MITCHELL — After a 17-year hiatus, Mitchell will play host to Arts in the Park in July.

The Mitchell City Council unanimously approved a special event permit on Monday that paved the way for Arts in the Park to be held on July 26-28 at Hitchcock Park.

“We now have 40 vendors who have already submitted applications. We’re looking to have over 100 art vendors,” said Jordan Hanson, who helped organize the event.

The event will bring artists from around the region to showcase their work and offer demonstrations.

For decades, Mitchell hosted Arts in the Park at Hitchcock Park. The event ended in 2007 after the death of a longtime organizer. Hanson said the three-day event was averaging total attendance numbers of around 9,000.

Nancy Conzemius played an instrumental role in past Arts in the Park, and she set out to revive it with the help of Hanson.

According to the map, the art vendors would be positioned along the road that stretches through the center of the park. The Hitchcock Park bandshell would serve as the music stage. A car show and kids events are also planned to be located along the north edge of the park.

Dr. Lucky’s Bar will be hosting a block party along Second Avenue on May 25.

The council approved the special event permit on Monday to allow the block party event.

Live music and food vendors are among the features of the block party.

Sam Fosness joined the Mitchell Republic in May 2018. He was raised in Mitchell, S.D., and graduated from Mitchell High School. He continued his education at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, where he graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in English. During his time in college, Fosness worked as a news and sports reporter for The Volante newspaper.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Educators from across South Dakota gathered Monday for the annual Technology In Education Conference.

The TIE Conference has been around for almost three decades.

Organizers say that as the world of education evolves, so do the needs of students and teachers. This event helps highlight tools that are available and helps teachers to connect.

“Our theme this year is ………..keep impacting students,” said Dana Livermont with Black Hills Special Services Cooperative.

This year’s conference will host over 750 educators from the region on Monday and Tuesday.

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Sitting down and gathering all the needed numbers for your monthly family budget can be nauseating these days. Over the last year, South Dakota workers are in the same boat as many Americans who are faced with the cost of living.

When prioritizing your budget with the essentials each month, the items that are most likely at the top of your list include putting food on the table and keeping the lights on. Your grocery budget has gone through the roof. Utilities have shot up. Then, you add in a mortgage, health care, and transportation.

Little by little the cost of living continues to balloon. And, at the end of the month where does that leave us?

The median annual wage for workers in South Dakota for 2023 was $43,680, as provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Minnesota – $50,880
Iowa – $46,460
North Dakota – $48,830
Nebraska – $46,440

Here’s a break-down of cost of living for the upper plains:

Look at Massachusetts topping the rankings with the highest median wage of $60,690 for individual workers. The lowest median wages in the country are coming in to Mississippi homes at $37,500.