Luke Hagen

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Luke Hagen

Jun. 3—MITCHELL — What's Muth Electric's vision for the future? Hear about it from the company's president and CEO David Muth, who took over his new position at the beginning of the year. Also sitting in on the interview is Dick Muth, founder of Muth Electric. "One important thing we've done is we've changed our mission statement," David Muth said. "We added a value of safety and well-being of our employees.

3 weeks ago | mitchellrepublic.com | Luke Hagen

PIERRE — It’s been more than a decade since South Dakota saw this kind of pheasant hunting success. An estimated 1.3 million pheasants were harvested during the 2024-25 season, according to newly released numbers by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department. The last time the harvest was that high was in 2012 at 1.4 million birds. The GFP commission will hear more about last season’s pheasant hunting numbers during its regular June meeting held Thursday and Friday in Aberdeen.

1 month ago | mitchellrepublic.com | Luke Hagen

MITCHELL — The Best of Mitchell results are live! Hear from Josh Moody and Steve Van Genderen, owners of Dakota Physical Therapy and True Fitness in Mitchell, whose businesses won multiple categories in Best of Mitchell. More than 15,000 votes were cast in the contest. So what's made DPT and True Fitness successful? "We've invested in the community," Van Genderen said. "And the community does just an outstanding job supporting us. We're a small business in a little bit of a bigger town.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Luke Hagen

May 23—MITCHELL — Mike Bathke was elected in June 2023 for first stint as a Mitchell city councilman. Bathke, who says he speaks from the heart during meetings, has regularly voiced his opinions and thoughts on major topics the City of Mitchell Government is facing despite being a new face on the council. After having his spot for nearly two years, Bathke says a lot of the decisions of the council are "deeply discussed" before meetings even begin.

1 month ago | mitchellrepublic.com | Luke Hagen

MITCHELL — Mike Bathke is about 11 months into his first stint as a Mitchell city councilman. He was elected to his first term last year and represents Ward 3. Bathke, who says he speaks from the heart during meetings, has regularly voiced his opinions and thoughts on major topics the city of Mitchell is facing despite being a new face on the council. After having his spot for nearly one year, Bathke says a lot of the decisions of the council are "deeply discussed" before meetings even begin.