VERMILLION — Parkston is perfect once again. Building a three-score halftime lead, the top-seeded Trojans never looked back, finishing off a second undefeated season in four years with a 36-6 victory over rival Platte-Geddes in the Class 9AA championship on Thursday night at the DakotaDome. The win marked Parkston’s second nine-man championship and third overall, as the Trojans handed Platte-Geddes its first-ever title game loss. “This is awesome. We said we wanted our own ring, and we came and got one,” said Parkston senior Mason Jervik, the contest's Most Outstanding Back. “The support that we get from our community, all the fans that we had today, this was for them, too. It was all amazing.” Platte-Geddes planted an early seed of doubt, leaning heavily on workhorse back Landon Keiser to produce a touchdown — his 13th of the 2026 playoffs — on the Black Panthers’ first drive and a 6-0 lead, but it was all Trojans from there. “We just had to take it one play at a time.
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MITCHELL — Marty Christensen and others hope to honor the memory of a friend by checking off one of his bucket list items. Christensen seeks to bring a public access gun range to Mitchell. This is a task that avid outdoorsman and former District 20 Legislator Lance Carson, sought to accomplish before he died. Carson had multiple heart attacks, he said. "I just had the privilege of being his doctor and saved his life hundreds of times," Christensen said. During its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Davison County Commission approved an agreement to be signed with the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks (GFP) for a $800,000 federal grant toward constructing a new $1.4 million 600-yard gun range at the Davison County Fairgrounds near the corner of West Havens Avenue and 406th Avenue. The grant is funded by an 11% federal tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment sold in the United States.
MITCHELL — A local developer hopes to take advantage of lumber prices with a new warehouse on Mitchell’s south side. During its meeting on Monday, the Mitchell Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval for rezoning a plat at 1912 S. Miller St. from urban development to industrial district. The property belongs to Jeremy Jensen and is part of Jensen Design Build. Jensen owns property on the northeast and south of the plat. Commission recommendations are considered by the Mitchell City Council. City Planner Mark Jenniges noted the rezoning is a necessary step so that Jensen’s property next to the building site can be replatted and then considered later by the commission. A building permit is to follow after the plat merge. “That's the purpose of this whole rezone,” Jenniges said. Jensen is building a 220-foot long addition at his 10-acre house fabrication facility.
