Category Archives: Local
Yankton County Employee Makes Donation to Contact Center
One of the Yankton County staff members has made a generous donation to the Yankton Contact Center this holiday season. Contact Center Director, Rebecca Meier, says that Scott Bormann, the county's Bu...
Dec 10, 2024
City Commission Meetings to Move up an Hour in 2025
The Yankton City Commission has approved changes to its code of ordinances. Yankton City Manager, Amy Leon, says that the changes include how commissioners can bring something forward to a meeting age...
Dec 10, 2024
Rothenberger Named City Employee of the Year
Yankton Police Department Commander Monty Rothenberger was named the City of Yankton's Employee of the Year last Friday night. Rothenberger, who has been with the Yankton Police Department since 2005,...
Dec 09, 2024
Watertown Man Facing Charges in Yankton High School Shooting
A Watertown man is facing charges in the officer involved shooting that occurred in the Yankton High School parking lot Thursday night. South Dakota Attorney General, Marty Jackley, is reporting that ...
Dec 06, 2024
YSD Superintendent Comments on Shooting at Yankton High School
Yankton School District Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Kindle, has commented on the officer involved shooting that occurred at the Yankton High School Thursday night. Kindle says that school officials were...
Dec 06, 2024
One Injured in Shooting at Yankton High School
One person was injured in an officer involved shooting that occurred at the Yankton High School Thursday night. Yankton School District Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Kindle, says that the incident occurre...
Dec 05, 2024
Yankton Holiday Festival of Lights Set for Tonight
The Yankton Holiday Festival of Lights is tonight. Parks and Rec Events Coordinator, Luke Youmans, says that the Festival of Lights will be held in the Meridian District. Youmans says that they will h...
Dec 05, 2024
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
