Springfield News

Community organizations in Yankton, Springfield and Freeman received more than thirty tons of fresh produce this year, courtesy of state prison inmates at the Yankton Minimum Unit and the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections says a state prison inmate has died. A news release says 75-year-old Leland Kagy died Tuesday morning at the state prison in Springfield.

After a 30-year absence from the stage, Sandy Hanson is back in the spotlight. The Sioux Falls empty nester is one of nine cast members of "Mornings At Seven," which opens Friday at the Corson Playhouse.

Members of the Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee on Wednesday wrapped up a tour of state facilities in eastern South Dakota.

Superintendent Bryce Knudson says more red ink is in the cards for the Bon Homme School District in southeast South Dakota.

With photographs of her seven grandchildren hanging in the background, Pat Thuringer, 75, looks forward to retiring from the Spencer Family YMCA's child care center she's greeted youth at over the last 35 years.

Crews are searching the Missouri River west of Yankton for a boater who was last seen on Friday.