Category Archives: Local News
Finishing Touches Being Put on Trailhead Learning Center
Work on the Yankton School District's Trailhead Learning Center is close to being completed. Yankton School District Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Kindle says they're putting on the finishing touches on a...
Austin Kathol Feb 13, 2025
Horizon Health Yankton is Teaming With Dunes Dermatology
Horizon Health Yankton has announced that they will be partnering with Dunes Dermatology to offer dermatology services in Yankton. Tara Leonard, with Horizon Health Yankton says that Dune Dermatology ...
Austin Kathol Feb 13, 2025
Construction Underway at Event Central
Just a few months ago it was announced that Hobby Lobby, Marshalls, and Five Below will be coming to the Yankton Mall. Event Central Owner, Matt Evans says they have made great progress on constructio...
Austin Kathol Feb 13, 2025
Event Central Owner Discusses City Commission Decision to Decline Amended Tax Package
Earlier this week the Yankton City Commission voted against providing Event Central with an additional $1.7 million in sales tax rebates. Matt Evans, the owner of Event Central, says that he went to t...
Austin Kathol Feb 11, 2025
Local Coffeemakers to Donate Portion of Valentine's Day Sales to Heartland Human Society
Farmwives Cold Brew is a local coffee brewery co-owned by Kristen Hicks and Ashley Wagner. The business has been active for over a year now, and Wagner says that it got started because they both have ...
Austin Kathol Feb 11, 2025
Yankton City Commission Denies Additional Funding to Event Central
The Yankton City Commission has voted against a request for an additional $1.7 million in funds to Event Central. If approved, the funds would have gone towards the recruitment of three more business ...
Austin Kathol Feb 10, 2025
Yankton Woman Identified in Single Vehicle Crash
The Yankton woman who died in a single vehicle crash south of Freeman on Monday has been identified. Preliminary crash information indicates Faith Lynn Tweedy, the driver of a Dodge Ram 1500, was trav...
Austin Kathol Feb 06, 2025
Twelve YHS Athletes Announce College Signings
During a signing event at Yankton High School on Wednesday, a dozen Yankton student-athletes announced where they would continue their academic and athletic careers. All twelve athletes, their future ...
Austin Kathol Feb 05, 2025
Yankton County to Move Forward With Juvenile Detention Center Study
The Yankton County Commission has decided to move forward with the feasibility study of adding a juvenile detention center in Yankton County. Commission Chair, John Marquardt says that it is the right...
Austin Kathol Feb 04, 2025
Yankton Woman Dead in Single-Vehicle Crash
A Yankton woman died in a single vehicle crash south of Freeman Monday. Preliminary crash information indicates the driver of a Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling north on Highway 81. For an unknown reason,...
Austin Kathol Feb 03, 2025