Yankton’s Julie Mooney has been named the city’s volunteer of the month. Yankton community member Julie Mooney has been serving as a volunteer with The Clothing Closet and was recently recognized for her efforts as United Way’s July Volunteer of the Month. United Way’s Clothing Closet offers community members who are struggling to make ends…… read more »
A heavy police presence near the city Cemetery ended peacefully Sunday night. According to Yankton Police Chief Jason Foote, the Yankton Police Department received information from the Turner County Sheriff’s Office to be on the lookout for a male who had been involved in an assault with a weapon in Turner County. Foote says Law…… read more »
There will be many indoor play options for Yankton families in the near future. BUYX Yankton has officially rebranded and will now be called PLAYX Yankton. They are located in the historic Gurney building on Yankton’s Meridian District. PLAYX Yankton owner Kerrington Smith says they will bring a wide variety of amusement concepts to the…… read more »
Yankton’s Meridian District could be seeing some major dollars to improve downtown facades. During the Yankton City Commission meeting last week, the commissioners urged Yankton City Manager Amy Leon to double the amount of dollars available to downtown businesses to improve the overall look of downtown. Leon says she is moving forward with increasing the…… read more »
Every summer, Yankton’s Regional Technical Education Center in conjunction with the Yankton Manufacturing Association, sponsors a two-week academy to introduce area high school students to high tech manufacturing. Fifteen students from across the region graduated from that Academy on Friday. Yankton State Representative Ryan Cwach was the featured speaker at the graduation. He spoke the…… read more »
Suicide-prevention officials across South Dakota are reminding residents facing a mental-health crisis there are resources available. The Department of Health says that in the first quarter of this year, 59 South Dakotans died by suicide. That compares with 28 in the same period last year. Sheri Nelson is the suicide prevention director for the state’s…… read more »
A Yankton man has been dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit in connection to a crash that killed a Yankton woman. According to court documents, a district judge dismissed Nelson as a defendant in the case. 21-year-old Jessi Anderson of Yankton was killed in the one-vehicle crash in late June of 2017 in Cedar County,…… read more »
Several appropriation bills that will make up parts of the next fiscal year’s federal budget were brought to the House floor last week. Nebraska’s 3rd District Congressman Adrian Smith says he is already disappointed in those bills… Smith adds that he is very concerned about policies that have been put into place that are contributing…… read more »
The Fruit Truck is coming to Yankton Sunday in its last stop in town for the year. Eight years ago, Irina Kleinsasser sold some cherries to friends after craving them while pregnant. Today, Kleinsasser owns a company called The Fruit Truck. It delivers a variety of fruits across southeast South Dakota. The Fruit Truck will be…… read more »
A state prison inmate with ties to Yankton County has been placed on escape status. Brandon Scott left his community service jobsite in Sioux Falls without authorization on Thursday afternoon. 39-year-old Scott is a white male, 5-feet-11-inches tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds. Scott has brown hair and blue eyes. Scott is serving a sentence…… read more »
