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The decision closes the three-day trial of Reed Bender, 38, of Mitchell, who faced a Class 1 misdemeanor charge. As both sides made their final closing arguments, the jury began deliberating Bender’s case that stemmed from a Sept. 14, 2020, Mitchell Board of Education meeting in which Bender refused to wear a mask that resulted in an altercation between him and police officers.

MITCHELL, S.D. — Reed Bender, the man removed from a Mitchell Board of Education meeting for not wearing a face mask, surrendered himself to law enforcement Thursday afternoon, Oct. 29.

District could enter into agreement for service

A local newspaper has been livestreaming school board meetings for Mitchell School District in South Dakota since July, and the board is debating whether to formalize the practice or set up its own system.

The Mitchell Board of Education's regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021.

If we start using stun guns and billy clubs and handcuffs on people who refuse to wear masks, do you suppose that will fix the problem? Or will the chasm between us grow larger?

Guidelines for 2021-22 to be posted on district website, which includes no mask mandate Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Patrons who want a say in how the Mitchell School District approaches the 2021-22 school year in terms of pandemic safety protocols will get their chance soon. Administrators with the district will be posting preliminary return-to-school protocols on the school district website and invite the public to review and send comments on returning to school as the pandem...

Upgrade will help regulate temperature in kitchen Written By: Erik Kaufman | × Mitchell Board of Education (Republic file photo) After a school year of Mitchell Technical College offices being up to 30 degrees colder than other rooms around the campus, the Mitchell Board of Education Monday approved the purchase of an air-handling unit that is expected to remedy the problem. The board approved the action by unanimous vote at the Mitchell Career & Technical Education Academy dur...

Our view: A lot of griping, not enough voting Once again, we saw that there’s a big divide between talking on social media and making comments behind a keyboard and actually making the five-minute effort to vote.  Written By: Mitchell Republic Editorial Board | 11:37 am, Jun. 10, 2021 × Voters fill out their ballots while voting in the June 8, 2021 election at the Mitchell Career and Technical Education Academy. (Matt Gade / Republic) Another local election has come an...

Lanier, Bates seek to unseat Mayor Bob Everson