This academic year, Mount Marty University welcomed its largest freshman class in history and saw overall enrollment grow to the highest in a decade. For MMU President Dr. Marc Long, peak enrollment has been one of the most exciting parts of the year… As Mount Mounty prepares for a commencement celebration for 108 undergrads and…… read more »
The Vermillion School Board is back to talking about transgender bathroom and locker room access. The School Board gave the first reading this week to an update of their Gender Equity and Access Policy. Vermillion School Superintendent Dr. Damon Alvey says the policy that was enacted in the fall did not have clear guidance when…… read more »
What will be the first-ever of its kind in South Dakota, a new mini-conference with presenters sharing both practical and cutting-edge automation solutions for manufacturers is coming to Yankton on Thursday. This event, titled Automation Roadshow, is being brought to Yankton with the partnership of SD Manufacturing & Technology Solutions (MTS), Yankton Thrive, and RTEC.…… read more »
The Yankton Riverboat Days and Summer Arts Festival committee has announced the 2022 Captain and Belle. This year’s designees are Mike and Darla Gullickson. Riverboat Days Committee President Jake Hoffner says the Gullickson’s are a huge part of Yankton… Hoffner adds that this year’s entertainment lineup headliners will be Saving Abel and Colt Ford… The…… read more »
Thanks to some local donors, the city of Yankton is moving forward with a community meditative garden at Westside Park. The meditative garden, along with a sundial and labyrinth, is part of the overmaster plan to transform a large part of the park. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says these ideas were spurred out of…… read more »
Nate Welch is no longer the CEO of the Vermillion Chamber and Development Company. Jeff Erickson, the chairman of the VCDC’s Board of Directors, announced the news via a letter to VCDC members on Monday. Erickson thanks Welch for his dedication to the Vermillion community over the past eight years, and wishes him the best…… read more »
The Yankton City Commission welcomed Dr. Kyle Kenfield, of Paradigm Technologies, Inc, to talk about a new business that he wants to open in town. The matter before the commissioners was if they wanted to sell 8 acres of city-owned land on the corner of Broadway Avenue and 31st Street for $200,000. Kenfield explains what…… read more »
On Monday night, the Yankton City Commission chose which commissioner would serve as the Mayor of Yankton for the next year. Mayor Stephanie Moser was the only commissioner nominated for the position, so was unanimously selected by the other 8 commissioners. Moser is excited for the future…. The citizens of Yankton do not directly elect…… read more »
The Yankton School Board unanimously approved moving forward with constructing a new multi-million-dollar early childhood development center. The school board recently hired consultants to complete a facilities study. They recommended, and the school board agreed, to construct a sixty-eight thousand square foot early childhood education building that would cost between seventeen and twenty-one million dollars.…… read more »
Five of the six Republican candidates for three open seats on the Yankton County Commission met in a forum sponsored by Interchange and Yankton Thrive on Monday. Bruce Jensen, John Marquardt, incumbent Dan Klimisch, Christopher Barkl, and Ryan Heine attended the event. Candidate Duane Becker was not able to attend. A wide array of topics…… read more »
