The man who was arrested earlier this month after his mother brought a batch of pot brownies to a card game at the Tabor Senior Center has had his initial court appearance delayed. 46-year-old Michael Koranda of Tabor, who is the Director of Choirs at the Bon Homme School District, was arrested on Wednesday January…… read more »
The City of Yankton municipal election has been set for Tuesday, April 12th. Nominating petitions can be circulated starting this Friday and they must be filed by Friday, Feb. 25. Petitions can be picked up at City Hall or on the South Dakota Secretary of State’s website. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says there are…… read more »
In response to the recently introduced bill this legislative session that would do away with the bar exam for USD Law graduates, local Attorney and State Representative Ryan Cwach says the bill is highly flawed. The bill, House Bill 1073, would grant “diploma privilege” to graduates of the University of South Dakota law school. Cwach says…… read more »
Two weeks ago, the Vermillion School District required face masks for most of their students as Covid-19 infection numbers rose. Now, Superintendent Damon Alvey says they are extending and expanding the mask mandate…. Alvey says their infection numbers had been pretty stable… As of Tuesday, the state Department of Health website says that Clay County…… read more »
First Dakota National Bank showcased the future of agriculture in South Dakota at Agrivisions 2022 Monday in Yankton. Former South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch was the featured speaker at the event. He encouraged farmers to always look to the future… Lentsch adds that farming has changed significantly over the years… First Dakota National…… read more »
The Yankton City Commission approved spending nearly two hundred thousand dollars Monday night to design upgrades to the famous duck pond at Westside Park, but not after some lengthy discussion. The commissioners voted eight to one to pay Stockwell Engineers one hundred ninety-seven thousand dollars to design the upgrades. Yankton City Commissioner Tony Maibaum was…… read more »
Keeping public services flowing through a pandemic has been challenging for the past two years in Yankton and those challenges are continuing. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says they are still dealing with the impacts of Covid-19… Leon adds that in many cases, they have gone back to meeting virtually… Leon says that non-essential services…… read more »
Representative Mary Fitzgerald of Spearfish has introduced a bill this legislative session that would do away with the bar exam for USD Law graduates. House Bill 1073 would grant “diploma privilege” to graduates of the University of South Dakota law school. Fitzgerald, whose husband is the Lawrence County States Attorney, says South Dakota has one of…… read more »
The first step in major planned revitalizations to Yankton’s Westside Park will come before the Yankton City Commission this evening. The Commissioners will consider a professional services agreement with Stockwell Engineers regarding the Westside Park Concept Plan. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says if approved, this will allow the engineers to design the changes coming…… read more »
Following an emotional hearing that lasted nearly two hours on Friday, a Vermillion woman has been sentenced for killing her one-year-old son. 27-year-old Maria Milda of Vermillion was sentenced by First Circuit Judge Tami Bern to 100 years in the South Dakota Penitentiary for killing her son, Easton Milda, on November 2nd of 2020. Milda…… read more »
