It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week

It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week

This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week across South Dakota.

Yankton County Emergency Manager Paul Scherschligt says that the storm sirens will be tested across the county on Wednesday morning…

Scherschligt says now is the time to prepare for severe weather…

On Thursday, the Yankton County Office of Emergency Management will be visiting the local second-grade classrooms to teach them about severe weather preparedness. A special appearance by Tommy the Turtle, the mascot for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Emergency Management, will be making an appearance in the classrooms as well Thursday.