The Yankton Contact Center is still accepting donations for the Salvation Army. Executive Director, Rebecca Meier, says that 90% of the funds raised through the Salvation Army will stay in Yankton County. Meier says that they will have bell ringers stationed at Hy-Vee over the next two weekends. Meier says that they have a goal…… read more »
South Dakota AAA is projecting over three hundred thousand South Dakotans are expected to travel for the holidays. Shawn Steward with SD AAA says that is up 1.3% from last year. Steward says that one contributing factor to the projected increase in travel is the decrease in gas prices. Steward says that SD Triple…… read more »
The University of South Dakota has announced that they have hired Dakota State’s Jon Schemmel as their new Athletic Director. Schemmel, who has served as DSU’s President and CEO since 2021, previously spent time in Vermillion as the university’s Senior Associate AD from 2012-2017. Schemmel said Wednesday that “My family and I are ecstatic to…… read more »
On Tuesday night, the Yankton County Commission approved a pay increase for all front-line workers for the Yankton County Ambulance Service. Eric Van Dusen, Yankton County’s Ambulance Administrator, talks about his request for more pay, which was tabled at the last meeting… Van Dusen talks about how much his EMTs and paramedics…… read more »
Larry Nickles has announced his retirement as Yankton’s Deputy Fire Chief after 27 years in the role. Nickles, who started as a volunteer firefighter in Yankton in 1979, says that the Yankton Fire Department has always felt like home to him. Nickles says that he is thankful that he got to serve the Yankton community…… read more »
Three teenagers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an incident that saw gun shots being fired in Yankton County. Yankton Police Chief Jason Foote says that YPD Officers were requested to assist the Yankton County Sheriff’s Department in locating a vehicle and occupants involved in a report of gun shots being fired in…… read more »
More Details have been released from a crash that occurred on Highway 81 near the Human Services Center and Wilson Trailer earlier this week. Yankton County Sheriff Preston Crissey says that a 2010 Jeep Cherokee was at a stop sign headed across from Wilson Trailer towards the Human Services Center when it was struck from…… read more »
The Yankton Fire Department responded to fire inside of a trailer home Wednesday. Yankton Deputy Fire Chief Larry Nickles says that fire fighters were called to 3307 Grand Duke Street where they discovered a fire in the center portion of the trailer. Nickles says that the origin of the fire was from a vent or…… read more »
After a small mountain has risen in the southeast corner of the Old State Hospital Campus at 31st and Broadway, the new home of Paradigm Technologies, Inc. has been going up very rapidly. Paradigm’s president, Kyle Kenfield, says, “The PTI site in Yankton is expected to be substantially completed Spring of 2024. The…… read more »
Working is being done to improve the parking lot at Event Central. Owner Matt Evans says that they have filled in the pot holes in the parking lot. Evans says that they also put down concrete on the north entrance near Dunham’s Sports. Evans says that the projects that they have done so far cost…… read more »
