The citizens of Olivet are dealing with many problems surrounding a handful of nuisance properties. Olivet is the county seat of Hutchinson County. Voters in Olivet went to the polls earlier this week and rejected a ballot measure surrounding the town board’s plans for dealing with nuisance properties. The ballot measure was defeated in Tuesday’s…… read more »
Despite the likelihood of rain Friday, the short-term forecast for our area continues to call for hot, dry conditions. The National Weather Service says that from April to mid-August of this year is the driest period on record in Yankton with five point six inches of rain, breaking the record set in 1936 of six…… read more »
Artists from across the Nation are descending onto Yankton this weekend. The 36th annual Summer Arts Festival is the premiere three-day arts event of the region held in conjunction with Riverboat Days. Yankton Area Arts organizes the festival. Executive Director Julie Amsberry says there will be artists set up in Riverside Park as far away…… read more »
You are invited to start taking control of your addiction. A community presentation will be held on Sunday afternoon to introduce the Yankton area to “Ready Now Recovery,” a residential ministry of Adult and Teen Challenge USA. Abbey Peltier is leading the event Sunday, and is a survivor of addiction… Peltier says thanks to Teen…… read more »
A group of citizens from Charles Mix and Bon Homme counties are trying to save the four-lane highway through Wagner. The South Dakota Department of Transportation are proposing to change the current four lanes through Wagner down to two lanes with a center turning lane. Over 1,200 signatures on a petition to support the current…… read more »
Yankton County is once again this summer under a county wide burn ban. The Yankton County Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday unanimously enacted the temporary burn ban, which took effect late last night. Yankton County Commissioner Cheri Loest said earlier this summer when they enacted a burn ban it rained… Emergency Management Director Paul Scherschligt…… read more »
Late last week, the Yankton Street Department completed their share of the upcoming Fairfield Inn & Suites project in Yankton. The street crews installed new water and sewer service lines to the project just behind the Fryn Pan. Dirt work for the proposed hotel in the parking lot of the Yankton Mall started in late…… read more »
Discussion continued Tuesday night on how to regulate the future medicinal cannabis dispensaries in Yankton County. The Yankton County Commissioners along with the Yankton County States Attorney’s Office has spent the last several months coming up with a workable ordinance regulating dispensaries and where they can be located across the county. Yankton County Commission Chairwoman…… read more »
State prison inmate Taylor Winegar has been placed on escape status. Winegar left the Yankton Community Work Center to search for work release employment Aug. 16. He failed to return to the unit at the appointed time. Winegar is currently serving concurrent sentences for unauthorized ingestion of a controlled substance and possession of a forged…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department has located the missing girl. She was found safe early Monday afternoon. Yankton Police Department Chief Jason Foote says 12-year-old Mariah Wuestewald was located locally and is safe. No other details on her whereabouts were released. Foote says Wuestewald was last seen Saturday at approximately 12 noon when she left her…… read more »
