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| 2010 Chamber Ice Fishing Tournament List of Registrants |
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| 10/5/2009 Here is the list of the registrants for the upcoming ice fishing tournament. Do you know your team number? Check on the link below. |
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| 9th Annual Mobridge Chamber Ice Fishing Tournament |
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| 9/18/2009 Rules Meeting Friday, January 8th @ Scherr-Howe Arena. Doors open at 6 pm for social, food, & prizes with rules meeting to follow. |
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| Oscar Howe's widow dies in Indiana |
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| 8/19/2009 As Oscar Howe gained increasing fame as an artist (including the murals at Mobridge's Scherr Howe Arena), his wife Heidi was the spark plug that ignited his career. She not only managed family matters providing him time to make art, she was his business manager and studio assistant. Her organizational skills and her industry were impressive to all who knew the couple. |
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| Where did all that water go? |
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| 8/19/2009 Where does 2.7 million gallons of water go? That is the question to which Mobridge Water Department manager Brad Milliken would like to have answer. |
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| Pool problems may be insurmountable |
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| 8/19/2009 The fate of the Mobridge Swimming Pool is in limbo as problems this season may have pushed the failing facility over the cliff's edge. |
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| Gofren wins South Dakota Walleye Classic |
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| 8/19/2009 Mike Gofren of Antioch, Ill., rallied on the final day to win the South Dakota Walleye Classic in Akaska on Saturday. |
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| Woodward brothers win Selby rodeo titles |
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| 8/11/2009 Dupree brothers Jess and Kody Woodward won titles at the Selby Area Rodeo on Wednesday. |
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| District to reopen concrete bids |
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| 8/11/2009 Hoping to reduce costs and get more local contractors involved in the project, the Mobridge-Pollock School Board decided to change the specs and open bids for concrete work at the new school. |
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| Construction projects may casue delays |
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| 8/11/2009 After a season of relatively quiet road construction, residents of Walworth, Dewey, Corson and Potter counties will see delays, flagmen and pilot cars throughout August. |
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| South Dakota Walleye Classic set for Aug. 12-16 |
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| 7/30/2009 Fishing, entertainment, food and fun; you can find it all at the second annual South Dakota Walleye Classic and Festival in Akaska on Aug. 12-16. |
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| Eureka downs Teeners in regular season finale |
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| 7/30/2009 The Mobridge Teeners rounded out the regular season dropping a 9-3, 7-5 double header to Eureka at Legion Memorial Field on Thursday. |
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| Eight Mobridge homes deemed nuisances |
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| 7/30/2009 City officials have begun taking on the uphill battle of getting rid of nuisance properties in Mobridge. |
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| Man/animal rock crowds at 64th annual Stampede |
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| 7/9/2009 More than 450 cowboys and cowgirls battled for nearly $45,000 in prize money at the 64th annual Sitting Bull Stampede on July 2, 3 and 4. |
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| Water, police departments recognized for service |
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| 7/9/2009 Mobridge Water Department and Police Department employees were recognized for outstanding service to their community by their department heads and the City Council on Monday, July 6. |
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| Groton edges 13-14 Teeners in extra innings |
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| 7/1/2009 In a game that went back and forth and into an extra inning, Groton defeated the 13-14 Teeners 12-11 at Legion Memorial Field on Tuesday. |
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| We're ready: Let the celebration begin |
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| 7/1/2009 As many former residents flock to the Bridge City, volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the event of the year, the Sitting Bull Stampede. |
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| City receives $500,000 grant for intake project |
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| 7/1/2009 Mobridge is among the South Dakota communities that will benefit from the state Board of Water and Natural Resources approval of nearly $31 million in grants and low-interest loans for drinking water, wastewater, rural water, and landfill projects. |
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| 6th Annual Chamber Walleye Classic Tournament Results |
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| 6/13/2009 |
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| 1st Annual MDU Fishing Tournament Results |
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| 6/10/2009 |
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| 6th Annual Chamber Walleye Classic Press Release |
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| 6/1/2009 |
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| Confusing statistics about breeds difficult to understand |
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| 5/28/2009 In researching statistics for this story, this reporter spent hours online trying to find breed-specific statistics on dog bites. |
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| Dog ordinance a 'hot button' issue |
