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Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Winner City Council member calls for resignation of town's mayor
Apr. 8—WINNER, S.D. — A member of the Winner City Council on Monday night called for the resignation of the city mayor, citing inappropriate sexual and racial comments allegedly made by the city official. The comments came during the public commentary portion of the April 7 meeting of the Winner City Council. "I'm standing here tonight to ask you, Mr. Mayor, to resign effective immediately," Jeremy Clay, a member of the city council who has been serving since 2018, said at the meeting. "During your time in the official capacity of the mayor of Winner, you've made several sexual and racist statements while conducting official city business." Clay spoke for several minutes near the beginning of the meeting outlining the alleged offenses of Brad Schramm, who serves as mayor of the community. Those accusations included sexual comments made toward city employees and officials, as well as racial comments made to others. Clay said Schramm had made sexually inappropriate comments to Felicia Hughes, another member of the Winner City Council, as well as to Harly Koenig, who serves as the finance officer for the city. He told the Mitchell Republic on Tuesday afternoon that both comments were made while conducting city business and that he personally witnessed both incidents. He also made reference to a pair of racial comments, including use of the N-word, that he had been told about by another city official and through other "city channels." He said he was not present for either of the two racial incidents he cited at the Monday night meeting but believed them to be true. Clay stated his wish for Schramm to resign his position several times during his presentation, and closed by iterating that point again. "Mr. Schramm, you are an embarrassment to the city of Winner and a legal liability. I request you, sir, to resign effective immediately," Clay said. Public commentary at public meetings is generally used to allow the public to speak on matters of city interest that may not otherwise be included on the official agenda. Clay told the Republic that his comments came as a member of the public as opposed to speaking as a member of the Winner City Council. After Clay had finished his commentary at the meeting, Schramm offered a brief response. "Thank you for that, Mr. Clay. And if you want to take things out of context, that's your responsibility," Schramm said. "If you're going to disparage me, Mr. Clay, you better have your facts right." Clay said that he attended a committee meeting Tuesday morning at which Schramm was present and said that the interaction between the two at that time was "civil," but the mayor gave no indication of any intention to resign. The Mitchell Republic reached out to Schramm by phone for comment but had not heard back by the time this article was published. Clay told the Republic Tuesday that he stands by the comments he made Monday night. "They're true. I would not have taken to the podium and spread false information. It was time the public heard these things," Clay said. "The entire council is aware of it. And these are just the ones I've heard, there have been many more that I've been told about." Clay said the city council has no legal recourse to remove Schramm from office, and claimed that if it had such an option, it would have been used by now. He said that the mayor can be recalled by public petition, but said that he would not initiate that process himself. The main goal was to get the information out in the open at a public meeting, which he did Monday night. "I'm not going to (initiate a recall petition). I feel like I had a responsibility to the people of the city of Winner to bring it forward and make them aware," Clay said. "I would say it would be up to the public. I feel I did my part, I made the public aware of what's being said."
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
277 jobs on chopping block at Cimpl's in Yankton
YANKTON, S.D. (KELO) — It's news Yankton Mayor Mason Schramm wasn't expecting. 'Very quickly: kind of a shock to everyone, honestly,' he said Monday. 'There was really no notice ahead of time.' A news release from American Foods Group says harvesting at Cimpl's meat processing facility in Yankton ended Saturday, with more than 250 employees impacted; a notice posted on the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation's website Monday puts the exact number at 277. The notice says 'sausage and some supporting operations' are going to continue. But 'harvest and fabrication operating units' are shut down, with this move 'expected to be permanent in nature and result in the layoff of most employees' in the aforementioned units. Mountain lion rescued from tree in Rapid City The Wisconsin-based American Foods Group says in the news release it will offer workers the chance to relocate. Nevertheless, the developments are a challenge not only for the people who worked at Cimpl's but also the community as a whole. 'We're saddened and surprised at the same time with the choice that American Foods Group has made,' Nancy Wenande, CEO of the nonprofit Yankton Thrive, said Monday. 'Cimpl's has been in Yankton since 1949, so they have a long legacy and a long history of being a major employer in our community.' Still, Wenande and Schramm are looking forward. 'While it came upon us quickly, we want to also, as we do in natural disasters or other events, pull our resources together quickly to help those that need the help,' Wenande said. 'One fortunate aspect of all this is Yankton does have about 550 jobs available in town right now,' Schramm said. 'Not saying that those are going to all go that way, but we do have opportunity here, so we're working to try to let the major employers know that this is coming.' Schramm and Wenande say that if a now-former Cimpl's employee wants to keep working in the community, they should know there's a place for them. 'Yankton's always, we've been a community of resilience and hard-working people, and this is a blow, but we will move forward, and we'll find ways to become better for it,' Schramm said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'That's bananas!' Blue Bell drops new Banana Fudge Ice Cream to welcome spring
