Mark Mahoney

Yankton

Reporter at Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

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Articles

All’s Well: USD, Vermillion Celebrate New Swimming Facility

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

VERMILLION — The University of South Dakota (USD) has made quite a splash with its new Wellness Center Natatorium. USD celebrated the grand opening of the more than $31 million aquatic facility Tuesday afternoon with a variety of speakers and a ribbon-cutting ceremony that went swimmingly inside the warm and humid natatorium against the backdrop of a beautiful and refreshingly cool spring day outside.
YSD Board OKs Bid For Webster Property

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

Yankton School District (YSD) officials said they are pleased to have a purchaser for the Webster Elementary School property. The five-member Yankton School Board on Monday unanimously accepted the high bid of $11,100 from Southfork Premier Properties, LLC, of Meadville, Missouri, for the Webster Elementary property. The only other bid was $2,500 from Empire Wholesale, LLC, of Loretto, Minnesota. “It’s pretty exciting,” said Chareen Gerber, the district’s business manager. “We got two bids.
Laurel Care Center Inches Closer To Shutting Down For Good

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

LAUREL, Neb. — The longtime nursing home and assisted living community in the northeast Nebraska city of Laurel are just over a month away from closing for good. The Laurel City Council held a nearly 13-minute special meeting Thursday afternoon to consider and/or approve additional financing for Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living, city-owned facilities that are slated to permanently shut down, effective May 13, in the Cedar County community of nearly 1,000 people.
Group Supports People Who Have Lost Loved Ones To Suicide

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

Emma French Laird wants people who have lost loved ones to suicide to know they are not alone. The Yankton woman is one of the facilitators for the Healing2Gether Support Group for adults that meets in person on the second Monday of each month. The April gathering is slated for 6-7:30 p.m. Monday at the United Way of Greater Yankton building, 920 Broadway Ave., Suite 1. “Sharing and support from others who have experienced losing a loved one to suicide can ease the pain of grieving,” Laird said.
Laurel Group Working To Save Care Center

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

LAUREL, Neb. — Residents of Laurel who are working to stop the town’s longtime nursing home and assisted living community from closing for good are trying to form a new nonprofit organization that could potentially operate the facilities.
Frick And Brandt Nab Yankton School Board Posts

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

The race for two Yankton School Board seats up for election this year came down to a competition among three out of the five candidates on Tuesday. According to the unofficial results from the Yankton County Auditor’s Office, candidates Justin Frick (1,307) and Sarah Brandt (1,236 ) were the top two vote-getters, while incumbent Sarah Carda (1,150), who is in her 12th year on the school board, placed third, followed by candidates Brennan Novak (440) and Ellie Kajer (122).
Coping With Cuts

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

One of South Dakota’s largest human service organizations needs help, including its Yankton office. Yankton’s Trinity Lutheran Church hosted representatives of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) of South Dakota and Yankton Thrive Workforce Development Director Rita Nelson last Wednesday as part of its series of speakers, called “Neighbors in Solidarity,” which is being held throughout the 2025 observance of Lent.
Judge Orders Knox County Criminal Investigation

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

CENTER, Neb. — A northeast Nebraska district court judge has ordered a criminal investigation in Knox County. On March 24, 7th Judicial District Judge James Kube appointed the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office as a special prosecutor to investigate possible, unspecified violations of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act involving Knox County employees and/or elected officials, according to a press release issued Thursday by the county’s Board of Supervisors.
Knox County May Ban New Wind, Solar Energy Projects

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

CENTER, Neb. — Two types of renewable energy projects could soon be prohibited in one northeast Nebraska county. The Knox County Board of Supervisors on Thursday voted 6-1 in favor of tasking the county planning commission with researching and reviewing a potential ban on new commercial wind and solar energy projects in the county. District 5 Supervisor Kevin Mackeprang of Bloomfield, Nebraska, who supports renewable energy projects, was the lone dissenting vote.
Laurel Residents Seeking Financial Pledges For Care Center

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

LAUREL, Neb. — Residents of Laurel, Nebraska, continue to rally together in an effort to stop the city’s longtime nursing home and assisted living community from closing for good. Financial pledges of more than $242,000 have been made so far to the Partners with Hillcrest Care Center Committee, which was formed to try and save Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living. The city-owned facilities are slated to permanently close, effective May 13, in the northeast Nebraska community.