James “Jim” Loomer, 90, of Mitchell, SD, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at his home under hospice care in Mitchell. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Monday, March 14, at United Methodist Church in Alexandria. Burial will be at Green Hill Cemetery in Alexandria. Visitation will be from 1-3:00 PM Sunday, March 13, at Bittner Funeral Chapel with Masonic Rites at 2:30 PM. Arrangements by Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Feb 24, 2021 3:29 PM For the first time in nearly 100 years the South Dakota State FFA Association annual convention will not be held in Brookings. The April 11-13, 2021, event will be held in Rapid City at the Central States Fairgrounds, Kjerstad Events Center and Western Dakota Technical College. FFA executive secretary Dani Herring says COVID-19 caused the 2020 convention to take place virtually and is also behind the move to Rapid City. She says with restrictions on social gatherings and outside visitors still in place on the South Dakota State University campus, the Association Board of Directors voted to move the convention last month (Jan. 22). Additionally, if case numbers spiked, Herring says there was a possibility the event would have to be canceled last-minute.