Mission News

A lot of well-deserved excitement surrounds the $10 million refurbishing of St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral, a historic edifice on the hill atop Fifth Street and Duluth Avenue overlooking the city of Sioux Falls.

SDAx Attack,0065 Mission, SD, man gets 3 years for ax attack Eds: APNewsNow. PIERRE, S.D. A 44-year-old Mission man will serve more than three years in custody for attacking a Rosebud man with an ax.

PIERRE - Neal Wanless, a young South Dakota rancher who won a $232.1 million Powerball prize four months ago, apparently is pursuing his dream of riding his horse and tending cattle on a spread a bit bigger than his 320-acre family ranch.

30, 2009 Contact: Tom Dravland, Secretary, Department of Public Safety, 605.773.3178 Mission , Wagner to continue driver licensing services PIERRE , S.D. South Dakota 's Department of Public Safety will continue to operate driver licensing stations in Mission and Wagner while closing 15 other sites effective Oct.

Stimulus dollars are going to build a $25 million adult jail on the Rosebud Reservation, but the money for properly operating it isn't guaranteed at this point.

Opponents of a controversial decision last month to permit sexually active gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are meeting in Indianapolis to consider options.

Federal grand jurors in Pierre have indicted a 51-year-old Mission woman for an auto accident that killed another person.

Twenty-two young people and five sponsors from Beavertown God's Missionary Church loaded up on a 32-passenger coach and embarked on an eight-day mission experience to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, S.D., on July 12.

The Todd County Fair is set for August 6th, 7th, and 8th in Mission. Thursday will feature a tractor pedal pull, talent contest and 4-H fashion revue.

MISSION - When Russ Masartis drives by the ball diamond at Horse Creek, he sees young people with few other options for entertainment using it.

Thanks again to our great KSFY viewers who sent us video and pictures from tonight's storm.

Todd County, South Dakota took the brunt of a severe storm which moved through between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight.

No injuries were reported. The National Weather Service says two confirmed tornadoes touched down near Mission, though there were no immediate reports of damage.

Golfball size hail from Sharlie Colombo in Mission, SD. Golfball size hail from a viewer in Yankton, SD.

A state Education Department official was announced Wednesday as University of South Dakota's chief diversity officer.

You'll find a familiar face in the latest edition of People Magazine. South Dakota's newest Powerball winner has earned himself a full page article in the national publication.

Two American Indian colleges in South Dakota are sharing in almost $3.8 million that goes to schools in seven states to provide training programs to recruit and graduate new Indian teachers and school administrators.

His rags to riches story made him famous around the nation, and Tuesday, Neal Wanless can collect his millions.

News outlets have tried to put together as much information as they can on 23-year-old Neal Wanless, who is pocketing $88.5 million, courtesy of a big Powerball win.

Neal Wanless of S.D. won $230 Million, one of the largest lottery jackpots of U.S. history.