River City Domestic Violence Center has a new anti-human trafficking coordinator. Emma Grate recently assumed the position to held the community confront the issues surrounding human trafficking. Grate says thankfully, there is more awareness occurring on the topic… Grate adds that there are misconceptions about what human trafficking looks like in our community… Grate confirms…… read more »
The Yankton School Board met Monday evening and held a first reading and discussion on a medication administering policy. Yankton School Superintendent Dr. Wayne Kindle says the school district has two options in regards to the administration of medical cannabis… Kindle adds that ultimately, the decision will be up to the school board… The school…… read more »
An unnamed “small distribution center” is coming to Yankton. The Yankton City Commission approved two separate agenda items at their meeting Monday night that will pave the way for the new business in the lot just north of Menards in Yankton. City of Yankton Community Development Director Dave Mingo says the city owns the property…… read more »
The Yankton City Commission Monday night unanimously awarded a bid for the city’s 2021 active transportation project. The bid will allow the city to complete a number of sidewalk projects on three different streets east of the Yankton Middle School. Yankton City Commissioner Nathan Johnson says as he walks across Yankton, he is surprised that…… read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general is attempting to access any psychiatric or psychological records of the man he struck and killed along a highway, alleging in court documents that the death may have been a suicide. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces three misdemeanor charges related to his driving when he struck and killed Joe…… read more »
There is an abundance of jobs available in the Yankton area. To combat the over-abundance of job openings, Greater Yankton Living is hosting a job fair-online. Greater Yankton Living Workforce Development Coordinator Rita Nelson encourages job seekers to participate… Nelson adds that the quality of life in Yankton is very attractive to potential job seekers…… read more »
After forty-seven years of public service in law enforcement across the country, Yankton Police Chief John Harris officially retired on Friday. Harris started his law enforcement career in Tucson, Arizona in 1973 and took on the Police Chief position in Yankton in July of 2018. Harris says that he remembers his first day on the…… read more »
Discussion ensued Tuesday night in regards to proposed paving projects across Yankton County yet this year. Thanks to in large part by some federal dollars from the CARES act, Yankton County’s Highway Department will be able to tackle some well needed road repairs yet this summer. Walshtown Road north of Mission Hill is on the…… read more »
A former South Dakota state senator has announced his intentions to run for state office next year. Jordan Youngberg of Madison is seeking the office of South Dakota’s Commissioner of School and Public Lands. Youngberg says the school and public lands office gets overlooked a lot… Youngberg adds that even though the election is months…… read more »
Approximately 400 customers on the south side of Yankton were without power for a time Thursday morning. According to Northwestern Energy Spokesman Tom Glanzer, a squirrel in the city substation caused the outage which spanned about forty minutes. Glanzer says the interruption was confined to the downtown Yankton area.… read more »
