Keep Yankton Beautiful
Clean Sweep: Earth, Arbor & Cleanup Days with KYB
April has settled in South Dakota in all her splendor! As if overnight, our lawns appear lush and green, the trees are budding, and...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
Recycle with Us for America Recycles Day!
Cindy Filips GFWC members and KYB representatives gathering for a photo with just a small portion of the MANY bags collected! For the...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Oct 9, 2023
- 3 min
Plan Now for a Beautiful Spring!
With the cooler temperatures starting to settle in, spring seems to be so far away! It’s hard to imagine planning past the upcoming...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Apr 23, 2023
- 3 min
Keep it Clean with KYB!
Sarah Gehm Executive Director of Keep Yankton Beautiful The last Saturday of April is always a special day for Keep Yankton Beautiful...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Mar 30, 2023
- 2 min
Early Spring Home and Garden Projects
It’s been a long, snowy winter here in Yankton, and I have some early spring projects to help kickstart the growing season and add...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Aug 23, 2022
- 4 min
Talkin' Trash
A Primer on Trash Tom Nelson, Keep Yankton Beautiful Have you ever wondered where your trash goes after it’s been picked up by the City...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
Half in the Bag: KYB's 2022
Joseph Tielke, KYB board president Summer has traditionally been a quiet time for Keep Yankton Beautiful (KYB). Late April and early Mays...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
Another Beautiful Year!
Thanks to our donors, partners, and volunteers, we were able to Keep Yankton Beautiful in 2021! Beautification projects The planting of...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Chop or Treat: What to do with your Ash Tree
Lisa Kortan, City of Yankton Urban Forestry & Horticulture Specialist and Keep Yankton Beautiful board member You have an ash tree, now...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Dec 23, 2020
- 5 min
KYB: A Year in Review
As I settled down to summarize 2020, I sought inspiration from my 2019 wrap-up of KYB events and endeavors. Sporting the fresh title of...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
KYB Keeps On!
Keep Yankton Beautiful was at it again, this time in the Meridian District. Last year, thanks to the initiative of the Light Up Yankton...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
The Possibilities of May
"The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May." - Edwin Way Teale It’s May, and I couldn’t be happier....
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
An Ode for Arbor Day
How do I love trees? Let me count the ways… I love trees from the depth to the breadth to the height A home for the squirrels and...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
Every Day is Earth Day
Happy Earth Day, friends! Fifty years ago today, April 22nd was adopted as the day to raise awareness about mankind’s role in protecting...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Recycling in Retrospect
My parents were recycling way before it was cool to recycle. There was a ritual to the way we recycled, and it took half my lifetime to...
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Keep Yankton Beautiful
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
The Benefits of Lawn Recycling
With the spring growing season just around the corner, this is the beginning of home lawn care and property maintenance. In a time of...
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