Yankton News

THE LIBERAL: Sara, 25, graduate student in history at ISU THE CONSERVATIVE: Mark, 27, contract administrator for Daktronics in Ankeny Sara and Mark grew up in Yankton, S.D., and attended the same high school and church.

One of the nation's largest Christian music festivals is expected to announce today that it has found a new home in Lincoln County.

A controversial traveling company that a state medical official describes as a 'modern-day snake oil salesman' plans to hold clinics in four South Dakota towns.

YANKTON, S.D. - The Yankton Women's and Children's Center is trying to raise at least $60,000 to furnish a new building.

With the wet grain being harvested in South Dakota this year comes another problem: a spike in the demand for propane to dry it.

Annie, the canine companion of Tasha Anderson, is adopted from a shelter. a oeIta s a good, fulfilling feeling,a she said of finding a pet at an animal shelter, a oeand sometimes you get the best of all the breeds that are mixed in there.a Jordan Bailey and Princess, Tiffany Paulson and Houdini, Julie Becker and Hutch, Jeanette Kaddatz, director of ...

The globalization of markets is changing many aspects of agriculture. The changing face of agriculture in a global economy has induced many farm organizations to share ideas - sometimes across continents.

Just in time for Veteran's Day, a tribute to South Dakota military men and women is coming to Siouxland.

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he won't seek a tax increase to fix state budget problems that are expected to get much worse in the next two years.

One man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries and another is behind bars after a hit and run crash.

The flu season is keeping substitute teachers busy this year. The Yankton school district has been building a larger-than-normal pool of substitute teacher candidates, as students aren't the only ones being kept from classes because of the H1N1 and seasonal flu viruses.

The measure is supported by South Dakotans for Lifesaving Cures. Sentencing for 27-year-old Jackie Black Hawk of Wanblee is scheduled for January.

The LifeLight Fall Tour featuring Disciple, Project 86, Children18:3 and a live art performance by Eric Samuel Timm, kicks off this week, making a Thursday stop in Brookings.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: SANFORD- MeritCare health care system merger nears finish line Fargo , N.D. The largest health systems in the Dakotas are expected to complete their merger this week.

The annual LifeLight Music Festival most likely will remain in the Sioux Falls area though two other cities are still in the running as officials look for a permanent home for the event.

At some point, the dolls that Linda Nelson was creating became real to her. High Bear evolved into a chief, the leader of his people.

Trish Leibfarth and her fellow Greeks are scaring up some cash with their Halloween haunted house.

Soggy fields and more rain continue to hold up South Dakota's row-crop harvest. The weekly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says statewide last week, there were only two days suitable for field work.

A 15-year legal fight over a bank name appears to be nearing an end with The First National Bank in Sioux Falls holding the upper hand.

The South Dakota Transportation Commission will give the Meridian Bridge in Yankton almost $2 million in federal stimulus funds.