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| 5/28/2009 With reports of problem dogs increasing in the city, Police Chief Mike Nehls requested that the Mobridge City Council review the possibility of passing an ordinance to deal with what are considered "vicious" dogs. |
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| Relay teams dominate Region 6A meet |
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| 5/28/2009 The Tigers and Lady Tigers dominated the relay races while qualifying for state in 15 events at the Region 6A Track and Field Meet in Miller on Thursday. The teams combined to win nine region titles. |
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| Nehls asks for a vicious dog ordinance |
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| 5/19/2009 Mobridge Police Chief Mike Nehls told the Mobridge City Council Monday, May 18, that dogs are becoming more and more of a problem in the city. |
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| Jensen, Frederick lead Tigers to fourth at State B Golf Tournament |
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| 5/19/2009 Dayton Jensen shot a pair of 77s to take eighth place and lead the Tigers at the State B Golf Tournament in Watertown on Monday and Tuesday. |
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| Pearson explains Basin's decision to commission |
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| 5/19/2009 Curt Pearson of Basin Electric Cooperative met with the Walworth County Commissioners on Tuesday, May 19 to explain the company's decision to postpone the start of the power plant project. |
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| Sauer hits state qualifying discus mark |
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| 5/6/2009 Sam Sauer earned a spot in the state meet field when he won the discus at the Eureka Lions Relays on Tuesday. |
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| Anderberg requests ordinance change |
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| 5/6/2009 Thanking Darrell Bender for his service to the community, newly seated Mayor Kyle Jensen Monday, May 4, ushered in a new administration, with a flurry of changes and plans. |
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| New system gives MRH&C staff immediate record access |
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| 5/6/2009 The culmination of years of planning and implementation have come together to give the Mobridge Regional Hospital and Clinics (MRH&C) staff immediate access to important patient information. The system improves the ability of the facility's providers in providing the best healthcare possible to their patients. |
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| Tigers win Big Dakota track title |
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| 4/23/2009 The Tiger boys racked up four wins and scored 123 points to win the team title at the Big Dakota Conference Track and Field Meet at Tiger Stadium on Tuesday. |
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| Fire destroys building at Real Tuff |
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| 4/23/2009 An early morning fire Tuesday, April 21, destroyed the building that houses Real Tuff Manufacturing and much of the company's equipment. |
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| Council decides on water rate increase |
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| 4/23/2009 Mobridge residents now know how much they will be paying for water, but the decision was not made without more controversy. The City Council Monday, April 20, decided on the increase amounts after another round of in depth discussion. |
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| Area get 'dumped on' again |
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| 4/1/2009 The latest round of spring storms brought heavy snow to many areas of the state including about a foot of snow in areas west of Mobridge. |
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| Novice fisherman class to be held |
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| 4/1/2009 Mobridge-Pollock High School science teacher, Marty Looyenga, has been asking students if they fish or not. The answer has been only about two in 10, so Looyenga has decided to see if he can do something about it. |
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| More moisture adds to spring woes |
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| 4/1/2009 As the area digs out from under another spring snowstorm, residents are making comparisons to the spring of 1997, when storm after storm pounded the area. |
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| Spring storms leaves area roads covered in ice |
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| 3/25/2009 South Dakotans in the western half of the state got a dose of an old-fashioned spring snowstorm Monday and Tuesday, but Mobridge dodged the major snowfall bullet. |
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| Last-second shot breaks Herreid hearts |
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| 3/25/2009 In the blink of an eye, all of the team's hopes were dashed. Taylor Anderson of Elkton-Lake Benton hit a game winning three-pointer as the Elks defeated Herreid 56-55 in the opening round of the State B Basketball Tournament. It never got better for the Yellowjackets. They were beaten 69-47 by Viborg and 61-59 by Hitchcock-Tulare, proving the Barnett Center in Aberdeen to be an unfriendly host. |
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| West River residents coping with rising water |
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| 3/25/2009 While Mobridge residents battled the wind and slick conditions on Tuesday, other parts of the area were fighting the heavy snow, fierce winds and the rising waters of creeks and rivers. |
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| Commission to consider council's cooperation request |
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| 3/4/2009 Mobridge officials once again appealed to the Walworth County Commission Tuesday, March 3, to help the City protect the taxpayers of Mobridge from absentee property owners who do not care for their property. |
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| April races set for city, school board |
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| 3/4/2009 With the filing deadline passed, the races are set for the April election of Mobridge City officials, with all but one seat contested. |
