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🌱 I-90 traffic detours through Mitchell’s Exit 332 ramps tonight

Mitchell, South Dakota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Mitchell! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • I-90 traffic detours through Mitchell’s Exit 332 ramps tonight
  • Mitchell gun range advances, with funding and farmland questions unresolved
  • Dakota Valley earns another state berth on Mitchell’s court

Also on today's calendar: Crochet Club and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 54 and low of 28 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 41, low: 23.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 41 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Overnight I-90 Detour At Exit 332 In Mitchell (espnsiouxfalls.com) — Both directions of I-90 at Mitchell’s Exit 332 will detour through the interchange ramps from 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, until 6 a.m. Thursday as crews remove light towers. Highway 37 beneath the overpass will have one lane in each direction, with flaggers directing traffic through the intersection.
   

2. New Davison County gun range planned west of fairgrounds (mitchellrepublic.com) — A proposed $1.4 million public gun range at Mitchell’s Davison County Fairgrounds moved forward Tuesday when county commissioners approved an agreement for an $800,000 federal grant. Organizers also hope to seek city funding, while Mitchell Tech says the project could displace farmland used for classes. Additional approvals are still needed.
   

3. SoDak 16 playoff volleyball roundup for Nov. 10: Dakota Valley holds off Tatanka for Class A state spot (mitchellrepublic.com) — Dakota Valley secured its eighth straight Class A state volleyball tournament berth Tuesday at Mitchell High School, beating Lakota Tech in four sets. Aubree Worden led the Panthers with 20 kills. Dakota Valley will face second-seeded Dell Rapids in the Nov. 19 quarterfinals in Sioux Falls.
   

4. Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week: Howard senior likes being a part of the community (dakotanewsnow.com) — Howard senior Hoyt Kizer plans to study precision agriculture or agronomy at Mitchell Tech, then bring those skills back to his family’s farm. The FFA president and multisport athlete, who holds a 3.94 GPA, earned a $250 Central Electric Cooperative scholarship as a Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Week.
   

5. Watertown School Board Approves $70,000 Design Contract for Lake Area Tech Radiologic Technology Program (northeastradiosd.com) — Mitchell’s established radiologic technology program has more than 50 students, according to Sanderson, who cited it while discussing changes in training across South Dakota. The supplied excerpt emphasizes growing demand for imaging closer to rural patients’ homes, allowing quicker diagnosis and treatment without as much travel.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mitchell

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Mitchell

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.