For a decade, children and youth in southeast South Dakota have had a voice in court thanks to a program called Southeast CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates. Southeast CASA currently serves Bon Homme, Clay, Turner, Union and Yankton counties. Southeast CASA Executive Director Shari Rodgers-Conti says they are looking for some passionate board members to…… read more »
A status hearing for the man accused of fatally shooting three people and wounding two others last week in Scotland was held in Bon Homme County Court Tuesday. Francis Lange is facing multiple charges, including three counts of first-degree murder after a shooting incident involving five victims at a house in Scotland November 9th. Judge…… read more »
The best way to fight the flu is to get vaccinated. If you haven’t received your flu vaccine, there is still time. Servant Hearts Clinic is offering a free influenza vaccine every Monday from 5:30 – 7 p.m. through the end of December. Servant Hearts Clinic Executive Director Frani Kieffer says that the clinic is…… read more »
Six new classrooms and a new gymnasium will be added to the south side of Hartington Elementary School under a plan approved by the Hartington-Newcastle School Board. Early projections estimate a total construction cost of six point nine million dollars for the addition to the building, which was originally constructed in 1973. Hartington-Newcastle Superintendent A.J.…… read more »
Multiple street signs were vandalized in Clay County over the weekend. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of signs missing or damaged in Wakonda and Irene. Clay County Sheriff Andy Howe says one school bus stop ahead sign was bent over and was likely driven over in Wakonda. He adds that a stop…… read more »
The Yankton County Commission is scheduled to consider advertising bids on the Highway 52 bike path during its regular meeting Tuesday. The bike path proposal would be a two-inch asphalt overlay over the existing recreation trail the entire length and width of the trail. The trails length is approximately forty-two hundred feet long by teen…… read more »
To celebrate the success of the World Archery Tournaments in September, the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center is inviting community sponsors and volunteers to an appreciation event this Sunday. NFAA Marketing and Communications Director Kasi Haberman invites the community to help celebrate in their success… Haberman adds that when you look back on the World…… read more »
A juvenile female was injured after a rollover accident Sunday afternoon just west of Yankton. The Yankton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle rollover on Timberland Drive, one mile north of Highway 50. Yankton County Deputy Sheriff Michael Rothschadl says that a 2008 Saturn Auro was northbound on Timberland Drive, when the juvenile female…… read more »
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID, representatives of Yankton’s law enforcement community will be helping bring smiles to the faces of children again who may be facing a tough Christmas season. The annual “Kids, Cops & Christmas” program is returning this year on December 18th. Yankton Police Department Corporal Brad Parker says this event…… read more »
Bruce Whalen, a former U.S. House Candidate from back in 2006 has formally announced that he is running for South Dakota Senate. Whalen says he is running for Senate because of what he has seen in America since Donald Trump became a presidential candidate… Whalen adds America needs to get back to the business of…… read more »