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| Jensen, Schmidt place at State B |
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| 3/4/2009 Tiger seniors Levi Jensen and Steven Schmidt made it to the podium at the State B Wrestling Tournament in Aberdeen on Saturday with Jensen taking seventh and Schmidt taking eighth. |
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| Tough decisions ahead for school district |
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| 2/26/2009 There will have to be some tough decisions made by the Mobridge-Pollock School Board and the administration during the next couple of months as funding for the new school building and Phase 2 of the project is looking tight. |
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| Seven Tigers earn trip to State B Tournament |
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| 2/26/2009 Sawyer Sandquist and Steven Schmidt captured titles to lead the Tigers to second place at the Region 4B Wrestling Tournament in Ft. Pierre on Saturday. The weight champions will have plenty of company at state as Levi Jensen finished second, Tim Hathaway and Ashton Norder finished third and Tim Szczur and Alix Taylor finished fourth. |
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| Council approve lower speed limit on Grand |
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| 2/19/2009 In an effort to make Grand Crossing a safer road and to stave off the three-lane change planned by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT), the Mobridge City Council approved changing the posted speed limit on the road. |
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| Three champs as Tigers win 8B title |
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| 2/19/2009 With Sawyer Sandquist, Steven Schmidt and Levi Jensen winning individual titles, the Tigers racked up 150.5 points to win the District 8B Wrestling Tournament title for the first time since 1994. And they did it in front of the home crowd at Scherr-Howe Arena. |
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| School District makes planned staff cuts |
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| 2/11/2009 n a decision that has loomed since the merging of the Mobridge and Pollock School Districts, the Mobridge-Pollock School Board voted eight certified staff members and seven non-certified staff members would not be offered contracts for the 2009-2010 school year. |
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| Hathaway leads wrestling Tigers to second at Big Dakota |
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| 2/11/2009 After a season in which he has finished second in four tournaments, Tim Hathaway delivered that one more needed win and took first place at the Big Dakota Conference Tournament in Ft. Pierre on Saturday. |
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| Unusual February event causes water problems |
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| 2/11/2009 There is water, water everywhere in Mobridge when a combination of rain and frozen ground caused flooding problems throughout the city Monday and Tuesday. The unusual rain event triggered running water that had no place to go. |
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| Tigers win big duels at Lemmon-McIntosh |
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| 1/29/2009 The Tigers wrestled their way to a huge night in Lemmon on Tuesday, defeating Lemmon-McIntosh 39-28 and Harding County 45-33. |
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| Walworth County sees a big jump in tourism spending |
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| 1/29/2009 Money spent on businesses with tourism connections showed good growth in South Dakota in 2008, but in Corson County the spending more than doubled last year. |
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| Clean coal is vital to energy's future |
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| 1/29/2009 In another step towards the building of a NextGen power facility in Walworth County, Basin Electric Power Cooperative has submitted an application for a loan guarantee to help fund the construction of the plant. |
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| 2009 Chamber Ice Fishing Tournament Results |
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| 1/11/2009 |
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| Win up to $50,000 in cash and prizes |
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| 1/10/2009 |
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| January 10, 2009 Ice Fishing Tournament Registrants |
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| 1/10/2009 Am I registered for the 8th Annual Chamber Ice Fishing Tournament? |
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| 8th Annual Mobridge Ice Fishing Tournament |
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| 1/10/2009 |
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| 3B Tax distribution debate begins |
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| 12/3/2008 Questions concerning the use of the 3B Tax brought heated responses from the crowd gathered at the Mobridge City Council meeting Monday, Dec. 1, as the “sunshine clause” of the tax ordinance will go into effect on July 1, 2009 if another ordinance concerning the tax is not approved. |
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| Knights of Columbus “Pay it Forward” |
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| 12/3/2008 The Mobridge Knights of Columbus Council (KCs) is working to start an annual event they hope will “kick start” a community movement of caring in the Mobridge area. |
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| Tigers drop two of three in Lemmon |
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| 12/3/2008 Opening night did not go as planned as the Tiger wrestlers dropped two out of three matches at the Lemmon Quadrangular on Tuesday. |
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| Tigers blast Crusaders in playoff opener |
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| 10/29/2008 With a game plan of getting Red Cloud down early, things worked to perfection as the Tigers took a 34-0 lead in the first half and went on to defeat Red Cloud in Pine Ridge on Tuesday in the opening round of the Class 11B Region 4 playoffs. |
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| Teens escape serious injury in Friday accident |
