Category Archives: Local News

Governor Larry Rhoden has announced that the state of South Dakota is awarding more than $7.8 million in opioid settlement transformative grants. Rhoden says the goal of the grants is to support ident...

United Way of Greater Yankton concluded its annual Great Grocery Giveaway event on Tuesday. Executive Director Jesse Bailey says this year's winners of the grand prize of the $2,026 Hy-Vee gift card w...

The City of Yankton and the Yankton Community Library are looking at ways to move forward with a new library, or a potential remodel of the current building. Library Director, Dana Schmidt, says the c...

Craig Nichols Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Heather Ann Bodden. The incident occurred on January 2nd, 2025 at Bodden's Yankton apartment, where Nichols stabbed Bodden over...

Pathways Shelter for the Homeless wants people to cool off this summer with their latest fundraiser, a raffle for Wild Water West tickets. Courtney Wagner, Resource Development Director with Pathways,...

A No Kings Rally is scheduled to take place in Yankton Saturday morning. Emily Pinkelman, one of the Yankton protest organizers, says No Kings is a nationwide protest for those concerned with current ...

The Yankton Science Olympiad teams will be at the state competition at the University of South Dakota campus on Saturday. YHS Olympiad Coach, Lindsay Kortan, says the high school team is compiled of 1...

A former Centerville mayor has been found guilty for a triple homicide that occurred in Centerville in May of 2024. Jay Ostrem, 65, was found guilty Friday of three counts of First-Degree Murder by a ...

The City of Yankton's sales tax revenue numbers took another swing in February, this time in the negative. City Manager Amy Leon says February's numbers came in at -25.21%. This comes after a positive...

The 100 Women of Yankton collective giving organization will be holding its 17th membership distribution meeting at 7 pm on Thursday at the Elks Lodge. Organization member, Lindsay Hovden, says the gr...