Yankton & Yankton County, South Dakota

Born and raised in South Dakota, long time Tuskegee University Athletic Director Cleveland Abbott played a pioneering role in developing African-American and women's collegiate spo

The Yankton Bucks defeated the Brookings Bobcats 34-33 on Friday night in Vermillion for the class 11AA football championship.

Throughout its 157 year history, life in Yankton has centered around the Missouri River. Steamboat traffic on the river helped the town grow after its…

Yankton became the capital of Dakota Territory in 1861, when the town was only two years old. The designation brought new settlers and businesses and the…

Since 1922, Yankton's WNAX radio has broadcast throughout the upper Great Plains with a signal that can reach as far south as Kansas City and as far north…

When English travel writer Fraser Harrison first visited Yankton in May 2011, he wasn’t impressed. His guide book promised a "gem-like historic town," but…

The Missouri National Recreation River Water Trail was added to the National Water Trails System last November. The designation applies to 147 miles of…

Former NBC Nightly News anchor and Yankton native Tom Brokaw announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. In a statement posted on…

The volunteers of the Experimental Aircraft Association are traveling around the United States this summer to give the public a taste of the “old days”…

A long-time voice of South Dakota sports has died. Howard “Hod” Nielsen passed away Wednesday morning at age 92. Nielsen had an extensive journalism…