Yankton News

The two organizations will meet at the Best Western hotel in Yankton at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, then head to the Pat Steffen ranch near Wynot, Neb.

There are many things that come to mind when thinking about the Fourth of July: freedom, fireworks and food.

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota's new fiscal year for state government, effective this past Wednesday, means the tax on revenue from Deadwood casinos goes up 1 percent from 8 percent to 9 percent.

There's a new use for the Meridian Bridge at Yankton - if only temporary. The top deck of the double-deck bridge will be used to launch fireworks for the city's fireworks display Saturday evening.

Yankton Area Office 1306 W. 31st Yankton, SD 57078-9662 Phone: 668-2929 FAX: 668-2927 July 2 , 2009 Contact: Rod Gall 668-2931 Ext 14 SD Highway 50 & SD Highway 11 Chip Seal Projects YANKTON The South Dakota Department of Transportation will be chip sealing a 5.1 mile section of SD Highway 11 from Elk Point north to SD Highway 50 and from the ...

Inside the South Dakota Department of Corrections, the Yankton Minimum Unit is home to more than 300 men.

YANKTON, S.D. - President Barack Obama says a series of meetings has been scheduled to find out from farmers, ranchers and rural communities how to revitalize rural America.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/29/2009 7:24 AM My friend Jackie reminds me that Senator Johnson is spending the Congressional holiday recess touring the state to talk health care.

Organizers of Yankton's annual Fourth of July fireworks show promise it will reach new heights this year.

You can see some of the best young soccer players in the country compete in Sioux Falls today.

Heat emergencies fall into three categories of increasing severity: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke.

YANKTON, S.D. - City commissioners in Yankton have decided against limiting the number of cats residents can own.

Another state fishing record has fallen. Matt Sarha of Gayville caught a 14-pound hybrid bass in the Missouri River near Yankton.

An Army Corps of Engineers official says federal economic stimulus money will help pay for deferred maintenance at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton and Fort Randall Dam at Pickstown, along with some sediment reduction efforts and other Missouri River recovery projects.

Aberdeen had swamped streets, basement flooding and sewer backups, and scattered power outages Tuesday.

South Dakota tribal leaders have listened for years to federal officials who promise to confront the challenge of providing adequate health care to Native Americans, primarily through the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service.

People in about a dozen Yankton homes were told to leave their houses due to a natural gas leak Tuesday evening.

Woman's odd journey baffles those who knew her in S.D. STEVE YOUNG * syoung@argusleader.com * June 14, 2009 She grew up across the prairies of Iowa, attended high school in Yankton, became a teen mother and then a housewife raising four children in relative anonymity in Aberdeen.

People in about a dozen Yankton homes were told to leave their houses due to a natural gas leak Tuesday evening.

People in about a dozen Yankton homes were told to leave their houses due to a natural gas leak Tuesday evening.