Category Archives: Local

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Today is Giving Tuesday, and United Way of Greater Yankton and several local restaurants are teaming up today through "Dine Out to Donate". Betsy Semmler with United Way says that several restaurants ...

Tuesday is South Dakota Gives Day. Janet Harvey, with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, says that South Dakota Gives Day is a 25-hour fundraiser for suicide prevention. Harvey says that ...

Yankton Toys for Kids is currently accepting new, unwrapped children's toys during the holiday season. Lisa Ryken, who is in charge of Yankton Toys for Kids, says that there's a need for kids who may ...

The Yankton Police Department will hold its Kids, Cops, and Christmas event on December 14th. Jeremy Olson with the YPD says the program, which is designed to take kids in need shopping for Christmas,...

A shooting death that occurred in Vermillion in May has been determined to be justified by the Vermillion Police Department and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation. After an investigat...