Yankton & Yankton County, South Dakota

A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929. In this Dakota Life story from 2001, we look at some of the libraries built in South Dakota.

Meet Miles Krajewski, a senior and student manager for the Yankton Bucs. Miles loves sports, but the one he is best at is para-badminton.

Tales from the Hardwood features Miles Krajewski of Yankton, Ruth Dreamer of Oelrichs, Josh Olthoff of Brandon Valley, and Mark Senftner of Sully Buttes.

Before he died in 2004, SDPB talked with Ted Blakey who told us about his family history beginning with his grandfather, a slave who found acceptance in Yankton.

From the late 1940s until the mid-1950s, WNAX radio in Yankton brought the experience of a South Dakota barn dance to listeners all over the upper Midwest.

The Allen Chapel served as a spiritual home to several generations of African Americans in Yankton.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms avian flu detections in bird flocks in the state. Data from the organizations shows that the month of November had an uptick in confirmed infections.

Nearly a million dollars have been awarded to Avera Health to make more sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANEs, available to victims.

In this Dakota Life story from 1999, SDPB visits a famed house in Yankton to see if it is actually haunted.

A Yankton man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for his role in a 2022 shooting death.