One man was injured in an accident west of Yankton early Monday morning. On Monday at 4:23AM, the Yankton County Sheriff’s Office responded to an injury accident on Highway 50 & 433rd Avenue. Yankton County Chief Deputy Sheriff Michael Rothschadl says two vehicles were traveling eastbound on Hwy 50 when 37-year-old Thomas Massman of Tabor was…… read more »
After last week’s COVID-19 vaccine approval for youth ages five through eleven, the Yankton Medical Clinic and Avera Sacred Heart Hospital are teaming up to offer a pair of clinics to help get area youth vaccinated this week. The clinics are set for Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. and Thursday from 4-6 p.m. at the Avera…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department was involved in a vehicle pursuit early Saturday morning. Yankton Police Chief Jason Foote says that on Saturday morning just after midnight, an individual flagged down a Yankton police officer in the 100 block of East 3rd street to report a possible drunk driver in a silver sedan heading north. Foote says…… read more »
A Yankton man charged with embezzling over a quarter of a million dollars from the local VFW Post will spend eight years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. 37-year-old Colin Reisner appeared in Yankton County Circuit Court Monday morning for his sentencing. Circuit Judge Cheryle Gehring sentenced Reisner to fifteen years in the state pen,…… read more »
A 42-year-old woman died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash five miles south of Springfield. The name of the person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2004 Ford Expedition was northbound on South Dakota Highway 37 just before 2:00 AM when the vehicle left…… read more »
The Yankton School Board will once again discuss masking at their meeting on Monday. The school board will hear a presentation on masking from YSD parent Stacey Nickels who says she has a petition regarding masking in the Yankton School District. Also Monday, the board will hear a presentation regarding the School Performance Index for…… read more »
Yankton Area Arts has named the Dakota Prairie Quilt Guild as the Art Advocates of the Year. The awards ceremony was held at the G.A.R. Hall Art Gallery on Friday. The Quit Guild is currently exhibiting quilts at the art gallery, something they do every two years. The quilts can be viewed through November 19th.…… read more »
Yankton hides their poor. That’s the statement that the Yankton Morning Optimist Club portrayed to the 100 Women of Yankton Organization to convince them to donate their eighth annual give to the new Sleep in Heavenly Peace outreach in Yankton. Sleep In Heavenly Peace is a ministry that builds beds for kids who don’t have a…… read more »
Avera and Mount Marty University are teaming up for a new education funding program to support nursing workforce needs in the region. Through the Avera Scholars Program, Avera will support selected Mount Marty nursing students with school loans that will be forgiven once they work as nurses at Avera for three years following graduation. Avera…… read more »
Thanks in part to a donation from the Yankton Knights of Columbus, Yankton’s ZoeCare — formerly known as the Missouri Valley Pregnancy Resource Center —will once again expand their services in the community. ZoeCare is Yankton’s only free resource center for pregnant women. Executive Director Rachel Jones says the Knights of Columbus has donated thousands…… read more »
