Scotland, SD

It’s been a month since Sheriff Preston Crissey was sworn into office as the Sheriff of Yankton County. Crissey says that a lot has been accomplished in his first month, including the promotion of three members of the Yankton County Sheriff’s office to captain. Crissey praised his staff...

PIERRE – The Governor girls kept winning Friday, and one of their players made history. Pierre defeated Yankton 59-18 at the Riggs High Gym as Remington Price established the Governor girls’ program record for made three-pointers. Ayvrie Kaiser, Ryan Berry and Lennix DuPris each scored nine for Pierre...

WAGNER – Hot Springs won the Region 2A state qualifying gymnastics meet Friday at Wagner High School. The Bison scored 135.650 points, just ahead of Chamberlain’s 135.125. Wall/Kadoka Area/Philip was fifth with 126.150. Stanley County came seventh with 123.450. Kimball/White Lake finished eighth with 114.200. 2023 Region 2A...

Yankton has a new option available for picking up fresh, healthy food in the form of Counterfeit Curbside. Michelle Donner, owner of Counterfeit Catering, started catering 10 years ago out of their Hardington farm, then expanded beyond traditional catering to have 6 vending machines at different businesses…. Donner explains why...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — This year has been a busy year for snowfall. Several areas in south central to southeast KELOLAND has had more snow than what they know what to do with in January alone. Winner had the snowiest January on record. Last month Winner saw 31...

YANKTON — Watertown's boys crowned five champions and finished second out of 17 teams Saturday in the Yankton Invitational wrestling tournament. Pierre edged Watertown 250-235 for the title. Gage Lohr (106 pounds, 35-3 overall), Sloan Johannsen (120, 39-0), Braden Le (132, 27-10), Brock Eitreim (196, 29-6) and Micah Hach...

Two statement wins over the last week on the road and now the Governor girls return home to face the Yankton Gazelles tonight in an ESD contest. The Governors remain number three in the standings heading into the weekend as Pierre takes on Yankton who is outside of the SoDak 16 currently at 1-10. The Gazelles dropped its first eight games of the season before defeating Roosevelt and have now dropped back to back games heading into tonight. While the Governors will drop in their seed point average regardless of the outcome of the game, the Govs need a win to try and keep pace up top the standings.

On Friday night, over 30 people gathered in the GAR Hall for an evening of art and fellowship at the Meet and Greet of artist Anthony DiMichele (Dee Ma Kay Lee), who’s show, “Art Under Pressure: A Life in Printmaking” is on display. David Kahle (Kaw Lee),...

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Medical folks are seeing lots of people with winter bugs including the flu, RSV and Covid-19. Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says its best to avoid the infections if at all possible. Healy says people should strongly consider getting all the...

Cleaning efforts continue in Yankton after a record amount of snowfall in the month of January. Public Works Director Adam Haberman says that they have designated spots around Yankton for snow, but they’re filling up quickly. The city will be clearing storm drains throughout the rest of the week...

One of the local photography clubs will be meeting on Tuesday night at the GAR Hall at 7 pm. Luana Johnson, president of Yankton Area Photography Club, talks about why they meet…. Photographer Elijah Berry talks about what people should expect from his presentation…. Further information can be found on...

The Yankton Fire Department says that they are accepting applications for firefighters. Yankton Deputy Fire Chief Larry Nickles says that they are looking to add 3-4 fire fighters due to multiple retirements. Nickles says that applications can be found online at http://www.yanktonfd.com/, on their Facebook page, or by picking one...

The Mount Marty Lancers were in Sioux City, Iowa last night for a GPAC basketball double header against the Briar Cliff Chargers. The Lancer women fell 76-56 while the men also fell 81-66. The Lancers now host Hastings College on Saturday. Coverage for the Lancers’ Saturday double header can be...

YANKTON, S.D. — Yankton Schools are saying that there is an external issue with phone services. The district says if you are trying to reach a school, please email the school.

-The City of Yankton has been on clean-up duty since receiving multiple double digit snowfalls.

The Yankton Medical Clinic has announced that they have made a $5,000 donation to the Pathways Homeless Shelter of Yankton. YMC CEO Becky McManus says that the medical clinic was happy to give back to a local organization that serves the community. McManus says that the $5,000 check was presented...

WAGNER, S.D.(WNAX)- Residents in Wagner continue to lobby the state Transportation Commission to maintain Highway 46 as a four lane through the town. Gerrit Juffer of Wagner again spoke to the Commission during their meeting this week. The D.O.T. has proposed rebuilding the highway as a three lane with wider...

Jan. 30—YANKTON, S.D. — On Jan. 16, the Yankton County Republicans elected new leadership, with wide margins of county delegates favoring newer members in the county party and showing incumbent board members the door. But, as the incoming executive board began to attempt to take over the county...

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota legislature passed a two hundred million dollar package of funding for housing infrastructure. Yankton Thrive C.E.O. Nancy Wenande says its another source of funding to develop affordable housing. Wenande says the money won’t go directly to building homes and apartments. Wenande says developing sites...

The Mid-State Basketball tournament games have been moved back a day. The games scheduled for Saturday were postponed and rescheduled for Monday. That includes the No. 9 seed O'Neill girls at eighth-seeded Boone Central and the ninth-seeded Crofton boys at Guardian Angels Central Catholic. The girls quarterfinals, originally scheduled for...