Kelly Hertz

Yankton

Editor at Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

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Articles

The Half-Empty Rain

1 week ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

We all know the old saying about a glass of water that’s filled halfway being viewed as either half-empty or half-full. It’s an exercise in perspective that can reveal how you view a situation: either optimistically or pessimistically. With those parameters in mind, please forgive me for my pessimistic feeling that the recent rains throughout the area have left us sitting with a half-empty glass as we sail into an uncertain summer.
Cancer’s Dark Place

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

When I heard the news last Sunday that former President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, my thoughts could have gone in many different directions. But there was really only one place they could go. They went to a dark room on the third floor of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in the middle of a bitterly cold winter night in 2003.
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2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

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2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

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2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

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2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

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YHS Class Of 2025: A Time To Shine

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

Yankton High School held its 150th annual commencement exercise Sunday afternoon at the YHS main gym with approximately 195 members of the Class of 2025 receiving their diplomas. The commencement program featured music by the YHS Orchestra and YHS choir. The featured speakers were Alivia Dimmer, Ava Gilbertson and Natasha Wells. After the diplomas were presented, the newly minted graduates and their families and friends flooded outdoors for hugs, congratulations and photos to capture the moment.
A Great Fit

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

Five-year-old Cole Wagner of Yankton is all smiles as he is fitted for a new, free life jacket by Martee Herman of Yankton County Search & Rescue during a life jacket giveaway event Thursday at the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center. Yankton Medical Clinic teamed with Search & Rescue to sponsor this safety event, which was moved to the archery center from Riverside Park due to inclement weather earlier in the day.
The Optics Of Madison

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

This week’s immigration arrests in Madison (S.D.) provide us with some timely and relatively local food for thought regarding the art of political optics in these unsettled times. After all, when perception is reality — and in an age when the nature of what we see is more in doubt than ever — appearances can be everything.
The Final Horn

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | Kelly Hertz

The Yankton High School bands presented their spring concert Tuesday night at the YHS theatre, saluting legendary film composer John Williams. The bands were directed by Gwen Wenisch in what was the final concert of the 2024-2025 school year.