Community Growth and Development

South Dakota’s economy is growing faster than any state in the nation, according to last Friday’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). South Dakota grew at an annual rate of 9.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, more than double th...Continue Reading

Shares of Astec Industries rose Monday to the highest level in more than four years after the company more than doubled its net income and beat analysts' projections for earnings last year by refocusing its business and cutting its staff size by 8.5% last year. The Chattanooga-based asphalt equipment maker close...Continue Reading

The City of Yankton is helping contribute to efforts to make the new aquatics center affordable to all. During its meeting Monday night, the Yankton City Commission voted unanimously to approve $10,000 from the BBB (bed, board and booze tax) go to two entities — the Boys & Girls Club’s Gupp...Continue Reading

Together, We Can help slow the spread of COVID-19.This includes taking steps now to follow CDC guidelines that will keep businesses open, keep kids in schools, and support our medical community. Join us, take the pledge, and download the pledge badge and share on social media. Together, we can. https://yanktonsd.com/pledgeContinue Reading

The Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce, Yankton Area Progressive Growth, and Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau are launching an exploratory process to look into and potentially develop a unified strategy. WHY? Our primary goal is to explore potential opportunities to combine the best characteristics of all three organizations into a single unifie...Continue Reading

A new approach to outreach is expected to keep student enrollment growing for the foreseeable future at Mount Marty University’s (MMU). The enrollment numbers announced earlier in the week showed 153 new students this fall, a 36.6% increase over the fall of 2019 and the largest overall Yankton campus enrollment sinc...Continue Reading

Governor Kristi Noem laid out a framework for up to $400 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to assist South Dakota’s small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “South Dakota is in a good spot as we rebound from COVID-19, but some of our small businesses were still hurt by this pandemic,” said Governor Noem. “These folk...Continue Reading

The City of Yankton will remain under the emergency COVID-19 ordinance for a few weeks longer, but some loosening is already set to happen. By a vote of 8-1 during its regular meeting Monday night, the Yankton City Commission adopted the city Health Board’s recommendation for an extension of the ordinanc...Continue Reading

By Rob Nielsen rob.nielsen@yankton.net   Yankton leaders are looking ahead to how they may enhance the city’s workforce and culture. One potential option has continually popped up — immigration. During Yankton Area Progressive Growth’s (YAPG) annual meeting on Tuesday, Erica DeLeon, director of One Siouxland — an affiliate of the SIouxland Community Foundation &mdash...Continue Reading