South Dakota reported 228 new COVID-19 infections in Saturday’s daily update from the Department of Health.
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A community manufacturing veteran is set to take the helm at the Regional Technical Education Center (RTEC).
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Tuesday marks Election Day in South Dakota, with voters across the south-central and southeast region heading to the polls to decide city and school elections.
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Though the pandemic has not allowed for a complete return to normalcy, mothers of Yankton High School (YHS) seniors have organized to give this year’s class a normal prom.
Educators, historians and some elected officials are urging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the state Department of Education to keep politics and personal bias out of the process to develop a new and enhanced civics and history education initiative for public K-12 schools across the state.
The annual Yankton Citywide Curbside Cleanup is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 19, 2021. Do not place items on the curb until after April 10.
The Yankton City Commission is set to discuss an addendum to the development agreement on Westbrook Estates during its regular meeting Monday.
Families Feeding Families — AGvocacy! is sponsoring a Farm Forum at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, at the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center.
Mount Marty University is holding its annual Giving Days on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 13-14.
With spring upon us, the City of Yankton reminds residents of what can go into your recycle cart and what cannot.
At its meeting Monday, the Yankton School Board is expected to schedule a special school board meeting to hear presentations from architectural firms for a facilities condition assessment study.
On Saturday, April 10, Yankton Boy Scout Troop No. 133 will be conducting the monthly scrap newspaper and aluminum can collections. Troop 133 does not accept plastic or tin cans. Please do not leave these items for pick up.
The South Dakota Department of Transportation says that work will begin Monday, April 12, on an asphalt resurfacing project on S.D. Highway 48 between Interstate 29 and the Iowa border; and S.D. Highway 11 from Highway 48 north to the city of Alcester.
VERMILLION — Celebrate Vermillion Earth Days with a discussion of Hope Jahren’s book, “The Story of More.”
PIERRE — The South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded ten Transportation Alternatives (TA) projects totaling $3.7 million for communities across the state. The TA program is a set aside federal grant program that provides funding from the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) progr…
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Yankton Animal Control has several pets looking for their owner. If you are missing your cat or dog, call dispatch at 605-668-5210. If you wish to adopt an animal, contact Heartland Humane Society at 605-664-4244.
• Charleen Marek, 42, Yankton, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for breach of conditions.
• A report was received at 5:19 p.m. Thursday of a hit-and-run accident on Walnut St.
• A report was received at 2:50 p.m. Thursday of the theft of canned goods and donuts from a business on Broadway Ave.
Bon Homme and Turner counties each recorded one new death related to COVID-19 in Friday’s daily update from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH).
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For almost two decades, radio listeners throughout the Yankton region have had the opportunity to listen to Ronald Leeper — best known to many of them by his on-air name of David Leonard — as he hosted KYNT’s long-running “Alive at Five” program.
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Spring is in the air, and in Yankton, one of the harbingers of the season is the Keep Yankton Beautiful (KYB) Great American Cleanup (GAC).
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An old house in Yankton is about to get a new address.
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FREEMAN — By a margin of one vote, three neighboring schools will not form a proposed sports co-op for 2021-22 but may consider it for the following year.
There may be quorum of the Yankton County Commission and Planning Commission on Monday, April 12, for the Farm Forum at 7 p.m. at NFAA Archery Center, Yankton. No action will be taken at this time.
Mount Marty University is holding its annual Giving Days on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 13-14.
The HSC Friendship Club will meet on Thursday, April 15, 2021, at Wiebelhaus Recreation in Crofton, Nebraska. The meeting starts at 5 p.m.
Grab your friends and enemies and join the library for a virtual game time. On Tuesday, April 13, from 4-5 p.m., the Yankton Community Library will be hosting a virtual Among Us game time for Tweens and Teens grades 6 and up.
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Yankton Animal Control has several pets looking for their owner. If you are missing your cat or dog, call dispatch at 605-668-5210. If you wish to adopt an animal, contact Heartland Humane Society at 605-664-4244.
• April Villagomez, 41, Yankton, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for failure to appear.
• A report was received at 5:18 p.m. Wednesday of a domestic incident on Broadway Ave.
• A report was received at 5:13 p.m. Wednesday of a two-vehicle accident on 2nd St.
South Dakota recorded 222 new COVID-19 infections and one new death in Thursday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).
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RAPID CITY — The South Dakota Board of Education Standards adopted new academic content standards in the following subject areas at its meeting on March 27:
AMES, Iowa — If you’re looking to start a new business or expand on something you’re already doing, you may be in need of a loan. If so, there are certain steps you can take to help make the process go better and increase your chances of being funded.
The vehicle may look yellow, but Tony Anderson refers to it as the “green bus.”
Prospective voters got a belated final look at the seven candidates running for Yankton City Commission Wednesday.
The time to vaccinate is now.
We are suspending the publishing of Her Voice magazine indefinitely due to personnel/staffing shortages.
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The following marriage licenses were issued by Yankton County during March 2021:
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South Dakota reported 295 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, the largest single daily increase since March 19.
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