Mitchell & Davidson County, South Dakota

The Mitchell City Council approves a $75,000 contract for Pro Contracting to install the Corn Palace Murals.

As conservation farming practices continue to grow in popularity, many are looking to states like South Dakota to keep farmland healthy and workable for the future.

Visitors may notice something different at the World’s Only Corn Palace: faces plastered on the walls and the words “In Mitchell, conservation is tradition. Protect it.”

Well over $30 million is being endowed to Dakota Wesleyan and the Mitchell School District — all to create a path from pre-K to college for the community.

When the Mitchell Fire and EMS department considered ending services for people outside city limits, first responders had to rally support for a new tax to keep the service running.

Some conversations and arguments surrounding a proposed prison site in Mitchell were brought forward in an organized community debate.

The cost of land for a proposed prison site in Mitchell is now nearly double its original price tag. Landowner James River Farms increased its asking price from $18,000 to $35,000 per acre.

While discussions around a new state prison continue, one of the proposed sites is holding community forums to provide information to the public.

Opposition to a proposal to build a state men’s prison in Mitchell is growing. A second major city leader who previously backed the idea is now coming out against the project.

The Davison County Sheriff said after hearing strong resistance from the public, he is dropping support for a proposal to build the state men's penitentiary to Mitchell.