Category Archives: Local

A surfacing project on Highway 81 north of Yankton is set to begin later this month. Greg Rothschadl, with the South Dakota Department of Transportation, says the project is part of work on Highway 81...

Other Area Election Results Avon School Board Jeff Tolsma: 89 Craig Vanderlei: 72 162 ballots were cast out of 851 registered voters (19% voter turnout) City of Scotland Mayor Randy Thumb (Incumbent):...

The Yankton City Commission and School Board held a joint election Tuesday night. Dave Spencer, Brian Bertsch, and Bill Conkling were elected to the Yankton City Commission. Justin Frick and Sarah Bra...

Justin Frick and Sarah Brandt have been elected to the Yankton School Board Frick, who received the most votes with 1,307, says he is excited for the next chapter. Incumbent Sarah Carda placed third w...

Dave Spencer, Brian Bertsch, and Bill Conkling have been elected to the Yankton City Commission. Spencer, who received the most votes with 1,165, says he is looking forward to serving on the commissio...

Avera Sacred Heart has its new Regional President and CEO. Victoria Hanson, who has over 20 years of experience in leading and managing diverse clinical and administrative services in a large integrat...

It's election day for the Yankton City Commission and School Board. There are nine candidates for city commission; Brian Bertsch, Tom Bixler, Bill Conklin, Ashley Dimmer, Pat Grant, Camillia Higgins, ...

This is week is Severe Weather Awareness Week and Yankton County Emergency Management will be conducting drills Wednesday to make sure Yankton County is prepared for severe weather. Emergency Manageme...

The Yankton Fire Department took part in some training exercises with their ladder truck over the weekend. Yankton Fire Chief, Tim Linke, said the ladder truck is one of their more underutilized piece...

Governor Larry Rhoden's prison task force recently held their first meeting to discuss the need to upgrade the men's penitentiary system. Yankton Police Chief, Jason Foote, who is on the prison task f...