Spring is just around the corner, and of course Blue Bell Creameries has launched a new ice cream flavor to celebrate. Banana Fudge Ice Cream consists of milk chocolate ice cream swirled with banana flavored ice cream. The new product's listing describes it as "a perfect spring treat, reminiscent of past frozen snack bars on a stick." "Our new Banana Fudge Ice Cream combines two flavors that complement each other so well," said Sara Schramm, Blue Bell marketing brand manager. "Chocolate and banana ice creams are popular treats all on their own. But swirl these two in one carton, and you have an incredibly smooth and delicious dessert." 'We know our fans still crave the frozen snack bars on a stick that featured banana and chocolate,' Schramm continued. 'We have received requests over the years to return these products to our lineup. We thought, why not shake things up and bring this delicious combination back as an ice cream?' Blue Bell teased the launch of the flavor on social media Monday, alongside an edited version of its iconic logo with an orange background and a curvy yellow stripe down the cow's middle. "New logo? That's bananas! It's more like a new flavor clue," the creamery wrote on Facebook. People were quick to decipher the message — and went bananas, as expected. "Are you bringing the banana fudge back?????" one user commented. "Y'all better be bringing back the banana fudge bars or I'll riot!" another wrote. "We the people are SICK of waiting!" Blue Bell's Banana Fudge Ice Cream is available in half-gallon and pint containers — but only for a limited time. The launch of Banana Fudge Ice Cream comes just weeks after Blue Bell announced Strawberry Toaster Pastry and Mardi Gras King Cake ice cream. Both flavors coincided with upcoming holidays, National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day and Mardi Gras. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Banana Fudge Ice Cream: Blue Bell drops new spring flavor
CBS News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Blue Bell rolls out new ice cream flavor: Banana Fudge
Blue Bell is going bananas just in time for spring. The Texas-based creamery has launched a new ice cream flavor: Banana Fudge. The treat features Blue Bell's milk chocolate ice cream swirled with banana-flavored ice cream, according to a news release. "Our new Banana Fudge Ice Cream combines two flavors that complement each other so well," said Sara Schramm, Blue Bell marketing brand manager. "Chocolate and banana ice creams are popular treats all on their own. But swirl these two in one carton, and you have an incredibly smooth and delicious dessert." Some may recognize the familiar taste of Blue Bell's frozen snack bars on a stick, which is intentional. Schramm noted that after receiving many requests to bring the frozen treats back over the years, the company decided to "shake things up" and reintroduce the combination as ice cream. The nostalgic ice cream flavor is available in half-gallon and pint sizes — but only for a limited time. Banana Fudge isn't the only fruit flavor Blue Bell has released; the new Strawberry Toaster Pastry Ice Cream is also available in stores. The flavor features creamy vanilla ice cream loaded with strawberry pastry pieces, colorful confetti sprinkles, swirls of strawberry sauce and white icing, Blue Bell said.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Opening up the World: IJ Holton hosts first Culture Day to celebrate the school's diversity
Feb. 28—Students at IJ Holton Intermediate School were able to look through an open window of culture as part of the school's first Culture Day on Friday. Throughout the day, students alternated between stations where they learned about backgrounds of the district's success coaches, providing the students with firsthand experiences about their cultures. "This is a great way for our students to see who these people are at our school that are seen during conferences and things like that," said Colin Zidlicky, IJ band teacher as well as the lead for the schools Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program. "If you actually look into the school, over 60% are non-white students. There are a ton of cultures that are unique to Austin that kids don't really know about." Zidlicky said he conceived of the idea of hosting a Cultural Day at the beginning of this school year and started planning for it in January under the PBIS umbrella, which are interactive activities that act as celebrations for the students. Zidlicky went on to say that it was important in bridging gaps between students, cultures and even the success coaches themselves. "They are employees of the school already," Zidlicky said. "They know what's going to be age appropriate. It's a way of engagement for them. Success coaches represent the most saturation of cultures." While Friday's event literally opened up the world for students through the success coaches, Zidlicky said it was also a positive opportunity for the coaches themselves to share of their backgrounds with the students. One of those success coaches was Amanda Schramm, a member of the Santee Dakota nation, in Knox County, Nebraska, west of Niobrara. During her presentation, she shared Native American history as well as regalia she brought with her to share with the students. "It's such a wonderful opportunity," Schramm said in being able to share the history of her people. In sharing her history, Schramm didn't shy away from talking about the challenges her people have faced through the years, including those of her own family. She said it was important to keep talking about it in order to keep that history alive. "If you have to keep everything private it's all going to disappear," Schramm said. Despite this being just the first year, Zidlicky hopes that it will continue to be an annual thing. Staff will take a step back to analyze how the day goes to see how it might fit into the future. Regardless, Zidlicky said that the support from administration has been key in supporting the first go-round. "Where the administration could have said no right away, they said this is an awesome day. Let's make this happen," he said.
