Nearly a year after being announced as Yankton’s 2020 Citizens of the Year, Jake and Sandy Hoffner finally had a chance to celebrate the honor. During a short ceremony at the Chan Gurney Municipal Airport Friday, the Hoffners were recognized with proclamations issued by the City of Yankton and Yankton County. The award ceremony was…… read more »
One person died Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash two miles north of Lake Andes. The name of the person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says that a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup was southbound on 382nd Avenue when it went into the west ditch and struck…… read more »
Yankton County reported two new deaths related to COVID-19 Monday. According to South Dakota’s Department of Health, Yankton County’s new deaths raised its total pandemic toll to 40. South Dakota’s death toll rose to 2,241. Yankton County also recorded 18 new positive tests Monday. Eleven new recoveries were reported, and the number of active cases…… read more »
A Yankton business has expanded into northeast Nebraska. The Boat House in downtown Norfolk opened recently. The bar’s second location is a bit smaller, but still provides a variety. Axe-throwing is its specialty. Chris Hunhoff owns The Boat House in Yankton, which he opened in March of 2020. Hunhoff says he got the idea for The Boat…… read more »
Former South Dakota Gov. Frank Farrar, whose uncanny rise to politics as a young man quickly morphed into a career as a banker and philanthropist, died Sunday. He was 92. Former South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels of Yankton says that Farrar won’t be remembered for his name, but for what he did while in…… read more »
The Yankton County Commissioners will discuss a proposal for a Yankton Lake area sanitary sewer study during its regular meeting tonight. Yankton County Commissioner Dan Klimisch says the lack of a sanitary sewer district in Yankton’s Lake area is hindering any potential growth… Klimisch adds that now is the right time to move forward with…… read more »
South Dakota’s lone congressman wants more flexibility for states spending COVID-19 relief money. Republican Dusty Johnson is sponsoring the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act. It would allow states to use unspent relief funds on infrastructure, disasters, and housing projects. Johnson says South Dakota has hundreds of millions in leftover…… read more »
A public hearing will be held Wednesday to reveal a proposed building design and to discuss possible locations to construct a new Clay County jail and law enforcement center in Vermillion. The event will be held Wednesday in the Kozak Room of the Vermillion Public Library. The meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.…… read more »
Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services in Yankton is asking South Dakota legislators to fund a mental health crisis stabilization facility to address an expected rise in calls to the suicide hotline. At the legislative level, the issue was discussed last week by the Mental Health Services Delivery Task Force, regarding the mental health options…… read more »
In conjunction with the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation and Yankton Thrive, the Build Dakota Roadshow is coming to southeast South Dakota. The Build Dakota Scholarship Fund was established in 2015 to assist South Dakota in overcoming workforce shortages by providing training through full-ride scholarships for students of all ages in high-need fields.…… read more »
