The Yankton Fire Department battled a house fire late Monday night. Yankton Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickels says that firefighters were called to a report of a structure fire in the 500 block of East 19th Street just after 10:00 PM Monday evening. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found smoke coming from the upper…… read more »
In what was supposed to be a first reading on an anti-bullying policy change for the Yankton School Board turned out to be a public feedback session on people opposed to the school districts masking policy. Monday evening, the Yankton School Board allowed public feedback on the anti-bullying and harassment policy change. Six individuals spoke…… read more »
Cedar County Transit will be crossing borders and expanding its services for a pilot project. The Hartington-based transit will expand its service boundary past Cedar County by thirty miles and start offering rides in Knox County beginning as early as January, including Bloomfield, Wausa and Crofton. Transit Manager Nikki Pinkelman says the pilot program to…… read more »
A Vermillion business is welcoming the community back to a brand-new space. What was once the site of a bowling alley has been revitalized as the Dakota Center. The new business has an arcade and events space for everything from date nights to weddings. The center will offer in-house food and will be open to…… read more »
The Bon Homme School District Director of Choirs was arrested last week after his mother brought a batch of pot brownies to a card game at the Tabor Senior Center. 46-year-old Michael Koranda of Tabor was arrested on Wednesday January 5th on a charge of possession of a controlled drug or substance. According to court…… read more »
Yankton businesses and individuals participated in a mock interview event Friday to assist local high school students perfect their interviewing skills. Yankton Department of Labor and Regulation Career Advisor Julie Fleek says the mock interview mania event is to assist the students with their job readiness skills… This is the first year for the mock…… read more »
Applications are now available for 2022 grant funds to spruce up facades in Yankton’s Meridian District. City of Yankton Community Development Manager Brad Bies says the program provides grants at a fifty percent or greater match of private funds, with a total of $60,000 in grant funds available this year. Preference will be given to…… read more »
A Creighton man charged with child abuse and manslaughter after his son’s death last year waived his preliminary hearing in Knox County Court Thursday morning. 29-year-old Stephen Davis had his case bound over to District Court where he will face charges stemming from the death of his four-month-old son Ender Lee Davis. On Jan. 13th…… read more »
South Dakota’s population is continuing to rise, and the amount of people moving to the state from elsewhere in the country is only growing. According to the U-Haul Growth Index, South Dakota is at the number 11 spot of states where people are moving to. Growth states are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul…… read more »
Nebraska lawmakers have kicked off a new session with contentious abortion and gun-rights measures and an expected focus on how to spend more than $1 billion in pandemic relief aid that has left the state flush with money. Local District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says it’s going to be an extremely busy session……… read more »
