Yankton & Yankton County, South Dakota

By the early 1990's officials in both Nebraska and South Dakota determined that an upgrade was needed at the Missouri River crossing at Yankton. The question became, what to do with the Meridian Bridge?

Once the Meridian Bridge was built, then came the work of maintenance. Don List details what type of work it took to keep the bridge functional.

Yankton's Meridian Bridge is quite a spectacle. It took 11,000 barrels of concrete & 3,500 tons of steel to build a modern marvels that cost 1.3 million dollars.

In this Dakota Life story from 1999, SDPB chronicles the history of Yankton's Meridian Bridge.

The Meridian Bridge at Yankton, South Dakota, which has been in use for a century, proved a boon to the citizens of southeastern South Dakota

Miles Krajewski of Yankton will take the badminton court in France to represent Team USA during the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Dozens attended the first reading of a local ordinance considering regulations for a potential development within the county’s borders.

A small plane crashed in a bean field Wednesday morning, according to the Yankton County Sheriff's Office.

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton is investing $16 million in comprehensive cancer services.

We talk with the USDA's rural development state director for South Dakota and the executive director of Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health about rural mental health care.