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| 10/29/2008 Two Mobridge teenagers escaped serious injury on Friday, Oct. 24, when their vehicle was struck by a semi on Tower Hill. |
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| Cattle Market show stock market impact |
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| 10/29/2008 Everyday the national news networks are airing story after story about the economy and what is happening on Wall Street. It may seem worlds away from small town South Dakota but what happens on Wall Street does affect the cattle producers here in South Dakota. |
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| Tigers rally past Miller for Homecoming win |
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| 10/15/2008 After spotting Miller Area a 12-0 lead, the Tigers stormed back to win 21-12 at Tiger Stadium on Friday. For Tigers it was the first Homecoming win since beating Deuel 14-6 in 2003. |
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| Hunter numbers are expected to increase |
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| 10/15/2008 One of the greatest traditions in South Dakota is taking place in the fields and gullys across the state as hunters begin their quest for the wily ring necked pheasant. The resident season has started and on Saturday, Oct.18, hunters from across the world will descend on South Dakota to try their luck at bagging the state bird. |
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| Building work doesn’t falter with rain |
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| 10/15/2008 The rain that fell last week may cause some minor problems at the construction site of the new school building, but Site Superintendent Steve Huettl told the Mobridge-Pollock School Board Monday, Oct. 13, that it would not put the project off the good pace that has been set. |
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| Ag producers are watching markets |
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| 10/1/2008 Area farmers have enjoyed two good years according to Ag statistics, but with the situation with the financial markets next year could be a gamble. |
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| Teeners defeat Redfield, Miller-Orient |
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| 7/24/2008 The Mobridge Teeners successfully defeated Redfield on Wednesday, July 23 and Miller-Orient on Monday, July 28. |
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| Board approves parking lot variance |
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| 7/24/2008 After listening to concerns from residents of the area surrounding the Mobridge Middle/High Schools, the Mobridge Planning and Zoning Board granted a variance requested by the school district, but not without a lengthy discussion. |
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| New board gets construction update |
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| 7/16/2008 Dean Marske of HKG and Associates of Aberdeen and Jack Hollingsworth of JDH Construction provided an update to the Mobridge School Board before the swearing in of the new Mobridge-Pollock School Board during the scheduled meeting on Monday, July 14. |
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| Chicks rescued from river |
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| 7/16/2008 Three agencies worked together to rescue two bald eagle chicks from a nest on the Moreau River near Lake Oahe on Tuesday, July 8. |
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| Wolff, Fiedler team to win Classic |
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| 7/16/2008 On a Saturday that saw winds reach as high as 50 mph, Jeff Wolff of Mobridge and Corey Fiedler of Sioux Falls battled the waves to catch 19.22 pounds of walleyes and win the sixth annual Mobridge Chamber Walleye Classic. |
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| Goals set as CVAC moves forward |
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| 6/12/2008 With the initial work completed, members of the "Creating a Value-Added Community" (CVAC) task force have moved on to the second stage of the program, implementing the first plans to improved life for Mobridge area residents. |
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| Street resigns from board to teach here |
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| 6/12/2008 With the Mobridge/Pollock School District offering him a job as the credit recovery instructor, Mobridge School Board member Gary Street tendered his resignation as a member of the district's Board of Education. |
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| Selby man to compete in Beiging Olympics |
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| 6/12/2008 Selby will be cheering for a hometown favorite at this year's Olympics, when Brian Beaman competes for the U.S. Shooting Team at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in August |
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| Mark Martin wins PWT tournament |
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| 6/4/2008 Mark Martin of Twin Lake, Mich., used three days of consistent fishing to win the Professional Walleye Trail's Berkley/Lowrance Pro-Am in Mobridge on Friday. |
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| Schley, Brown win big in Walworth County |
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| 6/4/2008 Residents from Walworth County cast their ballots for youth in the primary election Tuesday, June 3, as voters made the choice for a new coroner and the election scene for November has been set. |
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| Area voters elect board for new district |
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| 5/7/2008 Four members of the former Mobridge School District's Board of Education will be joined by one member of the former Pollock District's Board of Education to lead the newly formed district into the new era. |
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| Sauer, Wiederholt win titles at Eureka meet |
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| 5/7/2008 Sam Sauer and Daysia Wiederholt won events at the Eureka Legion Invitational on Tuesday. |
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| Newly seated council tackles issues |
