Category Archives: Local News

Dress a Bear Program is Back for the Holiday Season

Dress a Bear Program is Back for the Holiday Season

The annual Dress a Bear program is back as the Yankton Morning Optimist Club has teddy bears in the lobby of Riverfront Broadcasting. Elle Daisy, with the Yankton Morning Optimist Club, says that those interested in dressing a bear can stop by Riverfront Broadcasting and pick one up, dress it, and return it. Daisy says…read more »

100 Women of Yankton Chooses RCDVC as Recipient of Twelfth Distribution

100 Women of Yankton Chooses RCDVC as Recipient of Twelfth Distribution

The River City Domestic Violence Center has been awarded as the recipient of the 100 Women of Yankton’s twelfth distribution. The collective giving organization tabbed the RCDVC as the winner of the group’s latest distribution last night after a five-minute presentation by the RCDVC. Each organization in consideration for the distribution was required to give…read more »

Yankton Fire Department Responds to Two Fires Sunday into Monday

Yankton Fire Department Responds to Two Fires Sunday into Monday

Yankton Firefighters were out early Monday morning battling a blaze on Pine Street. Deputy Fire Chief, Larry Nickles, says that the fire started in the basement of an occupied home. Nickles says that the early morning call followed an earlier fire in Yankton last night where a suspected cigarette started a fire next to a…read more »

Yankton School District Looking Towards Opt Out Renewal

Yankton School District Looking Towards Opt Out Renewal

The Yankton School District is looking to renew their four year Opt Out plan. YSD Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Kindle, says that the Opt Out renewal plan is a system where the school district gets a certain amount of money per year through taxes and can use the money towards things that the school district may…read more »

Three Juveniles Arrested for Burglary at Yankton Business

Three Juveniles Arrested for Burglary at Yankton Business

Three juveniles have been arrested for their involvement in a burglary on 23rd St. in Yankton Monday morning. Yankton Police Officers say that they noticed a broken window on scene and were able to identify the three juveniles after reviewing a surveillance video. The three juveniles have been charged with Third Degree Burglary, First Degree…read more »

Yankton Gives Input on South Dakota Museum

Yankton Gives Input on South Dakota Museum

          The South Dakota State Historical Society is in the middle of a major renovation of the State Historical Museum in Pierre, and they came to town on Friday looking for Yankton’s input on how it should look.           David Grabitske (Grab-it-skee), Assistant Director of the State Historical Society, talks about the unique opportunity they…read more »

Two Arrested in Threat Made Towards Yankton High School

Two Arrested in Threat Made Towards Yankton High School

An arrest has been made in a threat that was made Wednesday that resulted in a lockdown throughout the Yankton School District. The soft lockdown was a result of a threat that was received at the Yankton High School, which YSD Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Kindle, says was a phone call that sounded to be from…read more »

City to Hire Third-Party Consultant to Look at Westside Park Pond

City to Hire Third-Party Consultant to Look at Westside Park Pond

The Yankton City Commission has approved a third-party consultant to take a look at the work done on the pond at Westside Park. The decision comes after leakage in a redesign of the pond was discovered in July. City Manager, Amy Leon, says that the consultant should be able to determine what went wrong with…read more »

Deposition Filed in Fatal Shooting Near Hartington

Deposition Filed in Fatal Shooting Near Hartington

A deposition has been filed in the case of a man who was charged in a fatal shooting near Hartington last March. David Phillips Jr.’s defense team filed for a motion of deposition in court Monday morning after new evidence was found in the case. Official court records did not state what the evidence is.…read more »