The South Dakota House Select Committee on Investigation will meet again Tuesday to continue the consideration of possible impeachment charges against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Committee member Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says they are obtaining all of the available information… Stevens adds that they will have a clear direction Wednesday if they want to…… read more »
Today is the last call for retiring Yankton Fire Chief Tom Kurtenbach. After holding a number of positions with the Pierre fire department, Kurtenbach applied for the open chief spot with the Yankton Fire Department, a position he’d take over in the spring of 2005. Kurtenbach announced his intended retirement from the City of Yankton…… read more »
The Yankton Youth Soccer Association invites the public to an announcement Saturday in regards to the future of the Yankton Youth Soccer Complex. The announcement will take place at the Yankton Middle School, South Gym between matches at this weekend’s Dam Fireworks River City Rumble. Yankton Youth Soccer Association Board Member Cole Mohnen says they…… read more »
Two people have been charged with murder in the December 2020 death of a Wagner man. 31-year-old Alexis Delarosa of Plano, Texas and 37-year-old Justina Tuttle of Niobrara, Nebraska, have been charged in the death of George Cournoyer Jr. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that Delarosa and Tuttle both face charges of second-degree murder, assault…… read more »
Tuesday was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It’s a day to raise awareness of the persistent issue of human trafficking nationally and locally. River City Domestic Violence Center Director of Program Operations Kim Cap (chop) says human trafficking is like modern day slavery… Cap adds that River City Domestic Violence Center assists victims of human…… read more »
A boom in tourism could be on the horizon for Knox County. Details have emerged this week by the Nebraska legislature on a proposal that includes major upgrades to Niobrara State Park and Lewis & Clark Lake. A special committee of the Nebraska Legislature was tasked this week to develop a statewide plan to grow,…… read more »
The Clay County Jail/Law Enforcement Center Facility Committee decided unanimously this week that they will recommend to the Clay County Commission that a new county jail and law enforcement center be constructed on a parcel of land bordering West Cherry Street and Stanford Street. Committee Chairman Steven Waller says that the owner is willing to…… read more »
Governor Kristi Noem kicked off the 2022 legislative session in Pierre Tuesday by delivering her state of the state address. Noem says South Dakota is leading the nation… Noem adds that South Dakota is leading the nation because of what government did not do… Noem highlighted on my positives but stated that a problem South…… read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic mixed with seasonal sickness is taking a toll on the City of Yankton. During what was rumored to be one of the shortest Yankton City Commission meetings ever, City Manager Amy Leon says that the city is being impacted by the ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases, along with other realities of the…… read more »
Students and staff at two Vermillion schools are masking up again. The temporary mask mandate started Monday and will be implemented through January 23rd. Vermillion Superintendent Damon Alvey says that the school district has a threshold set in place where if 1.5 percent of a building’s population tests positive for COVID-19, then a mask mandate…… read more »
