Luke Hagen was promoted to editor of the Mitchell Republic in 2014. He has worked for the newspaper since 2008 and has covered sports, outdoors, education, features and breaking news. He can be reached at lhagen@mitchellrepublic.com.
Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Diony navigated English when her family moved to Huron for her dad’s career. Huron’s population is diverse and Diony was surrounded by classmates with brown faces like hers.
Council President Kevin McCardle’s statement about running for mayor was met with a short and simple response from Mayor Everson, who said “get a petition.”