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 »
The City of Yankton recently awarded Yankton Area Arts a three-thousand-dollar matching grant that will help facilitate a study focusing on the economic impact that arts have on the greater Yankton Community. This funding is for a study for all art organizations and not exclusively for the Yankton Area Arts Association. Yankton Area Arts is…… read more »
Yankton’s oldest service organization is celebrating a century of service next week. Tuesday (November 2nd) is the official 100th anniversary of the Yankton Rotary Club. Ken Jones of Yankton has been a member of the Yankton Rotary Club for sixty of those one hundred years. He says Rotary has been instrumental in may projects across…… read more »
The Yankton High School Marching Band has been preparing for their radio-themed show 202.1 THE BUCK, which they will perform for the public on Monday. Yankton High School Director of Bands Gwen Wenisch says the band’s marching season started in August and will conclude on Monday with their annual fundraising benefit and Indoor Marching Show.…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department is handling another vandalism case. Yankton Police Department Corporal Brad Parker says that city employees located two designs spray painted under the bridge at 15th and Locust on Wednesday morning. Auld-Brokaw Trail and Marne Creek runs under the bridge. Parker says at this time, there are no leads or suspects in the…… read more »
Yankton County’s primary court appointed public defenders recently appeared before the Yankton County Commissioners this month. The law firm of Fox and Youngberg was looking to negotiate a three-year contract for public defender services and a pay increase negotiation. Attorney Luci Youngberg says her case load has increased significantly… Yankton County Commissioner Wanda Howey-Fox questioned…… read more »
