Yankton County is once again this summer under a county wide burn ban. The Yankton County Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday unanimously enacted the temporary burn ban, which took effect late last night. Yankton County Commissioner Cheri Loest said earlier this summer when they enacted a burn ban it rained… Emergency Management Director Paul Scherschligt…… read more »
Late last week, the Yankton Street Department completed their share of the upcoming Fairfield Inn & Suites project in Yankton. The street crews installed new water and sewer service lines to the project just behind the Fryn Pan. Dirt work for the proposed hotel in the parking lot of the Yankton Mall started in late…… read more »
Discussion continued Tuesday night on how to regulate the future medicinal cannabis dispensaries in Yankton County. The Yankton County Commissioners along with the Yankton County States Attorney’s Office has spent the last several months coming up with a workable ordinance regulating dispensaries and where they can be located across the county. Yankton County Commission Chairwoman…… read more »
State prison inmate Taylor Winegar has been placed on escape status. Winegar left the Yankton Community Work Center to search for work release employment Aug. 16. He failed to return to the unit at the appointed time. Winegar is currently serving concurrent sentences for unauthorized ingestion of a controlled substance and possession of a forged…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department has located the missing girl. She was found safe early Monday afternoon. Yankton Police Department Chief Jason Foote says 12-year-old Mariah Wuestewald was located locally and is safe. No other details on her whereabouts were released. Foote says Wuestewald was last seen Saturday at approximately 12 noon when she left her…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department will have everyone on staff working overtime this weekend. With Riverboat Days predicted to bring in over ten thousand people over the course of the three-day event, the police department will be out in full force. Yankton Police Corporal Brad Parker says the department is ready for the event and encourages…… read more »
The South Dakota Department of Health has started a daily update on COVID-19. Monday’s update saw Clay County move its community-spread level from low to substantial. South Dakota reported 182 new COVID-19 infections and one new death in Monday’s daily update. The number of active cases continued to rise, climbing by 85 to 1,355. Also,…… read more »
Three kids suffered life threatening injuries after a two-vehicle car crash north of Elk Point Sunday afternoon. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, a 1995 Chevy Pickup truck was southbound on Interstate 90 at 1:30 PM when a safe box loaded on the pickup fell onto the roadway. A 2003 GMC Yukon, traveling…… read more »
The Yankton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing girl. Officials with the Yankton Police Department say 12-year-old Mariah Wuestewald was last seen Saturday at approximately 12 noon when she left her home to walk to Starbucks at the Yankton Hy-Vee. Authorities say Wuestewald is 5-foot 6-inches tall and weighs…… read more »
First National Bank of Omaha is sponsoring $25,000 for the 2021 Hyundai World Archery Championships, World Archery Congress, and Hyundai World Cup Final taking place in Yankton next month. FNBO is the presenting sponsor of “Archery Fest”, taking place at Riverside Park in Yankton on September 24th through the 26th. FNBO Archery Fest will be…… read more »
