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Good Weather Allows Farmers to Catch Up with Planting Duties

Farmers have been able to catch up with their spring planting.  Many farmers across the region have been in the…

Brian Hunhoff Joins Yankton City Commission

As the Yankton City Commission reorganized following the April election, two incumbent commissioners and one new comer were sworn into…

National Tourism & Travel Week

South Dakota Department of Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen says they will use it to kick off the summer season… Hagen…

New Housing Announced for Downtown Yankton

The Yankton City Commission approved a tax increment financing district at their meeting last (Monday) night that should lead to…

Cattle Contract Pilot Project

The USDA is holding listening sessions as part of its information gathering process for its cattle library pilot program.

Yankton School Board Gets Initial Budget

The Yankton School Board got their first official look at the proposed budget for next year. Business Manager Jason Bietz…

Yankton Mayor Stephanie Moser Re-elected

The Yankton City Commission reorganized for the year at their meeting Monday night, swearing in three commissioners and electing a…

Nebraska continues to see very dry conditions

Planting conditions have been good allowing producers the opportunity to get their spring crops planted, but the dry weather conditions…

Weekly Crop Progress and Conditions Report

The USDA released their weekly Crop Progress and Conditions Report indicating 49% of the U.S. Corn Crop has been planted…

Northwestern Energy Looking for Source of Sunday Night Power Outage

A big part of central and eastern Yankton lost power last night. Jo Dee Black with Northwestern Energy says a…

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