Service projects central to annual event
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Dakota Wesleyan University students, staff and faculty took part in DWU Cares recently. The annual event sees representatives from the school performing service projects throughout the community, such as picking up trash on Cabela Drive. (Submitted Photo)
The annual Dakota Wesleyan University Cares event, a combination of the former Great Wesleyan Giveback and A Day for Wesleyan events, was held May 4-5.
The service project spans two days for students, faculty and staff to fan out across the Mitchell community performing service projects preceding the annual online event designed to raise money for the Wesleyan Scholarship Fund.
First permit in the matter will go before the South Dakota Supreme Court Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
The land of John Millan and Kenneth Hostler is displayed on the monitor at the front of the room during a Davison County Drainage Commission meeting April 20, 2021 at the Davison County North Offices in Mitchell. Millan and Hostler have been on opposite sides of a fight over a drainage permit between Mitchell and Mount Vernon. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)
For a third time, Davison County on Tuesday approved a controversial drainage permit application, which has already been entangled in a year-long court battle upon prior approvals.
I was in Minneapolis just a few miles from the hwy. 35 bridge when it collapsed in 2007, I have been fascinated with bridges and road projects ever since. Now, that drew worldwide attention to the importance of bridge maintenance - I certainly learned a lot. I learned about the Washington, D.C. based American Road & Transportation Builders Association, or ARTBA, advocates strong investment in transportation infrastructure. Today, they put out a list of how the bridges are in each state.
Unfortunately, Iowa s are dead last. ARTBA s website shows Iowa s bridges remain the most structurally deficient in America. We re also number two in the nation in percentage of structurally deficient bridges. The worst is West Virginia.
Council to approve grant funds for demolishing home near Dry Run Creek
The grant money would help the city of Mitchell demolish the 508 W. Ash St. home that sits along Dry Run Creek in the floodplain area, making it a hazardous property. Written By: Sam Fosness | ×
The entrance of Mitchell City Hall at 612 N. Main St. (Matt Gade / Republic)
The Mitchell City Council will consider approving a federal grant during Monday’s meeting that will support the demolition and acquisition of a home on 508 W. Ash St near Dry Run Creek.
Both the state of South Dakota and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have contributed to the project, which is part of the city’s hazard mitigation grant program that stemmed from the September 2019 flooding that struck Mitchell. The council will take action on approving the $49,600 in combined contributions from the state and FEMA during Monday’s meeting at City Hall.
Hiking Options for New Year s Day
Ideas for Your First Weekend Hike
New Jersey s State Parks have cancelled their annual First Day Hikes on New Year s Day 2021 to avoid the large gatherings in state parks.
Wintry weather is predicted for this weekend, so why not keep an eye on the forecast and try to fit in a First Weekend hike on D&R Greenway s preserved lands? Be sure to wear sturdy boots!
This winter hike takes you past an abandoned quarry and 18th Century oaks, bringing you shoulder-to-shoulder with Washington s Army. writes the
Delaware River Towns Magazine in a story about D&R Greenway s Rockhopper Trail (pages 80-81). Sections of Rockhopper were used by the Continental Army when marching to the Battle of Monmouth. One end of the 9.3-mile hike starts at the edge of Lambertville and climbs toward Route 518. Learn more here.