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Guest Editorial: Newspapers are community

Guest Editorial for National Newspaper Week by Keith Anderson, director of news, ECM Publishers, Coon Rapids, Minn.   There are hundreds of beautiful towns in the United States. And each of them has a claim to fame. Whether it’s the Fire Hydrant Capital of the world in Albertville, Ala., the giant statue of Paul Bunyan welcoming visitors to Brainerd, Minn., […]

Plane goes down near Glenham

By Katie Zerr – A Mobridge pilot took a wild ride Tuesday, Oct. 7, as a small plane, bucking a strong wind, made an unplanned landing in a cornfield south of Glenham. Virgil Lenling, longtime Mobridge resident and local pilot and flight instructor, was a passenger in a Piper PA31-350, fixed wing, multi engine airplane owned by Aircraft Unlimited in […]

Council deals with fee hike, Phansteil

Sewer rates, the ongoing Phansteil building problem and change orders for the outdoor pool project spurred debate and tough decisions Monday, Oct. 6, for the Mobridge City Council. Ted Dickey of the Northeast Council of Governments, who is researching the funding mechanism for the more than $2 million clarifier project, told the council getting grants and loans from the State […]

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Former Walworth County State’s Attorney Christopher Jansen’s arraignment hearing has been continued at the request of his attorney. Jansen, who is facing multiple charges on the state and federal level related to sexual abuse of children, was scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Tuesday, Oct. 7 in Hughes County Court in Pierre. That arraignment was continued until Wednesday, Nov. […]