A sixty-one-year-old man has died after an accident near Volin Sunday. According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, preliminary crash information indicates that a 2004 Hummer H2 was eastbound on Bluff Road one half mile east of Volin when the vehicle went into the north ditch and rolled. The 61-year-old driver, who was not wearing…… read more »
Discussion starts tonight in preparation for the City of Yankton’s 2022 Budget. The Yankton City Commission will meet earlier that normal at 530pm for this month’s work session. City Manager Amy Leon says they commissioner’s night will begin with a fund balance discussion… Leon says that currently, there is some major projects planned across Yankton…… read more »
Yankton Housing has a new Executive Director. Affordable housing, or lack thereof, is a touchy subject across Yankton, but Camille Mertens has hit the ground running since assuming the role earlier this month. Mertens says that Yankton Housing does a lot more than most realize… Mertens adds that in order to combat Yankton’s Housing crisis,…… read more »
City of Yankton officials are reporting a large revenue surplus, however, looks may be deceiving. According to City Manager Amy Leon, the majority of the city’s surplus revenue is coming from the federal government CARES act… Leon says a large part of the city’s budget is always what is unspent… The Yankton City Commissioners will…… read more »
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a vehicle fire and death in rural Clay County. According to DCI Chief of Staff Tim Bormann, the vehicle was found Tuesday. There is no threat to the public, and investigators are not looking for any suspects. Bormann says he cannot release at this time where…… read more »
President Biden’s administration, which had reportedly canceled the previous administration’s investigation into whether the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese Wuhan lab, recently announced a 90-day inquiry into the virus’s origins. South Dakota Senior Senator John Thune says it’s unclear how you can hold the Chinese government accountable… However, Thune adds that it’s very difficult…… read more »
Tourism season for Yankton is officially here and local officials predict a plentiful summer season. Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce, soon to be Yankton Thrive, Tourism Director Jay Gravholt says that the successes of Ribfest earlier this month was a strong inclination of what is yet to come… Gravholt says Yankton’s new aquatic center has…… read more »
Despite some emotional testimony, the Hartington-Newcastle School Board voted 5-1 recently to close the Newcastle elementary school. Over three dozen Newcastle area parents attended the meeting, many of whom spoke to the board about their thoughts and ideas. Hartington School Superintendent A.J. Johnson says the decision did not come lightly… Johnson says discussions on the…… read more »
As dry conditions persist across South Dakota and no significant rain in sight, area producers are scrambling for ways to feed their cattle. South Dakota Senator John Thune is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to utilize administrative authority to release Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for emergency haying and grazing. Thune says with over…… read more »
A swastika engraved into a Yankton utility pole was discovered Sunday morning. The utility pole is in the five hundred block of east 5th Street. According to Yankton Police Department Corporal Brad Parker, it’s unclear exactly when the vandalism occurred. He says their department received the vandalism report Sunday morning shortly after ten am. Parker…… read more »
