Category Archives: Local News

Duo Claims Two Million Yankton Powerball Prize

Duo Claims Two Million Yankton Powerball Prize

A pact that spanned multiple decades proved fruitful recently for a Yankton duo who has claimed South Dakota Lottery’s newest million-dollar prize.   Emil Goodteacher and Donna Knodel became big winners by claiming a $2 million prize from the August 28th Powerball drawing. The duo won the game’s second prize, which also doubled due to the…read more »

Supreme Court Upholds Yankton Murderer Conviction

Supreme Court Upholds Yankton Murderer Conviction

A Yankton man serving life in prison for killing his girlfriend was not unduly prejudiced towards during trial. That’s the opinion that the South Dakota Supreme Court made on Thursday. According to court documents, 47-year-old Stephen Falkenberg committed the murder on March first of 2019 in Yankton and then drove the body to his family’s property…read more »

Workforce Issues Not Exclusive To Yankton

Workforce Issues Not Exclusive To Yankton

The annual South Dakota Municipal League Conference occurred this week in Spearfish. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon is the incoming vice-president for the municipal league. She says that the biggest topic of conversation at the week-long conference was how to deal with workforce issues… Leon says many factors contribute to the workforce crisis South Dakota…read more »

Avera, Willcockson Eye Associates Enter Joint Agreement

Avera, Willcockson Eye Associates Enter Joint Agreement

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and Willcockson Eye Associates have finalized a professional services agreement to have the Yankton-based eye care clinic become a part of Avera Medical Group. It will be named Avera Medical Group Willcockson Eye Associates. As part of this arrangement, Avera Sacred Heart will acquire the office building located at 415 West…read more »

Expect Traffic Delays North Of Yankton Next Week

Expect Traffic Delays North Of Yankton Next Week

If you are traveling north of Yankton next week, you might want to prepare for a potential delay. The South Dakota Department of Transportation has contracted with Diamond Surfacing to make some necessary road repairs to the intersection of Highway 81 and 46. Yankton Area DOT Engineer Rod Gall says crews will be repairing concrete…read more »

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week

It’s okay to not be okay. This week is mental health awareness week across the state. One in five adults experience mental illness every year, a statistic only exacerbated by COVID-19. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Krystal Lohff of Sioux Falls, formerly of Yankton, says mental health needs more awareness… Lohff encourages individuals that are struggling…read more »

Meridian Bridge Future Discussed

Meridian Bridge Future Discussed

Yankton’s Meridian Walking Bridge atop the Missouri River continues to serve Yankton after nearly a century. The future of the bridge was discussed recently amongst the South Dakota Transportation Commission and city of Yankton staff. Yankton Community Development Director Dave Mingo says the City of Yankton has a few years before any major decisions on…read more »

March To The Meridian Returns Saturday

March To The Meridian Returns Saturday

The annual March to the Meridian Marching Band Festival returns to Yankton Saturday.  Yankton High School Director of Bands Gwen Wenisch says this festival begins with a parade in downtown Yankton starting at 9:30 AM… Wenisch adds that spectators are encouraged to line the entire route for viewing… Following the parade, nine field bands will…read more »

Avera Increasing Employee Wages

Avera Increasing Employee Wages

To help recruit and retain employees, Avera has announced a fifty-million-dollar investment in its workforce that will benefit each and every employee in various ways. The Upper Midwest as well as the entire nation are in the midst of a pandemic-driven workforce shortage. Health care is a people-centered industry, so Avera depends on a capable,…read more »

Yankton’s Webster Elementary Dealing With Overcrowding

Yankton’s Webster Elementary Dealing With Overcrowding

With record enrollments this year, the Yankton School District’s preschool program is nearly busting at the seams. This classroom crunch is prompting Webster’s music classes having to be moved to the gym, which was already being used as the school’s cafeteria in addition to the gym. In order to solve the overcrowding, a group of…read more »