It’s Homecoming Week at Yankton High School with the 2021 theme Pioneer Days. This year marks the 96th annual homecoming celebration. The 2021 Homecoming Royalty include: Pioneer Princess Candidates: Kate Beeman Jillian Eidsness Chole McDermott Molly Savey Isabelle Wintz Pioneer Prince Candidates: Carson Haak Samuel Kampshoff Jayden Lightner Max Raab Bodie Rutledge From the royalty…… read more »
United Way of Greater Yankton has kicked off their annual campaign. A celebration and award presentation for United Way was held Thursday night at the Boat House in Yankton. The kickoff event is to celebrate the success of last year’s campaign. United Way Executive Director Lauren Hansen says United Way is all about making giving…… read more »
Yankton County recorded a new death related to COVID-19. According to Friday’s update from the South Dakota Department of Health, the death was one of four deaths reported in the state, which raised South Dakota’s total pandemic number to 2,100. It was Yankton County’s 35th pandemic-related death and second this month. The previous death was…… read more »
Nebraska Senators launched a special session last week in Lincoln to redraw the state’s legislative districts. All six counties within nearby Legislative District 40 decreased in population over the last ten years. District 40 Senator Tim Gragert of Creighton says it’s astonishing the amount of people that were lost in his counties over the last…… read more »
The Yankton Fire Department responded to a hay bale fire early Friday morning. Yankton Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickels says firefighters were dispatched just after 6:00 AM to a field about nine miles west of Yankton. Nickels says firefighters arrived on scene to find approximately three hundred bales in a stack. The land owner was…… read more »
Oktoberfest is returning to Yankton. On Saturday, September 25, from 3-7 PM, the yard at 509 Pine Street will become a beer garden featuring beers from Ben’s Brewing Co., Sheboygan Brats donated by Cimpl’s, fun and games provided by the Cramer-Kenyon Heritage Home board and volunteers, and live music provided by Dakota Musical. Cramer-Kenyon Heritage…… read more »
A newcomer to South Dakota politics has announced his intentions on running for South Dakota US Senate next year. Mark Mowry of Spearfish is officially challenging long-time South Dakota Senator John Thune as a Republican candidate in the June 2022 primaries. Mowry says he has a major concern with the most recent presidential election… Mowry…… read more »
The World Archery Trifecta event has started in Yankton. The World Archery Congress is a biannual event that governs the world archery organization. They are meeting now. NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center Marketing and Communications Manager Kasi Haberman says many world archers are arriving… Haberman says that the World Archery Congress is the time to…… read more »
Fake ID’s are making their rounds across Vermillion. The Vermillion Police Department is continuing their effort to crack down on underage drinking. Vermillion Police Lieutenant Luke Trowbridge says they have come across quite a few fake IDs early in the school year… Trowbridge adds that if underage individuals are caught with a fake ID, they…… read more »
At the start of each academic year, Mount Marty cancels classes to bring its community together for Mission Day, a full-day centered on servant leadership, in fulfillment of the college’s Catholic Benediction mission. Wednesday was Mission Day, where they worked on projects at many Yankton-area sites. Mount Marty President Dr. Marc Long says community service…… read more »
