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Buy Now A 2025 Chevrolet pickup crashed into an apartment building located at the corner of Eight and Dakota streets in Yankton Tuesday night. The driver of the vehicle was taken to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital with unspecified injuries. No other injuries were reported. Residents of the building were displaced for the night because of concerns about the safety of the structure.

Buy Now Yankton’s “Music at the Meridian” summertime series wrapped up Thursday night at Riverside Park with a special performance of The Crosstown Sound, sponsored by Yankton Medical Clinic as part of its 80th anniversary celebration. The group was originally scheduled to headline last year’s Fourth of July concert but was rained out. The Crosstown Sound returned Thursday night and played before a big crowd — and under a cloudless sky.

Buy Now Ty Schroeder of Norfolk, Nebraska, hangs on tight while competing in the Ranch Bronc Riding competition at the annual Scottie Stampede Rodeo, held in Scotland Saturday and Sunday. This year marked the 61st edition of the event and includes categories such as Mixed Team Roping, Steer Wrestling, Ladies Breakaway Roping, Saddle Bronc Riding and Barrel Racing. To see more photos, visit www.yankton.net.

A large crowd turned out in Vermillion Saturday night for the Clay County Fair demolition derby. Several heats were held, with vehicles in different categories going after one another for prize money. Saturday was the final day of the four-day fair.

Lake Yankton no longer has a high reading of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria.

Big crowds, top 4-H talent and good times were on the menu at last week’s annual Clay County Fair in Vermillion. This year’s event was expanded to four days to

Yankton’s 43rd annual Riverboat Days festival got rolling Friday night at Riverside Park. The late summer festival kicked off at the amphitheatre with the opening ceremonies, which featured the introduction of the 2026 Captain and Belle, Wayne and Marge Kindle.

OMAHA, Neb. — August runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 1.0 million acre-feet (MAF), 73% of average. Runoff was well below normal in the Fort Peck and Garrison reaches due to dry soil moisture conditions and areas of below-normal precipitation. Runoff was above normal for the Oahe, Fort Randall, and Gavins Point reaches, and near normal in the Sioux City reach, mostly due to above-normal precipitation during parts of August.

Buy Now A good crowd turned out amid cloudy skies and comfortable temperatures Monday morning for the annual Wagner Labor Day parade, part of the community’s 126th annual holiday celebration that wrapped up Monday. This year’s festival theme was “250 Years And Glowing Strong,” a nod to America’s semiquincentennial as well as the optimistic heritage and spirit in the Wagner area. The broad theme was evident in the parade. SHOWN: These kids were looking to the stars as part of the Commercial State Bank float that declared, “One small deposit, one giant leap toward your dreams.”

Buy Now The royalty for Yankton High School’s (YHS) upcoming homecoming has been announced. The 2026 candidates include, front from left: Claire Noehren, Josslyn Elwood, Maya Linke, Eden Wolfgram and Bethany Huff; back row: Karson Kral, Ben Bohlmann, Andrew Budig, Miles Drotzmann and Tegan LaCroix. Yankton’s annual Pioneer Days festivities will be held the week of Sept. 21 with the coronation set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in the YHS gym.