Category Archives: Local News
Ekeren Discusses Decision to Retire After 40-Year Career
Longtime Avera Sacred Heart Regional President and CEO Doug Ekeren has announced on Tuesday that he will be retiring in May of next year. Ekeren says that after a 40-year career, including 32 years wi...
Dec 04, 2024
Wuebben Sentenced in Yankton County Child Rape Case
A Hartford, South Dakota man has been sentenced after being convicted of First-Degree Rape of a victim under the age of thirteen in Yankton County. Shawn Michael Wuebben, 23, was indicted by a Yankton...
Dec 03, 2024
Longtime Avera Sacred Heart Regional President and CEO Announces Plans to Retire in 2025
Doug Ekeren, the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Regional President and CEO has announced that he will be retiring after a 39-year career in health care leadership. Ekeren has been with Sacred Heart since...
Dec 03, 2024
Yankton Businesses Taking Part in Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday, and United Way of Greater Yankton and several local restaurants are teaming up today through "Dine Out to Donate". Betsy Semmler with United Way says that several restaurants ...
Dec 03, 2024
South Dakota Gives Day is Tuesday
Tuesday is South Dakota Gives Day. Janet Harvey, with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, says that South Dakota Gives Day is a 25-hour fundraiser for suicide prevention. Harvey says that ...
Dec 02, 2024
Yankton Toys For Kids
Yankton Toys for Kids is currently accepting new, unwrapped children's toys during the holiday season. Lisa Ryken, who is in charge of Yankton Toys for Kids, says that there's a need for kids who may ...
Dec 02, 2024
Kids, Cops, and Christmas
The Yankton Police Department will hold its Kids, Cops, and Christmas event on December 14th. Jeremy Olson with the YPD says the program, which is designed to take kids in need shopping for Christmas,...
Dec 02, 2024
No Criminal Charges Will Be Filed in Vermillion Shooting Death That Occurred in May
A shooting death that occurred in Vermillion in May has been determined to be justified by the Vermillion Police Department and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation. After an investigat...
Nov 27, 2024
Yankton Thrive is Encouraging Local Shopping Over Holiday Weekend
Saturday is Small Business Saturday and Yankton Thrive is encouraging holiday shoppers to shop local. Yankton Thrive Business Services Director, Lauren Rezac, says that shopping local will help boost ...
Nov 27, 2024
Multiple Bucks Earn All-State Football Honors, Sheldon All-American
Several Yankton Bucks Football players have been selected as All-State honorees for Class 11-AA, led by an All-American selection for linebacker Matthew Sheldon. Along with Sheldon, Quarterback Easton...
Nov 27, 2024
