York Times' David Brooks on John Thune. It seems Mr. Brooks is quite impressed -- maybe even infatuated -- with our junior senator and his presidential potential.
An excerpt from' [...]
From today's Hisses and Cheers on Page 4 of The Daily Republic:
HISSES to Monday’s court ruling that will keep private the identity of a donor who gave $750,000 to the 2006 abortion-ban campaign in South Dakota. When people donate giant sums of money to influence our lawmaking [...]
According to news reports, we should be able to view the Leonid Meteor Shower late Monday night into Tuesday morning. Meteors should streak through the sky at about 20 to 30 per hour.
[...]Entering its final days, contractors and project officials of the 212-81 construction project are busy going over punch lists of unfinished items. Most work will be completed by the conclusion of the weekend according to Dana Gulbrandson, project supervisor of T&R Contracting.
Penalties, now at $1,800 a day, would increase to [...]
If you missed the incredible finish last night in the 11B state championship game between Winner and Tri-Valley, you can watch the video below. Congrats to the Winner Warriors for winning 12-6.
For more coverage of the game from The Daily Republic, click here.
[...]About 35 protesters marched Thursday morning against the tribal council and engaged in a heated exchange with Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate leaders over alleged wrongdoings and a surprise lockout of elderly women from their regular gathering space.
Intended to focus on the dismissal of Michael J. Roberts, the former chief executive [...]
Hot on the heels of a CNN piece, the New York Times columnist David Brooks pens an ode to South Dakota’s very own Sen. John Thune.
Lot of attention. Just remember where you came from, Senator . . .
[...]Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is being targeted in ads after her vote last Saturday against the House health care reform bill.
According to Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a progressive activist organization dedicated to electing progressives to Congress, the group plans to spend $20,000 targeting [...]
CNN’s Dana Bash writes on the possibility of a presidential run by Sen. John Thune.
[...]In case you haven't heard, the schedule has now been set for next week's H1N1 flu vaccination clinic at the Corn Palace:
The free clinic will be from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.
Vaccinations will be offered only to pregnant women, individuals between the ages of six months' [...]
Watertown Mayor Gary Williams on Tuesday told Alderwoman Nancy York the city would need permission from the federal government to relocate the bus barn because it covered the cost of constructing it. “So it would be easier to do a facelift to make it look like an attractive building,” he [...]
A photo of Dave Knudson, taken Tuesday in our conference room.
(Photo by Laura Wehde/Republic)
Last week, somebody from GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Knudson's staff called and asked to visit with us during an upcoming campaign stop in Mitchell. Knudson came to our' [...]
Worried calls to City Hall over a suspected fuel spill in the southwest part of the city last weekend are unfounded, according to the acting city engineer Sarah Caron.
The Second Street Storm Sewer project, a portion of which runs along Fourth Avenue to the Big Sioux River, runs through an [...]
The South Dakota Board of Education approved new high school graduation requirements at a meeting Nov. 2. During the 2009 legislative session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 185, which eliminated the basic, or standard, pathway to graduation. That will require many school districts, including Watertown, to revamp minimum graduation requirements.
Under [...]
The South Connector became a reality this summer, with work beginning from 29th Street East to U.S. Highway 81. Monday night, the third public meeting for phase two of the project was held at the Watertown Event Center.
Representatives from the S.D. Department of Transportation, the city of Watertown and HDR [...]
From the Associated Press this afternoon:
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge on Monday decided in favor of State Rep. Roger Hunt of Brandon in a ruling that keeps secret the name of an anonymous donor who gave $750,000 to the 2006 abortion ban campaign in South Dakota.
[...]
Word on the street is that former VP candidate Sarah Palin will be in Sioux Falls next month as part of her book tour.
Palin is said to be appearing at Barnes & Noble Sunday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m. to sign copies of “Going Rogue: An American Life.” The book [...]
GOP U.S. House candidate Blake Curd, of Sioux Falls, issued a news release Sunday about U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D. Curd took issue with the timing of Herseth Sandlin's announcement that she planned to vote "no"on the House health-care bill.
"... In the same manner that Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin [...]
Local members of the media just got this e-mail from Corn Palace Director Mark Schilling:
The Mitchell area POD (Point of Distribution) will be meeting tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers to plan for an upcoming mass vaccination tentatively scheduled to be held at the Corn [...]
This Dominican Republic child was photographed hugging a food box given to his family at “Kilo 16,” a remote village of migrant farm workers visited by Impact Lives workers during the first day of food distribution in that country. (Photo by Janell Tolly)
If you [...]
The merger is complete and official. South Dakota-based Sanford Health and North Dakota-based MeritCare Health System announced Monday the two organizations have merged to become one of the country’s largest integrated health care systems.
Operating under the new corporate name of Sanford Health-MeritCare, the southern region will continue to be known [...]
The number of housing starts in Watertown in the last two months is the highest recorded in more than two years. That may be a sign that things are improving economically in the area.
The good news may be tempered, however, by the fact some of the dwellings under construction are [...]
Many school districts are sharply raising fees for sports and other extracurriculars in what’s known as “pay to play” — a move that angers many parents. Some object imposing heavy fees for extracurricular activities. They argue the fee merely widens the gap between haves and have-nots. Others, however, say such [...]
