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Crofton Superintendent Leaving To Lead Another Neb. School District

1 day ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

CROFTON, Neb. — Being able to live and work closer to his Kansas hometown has led Chris Look and his family to leave Crofton, Nebraska. The Crofton Community School superintendent is slated to take over the same position next month at Boone Central Schools in Albion, Nebraska, located about 100 miles southwest of Crofton. “We’ve enjoyed our time here,” Look told the Press & Dakotan. “It’s been a great place for me and my family.
Knox County Civil Investigation Could Soon Reach Conclusion

2 days ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

CENTER, Neb. — An ongoing civil investigation in Knox County, Nebraska, could soon be coming to a close. Special Knox County Attorney David Begley of Omaha, Nebraska-based Elder Law and Estate Planning of Nebraska, told the Press & Dakotan that the investigation may potentially be finished by the end of this month or sometime early next month. “When the civil investigation is concluded, there will be a report,” Begley said.
Update: Woman Gets Prison In Bloomfield Killings

3 days ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

CENTER, Neb. — A Bloomfield, Nebraska, woman has been sentenced to 5-10 years behind bars for her role in a northeast Nebraska double homicide. Seventh Judicial District Judge James Kube handed down the sentence for 29-year-old Kaylynn Sweazy Tuesday morning in Knox County District Court at the county courthouse in Center, Nebraska.
Bloomfield Woman Sentenced To Prison In Double Homicide Case

3 days ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney
Underwater Inspection Project Scheduled For Gavins Point Dam

4 days ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

People should be aware that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled dam maintenance work this week. Michael “Moose” Welch, operations project manager of the Gavins Point Project for the Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District, told the Press & Dakotan that the spillway gates at Gavins Point Dam west of Yankton are slated to be open from 6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday to allow for an underwater inspection project. “All flows through the power plant will be diverted to the spillway,” Welch said.
Czech Days 2025: A Hot Time In Tabor

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

TABOR — People who are checking out the 2025 Tabor Czech Days celebration this weekend must be able to handle the hot summer weather. The high temperatures hit triple digits across the region on a breezy Friday, and they are predicted to be even higher on Saturday. There is an extreme heat warning that is slated to last until 9 p.m. Sunday.
Washington Siblings Explore SD Family Roots During Czech Days

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

TABOR — The annual Tabor Czech Days festival is a time for family gatherings and traditions. The celebration has kept alive the legacy of the early founders of the small Bon Homme County community who traveled to Tabor from Czechoslovakia as early as 1869. The central European country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
Vermillion Fire/EMS, Area Departments To Provide Automatic Mutual Aid

1 week ago | yankton.net | David Lias

VERMILLION — It’s not unusual for the Vermillion Fire/EMS Department, after fully assessing the situation it faces when it arrives at a structure fire, to send out requests to area fire departments for mutual aid to help battle the blaze. Vermillion Fire/EMS Chief Matthew Callahan told the Vermillion City Council at its regular Monday meeting that a better way to deal with these situations is to make the mutual aid requests automatic — in other words, to receive help automatically.
Slip Sliding Away?

1 week ago | yankton.net | Mark Mahoney

IRENE — There is a hill of a problem along a short stretch of South Dakota Highway 46 between Mayfield and Irene in northeast Yankton County. Marcel Kathol, a rural Irene farmer, told the Press & Dakotan that he has been worried for the past year about a slowly eroding slope on the south side of the paved two-lane highway between 445th and 446th Avenues.
Hot ... Hotter ... Hottest!

1 week ago | yankton.net | Cora Van Olson

As several outdoor special events are set to coincide with an extreme-heat warning this weekend, officials stress safety and preparedness. Kyle Weisser, meteorologist for the National Weather Service (NWS) in Sioux Falls, told the Press & Dakotan that the Yankton region is looking at a multi-day warm-up, starting today, which happens to be the first day of summer. “A heat-up, really, for the next three or four days,” he said. “It’s already 90° today (Thursday).