Category Archives: Local News

Harvest Halloween Set for Saturday

Harvest Halloween Set for Saturday

Harvest Halloween is scheduled for Saturday in Yankton. Mandi Gause, who is on the Harvest Halloween Committee, says Harvest Halloween is back this year after being cancelled due to snow last year. Gause says that this year’s event will be at the Lawn by the Meridian Bridge. Gause talked about some of the things that…read more »

Avera and Mount Marty Announce Avera Nursing Advantage Program

Avera and Mount Marty Announce Avera Nursing Advantage Program

Avera and Mount Marty have announced the creation of the Avera Nursing Advantage Program. Mount Marty University President, Dr. Marc Long, says that the program will aim to provide an affordable pathway into nursing in the region. Avera Sacred Heart Regional President and CEO, Doug Ekeren, says that the program will provide students with the…read more »

Missing Boy From Crofton Has Been Found Safe

Missing Boy From Crofton Has Been Found Safe

The Nebraska State Patrol is reporting that the missing boy from Crofton has been found. Holden Duncan, age 11, had been reported missing Monday night after last being seen earlier that afternoon getting off a school bus at the Crofton High School. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, Holden was found safely and the Endangered…read more »

Authorities Believe Missing Crofton Boy is in Hiding, Not Kidnapped

Authorities Believe Missing Crofton Boy is in Hiding, Not Kidnapped

Authorities believe that a Crofton boy that has been missing since Monday afternoon is in hiding. Holden Duncan, age 11, was last seen getting off a bus around 4 p.m. Monday at the Crofton High School and was reported missing around 10 p.m. that night. According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, surveillance cameras belonging…read more »

Endangered Missing Advisory Activated for Missing Crofton Boy

Endangered Missing Advisory Activated for Missing Crofton Boy

The Knox County Sheriff’s office and the Nebraska State Patrol have activated the Endangered Missing Advisory for a Crofton boy that has been reported missing. Holden Duncan, age 11, who went missing from Crofton on Monday, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Monday getting off the bus by the Crofton High School. Duncan was…read more »

Name of Laurel Women that Died in Crash Near Beresford Released

Name of Laurel Women that Died in Crash Near Beresford Released

The name of the Laurel, Nebraska woman that died last weekend in a crash west of Beresford has been released. Preliminary crash information indicates Tracy A. Mortenson, the driver of a 2018 Ford Explorer, was traveling eastbound on SD Highway 46. At the same time, Bailey A. Feistner, the driver of a 2018 Ford F-150,…read more »

Crofton Boy Reported Missing

Crofton Boy Reported Missing

A 12-year-old boy from Crofton has been reported missing. Holden Duncan was last seen on Monday getting off the bus by the Crofton High School. Holden is 12 years old, with sandy brown hair. He is 4’3″ and approximately 80 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black long sleeve Under Armor shirt, black sweatpants,…read more »

Les Schwab Hosts Grand Opening for Yankton Location

Les Schwab Hosts Grand Opening for Yankton Location

The Yankton Les Schwab Tires location hosted a grand opening ceremony over the weekend. Yankton Les Schwab Store Manager, Silas Grey, says that they’re looking forward to earning the trust of the Yankton Community. Grey says that they also donated tires to the Boys and Girls Club of Yankton last weekend, as part of Les…read more »

Yankton Thrive Says “No” to IM 28

Yankton Thrive Says “No” to IM 28

Yankton Thrive has released a statement opposing Initiated Measure 28. IM 28, if passed, would prohibit the state sales tax on anything sold for human consumption. Brittany Wagner, the Tourism Director for Yankton Thrive, says that while the measure comes from a place of good intentions, it was poorly drafted. Wagner says that if IM…read more »