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| 5/7/2008 Covering the swimming pool with solar blankets at night to cut down on the cost of keeping the water at a tolerable temperature was part of the new business tackled Monday, May 5, by the newly seated members of the Mobridge City Council. |
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| William Sitting Bull joins the SBMF |
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| 4/29/2008 With the establishment the Sitting Bull Monument Foundation in 2005, partners Bryan Defender and Rhett Albers, had the knowledge of what needed to be done at the gravesite of Sitting Bull on the Standing Rock Reservation, but not the artist's vision of the future. Now with the addition of the great Lakota leader's great-great grandson William Sitting Bull, they have all they need to make a renewed vision of the future a reality. |
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| Construction cost increases could bring changes |
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| 4/29/2008 Changes in the grade of the new school site were cause for concern at a special meeting of the Mobridge School Board Wednesday, April 23, as members met with representatives of the HKG and Associates of Aberdeen and Goldsmith and Heck Engineering of Mobridge. |
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| Kuehl, Ritter command home tourney |
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| 4/29/2008 Proving just how deep and talented the team is, no one could beat the Mobridge first team at the Mobridge Invitational golf tournament at Oahe Hills Golf Course on Monday. No one that is, except the Tigers' second team, who led by Brett Kuehl, beat the first team by five strokes to win the team title. |
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| Oster, Yellow Boy to serve another term |
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| 4/9/2008 Mobridge voters cast ballots supporting the incumbents and overwhelmingly voted "no" on an initiated measure that would have changed the days hard liquor can be sold in the city, Tuesday, April 8, in the City election. |
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| Kraft, Lindskov combine for five wins |
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| 4/8/2008 Nathan Kraft and Troy Lindskov of Timber Lake combined for five wins at the Eureka Early Bird track meet on Thursday. |
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| Area gets walloped with double-digit snowfall |
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| 4/8/2008 A good, old-fashioned spring snowstorm paralyzed North Central South Dakota this weekend as 10 plus inches fell in Mobridge between Saturday, April 5 and the afternoon of Sunday, April 6. |
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| ND company request permission to dump medical refuse here |
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| 3/13/2008 Accepting non-infectious medical waste from a North Dakota facility was a proposal presented to the Walworth County Commission Tuesday, March 18, but the board took no action on the request. Tim Cox, of Northland Healthcare Alliance requested the commission consider the proposal to accept non-infectious material from an autoclave in Linton, N.D. |
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| Council debates merit of group home |
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| 3/13/2008 After a lengthy discussion about whether a Third Avenue East location is the right place for a foster teen transitional home, the Mobridge City Council, Monday, March 17, informed Doyle Charron, from Northeast Mental Health Center (NEMHC), a formal appeal must be filed. |
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| Express take sixth at State B Tournament |
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| 3/13/2008 The Campbell County Express used a second day win over Arlington to grab a sixth place finish at the Boys' State B Basketball Tournament in Aberdeen over the weekend. |
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| Basin commitment depends on technology, Congress |
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| 2/21/2008 Excitement in the area with the announcement that Basin Electric has chosen the site located southwest of Selby as the "owner's preferred" site of the $2 billion NexGen power plant, has not been waned by the uncertainty that surrounds the project. |
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| Five Tigers earn trip to State B Wrestling Tournament |
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| 2/21/2008 With Tyson Mullen leading the way by taking second place at 125 pounds, five Tigers qualified for the State B Wrestling Tournament at the Region 4B Wrestling Tournament at Parkview Gym in Ft. Pierre on Saturday. |
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| Mobridge, Pollock to vote on merger |
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| 2/21/2008 With HB 1051 still looming on the legislative horizon, officials of the Mobridge School District, Monday, Feb. 18, met with area residents to map out the proposed consolidation plan and tried to explain the effect that legislation will have on the plan. |
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| Board says no to resolution request |
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| 2/13/2008 An appeal from an area lawyer representing the community of Mound City and Campbell County landowners was rejected Monday, Feb. 11, as the Mobridge School Board refused to pass a resolution of intent presented by attorney John Von Wald. |
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| Sandquist wins District 8B title |
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| 2/13/2008 Sawyer Sandquist captured the 112-pound title at the District 8B Wrestling Tournament in Lemmon on Saturday |
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| If it is built, it will be in Walworth County |
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| 2/13/2008 (Editor's note: The following press release concerning the site selection by the Basin Electric for its $2 billion coal fired power plant was received by the Tribune at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.13. There are some changes to the original plans and readers are urged to read the release carefully.) |
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| 7th Annual Mobridge Ice Fishing Tournament Results |
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| 1/14/2008 |
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