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The Riverboat Days Extreme Bull Riding will be held on Saturday, August 19th, 2023 in Yankton, South Dakota. This Yankton rodeo is held at Yankton County Fairgrounds.

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This annual event features free entertainment, children's activities, art vendors, food booths, car & antique tractor shows, parades, 5k walk/run, fireworks, and more! 

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Headlining bands announced for Yankton’s Riverboat Days

YANKTON, S.D. (KCAU)– The Riverboat Days Committee announced the bands headlining the the Friday and Saturday night concerts.

The 2024 Riverboat Days and Summer Arts Festival will be held Aug. 16 through Aug. 18 at Riverside Park in Yankton.

On that Aug. 16, country singer-songwriter Randy Houser will headline the night’s concert. Houser has 1 billion streams and more than half a dozen hits. His song “Like a Cowboy” was nominated for CMA Song of the Year after its release in 2014. His most recent album “Note to Self” is his sixth studio album and came out in 2022.

On Saturday, the headliner will be Lit, with special guest Diamante. Lit is a SoCal power punk band with six studio albums. Their biggest hit is the 1999 hit “My Own Worst Enemy” from their second album, winning a Billboard Music Award for Modern Rock Song of the Year at the time and becoming a popular karaoke song. The band’s most recent album “Tastes Like Gold” came out in 2022.

Diamonte is a Boston-raised and Los Angeles-based Mexican-Italian-American singer. She has been performing at local gigs on the Sunset Strip since her teenage years. In recent years, she has been touring with well-known bands like Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and The Pretty Reckless.

This year’s Riverboat Days will be coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Yankton’s Meridian Bridge. As such, this year’s theme is “A Journey Through History: The Magnificent Meridian.”

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This annual festival takes place at Riverside Park the 3rd full weekend in August and you don't want to miss it! Drawing over 100,000 people every year, the 3-day Yankton Riverboat Days & Summer Arts Festival features everything from the well attended juried Arts Festival, the popular Grand parade on Saturday morning, a road race, Kayak river race, a wealth of continuous musical performances on the amphitheater stage and other entertainment and fun activities for all the family. The Summer Arts Festival is held in conjunction with Riverboat Days. This 3-day juried art show features over 120 fine artists and craftsman. Stroll the park and marvel at the talent and beauty of the creations and take home something truly unique. This family friendly event offers something for the entire family! The Riverboat Days Board of Directors officially invite you to our river city and celebrate the 36th anniversary of this annual event.

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A man escaped Sudan’s bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion

Bul Mabil has tears streaming down his face as he speaks during a press conference to ask for the public’s help in finding his brother, Dau Mabil, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson Miss., on Monday, April 1, 2024. As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. In April, fishermen found his body floating in a river in the state — prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. (Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Karissa Bowley, Dau Mabil’s wife, speaks during a press conference to ask for the public’s help in finding Mabil at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson Miss., on Monday, April 1, 2024. As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. In April, fishermen found his body floating in a river in the state — prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death.(Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Dr. Rosie Ann Riley comforts Bul Mabil as he gets emotional speaking about his brother, Dau Mabil, during a press conference to ask for the public’s help in finding Dau at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson Miss., on Monday, April 1, 2024. As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. In April, fishermen found his body floating in a river in the state — prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. (Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Bul Mabil cries as he speaks during a press conference to ask for the public’s help in finding his brother, Dau Mabil, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson Miss., on Monday, April 1, 2024. As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. In April, fishermen found his body floating in a river in the state — prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death. (Lauren Witte/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance and death.

Mabil, who lived in Jackson with his wife, went missing in broad daylight on March 25 after going for a walk on a trail connecting the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum with other city landmarks. His brother, Bul Mabil, cast doubt on initial autopsy results published Thursday, which a sheriff said did not uncover signs of foul play.

Bul Mabil said he is dissatisfied with the way authorities have handled the case.

“I can’t believe this would happen to someone who came here from a war-torn country,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. ”I was expecting much better government in this country. But this is the way the United States operates. It is so appalling.”

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, whose district includes Jackson, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting a Justice Department investigation. Thompson said civil rights organizations had contacted his office about the case, and his letter described Mabil as an “African male, who is married to Mrs. Karissa Bowley, a white female.”

Family members and concerned citizens spent weeks searching for Dau Mabil, who was captured by a surveillance camera walking near the trail. In an interview, Bul Mabil said he raced to Jackson from his home in Houston on March 26 after hearing of his brother’s death from a family friend. He said he began looking into the case on his own, alongside the Capitol Police, a state law enforcement agency that operates in part of Jackson.

At the same time, Bowley led rallies and information campaigns on behalf of her missing husband, asking for the public’s help to find him. She did not respond to a text or phone call seeking comment.

Fishermen spotted a body on April 13 in the Pearl River in Lawrence County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Jackson. Days later, officials confirmed the remains were those of Dau Mabil.

Bul Mabil said his brother’s death has been devastating for him and his mother, who still lives in a refugee camp.

The brothers were among the thousands of young refugees brought to the U.S. during their country’s bloody civil war. After they arrived, Julie Hines Mabus, the ex-wife of former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, started a foundation that helped the children settle in Jackson. She described Dau Mabil as “soft-spoken, a smile on his face, a little twinkle in his eye.”

“To get here was miraculous and then for Bul to get his brother here was even more miraculous,” Hines Mabus told the AP. “It was sort of like a homecoming. And now for Bul to face this with his brother, it’s just heartbreaking.”

Bul Mabil filed emergency legal papers to ensure his brother’s body wouldn’t be released to Bowley and her family until an autopsy was performed by both the state crime lab and an independent medical examiner. On Thursday, Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas granted the request, pausing release of the body and ordering a second autopsy.

In a subsequent court filing, Bowley’s attorney said her client “embraces” the judge’s order for an additional autopsy, with the condition it be conducted only after all law enforcement entities finish investigating.

Bul Mabil cast doubt on a statement from Lawrence County Sheriff Ryan Everett, who first reported the results of the initial autopsy Thursday. Everett said the autopsy did not reveal foul play, but an official determination may be made later, pending further testing.

Bailey Martin, a spokesperson for the state Department of Public Safety, said the state crime lab performed the autopsy. The department expects to receive DNA confirmation next week.

Bul Mabil’s attorneys said they hope an independent autopsy can be done within the next week.

Capitol Police conducted an “insufficient” investigation, Bul Mabil said. One of this attorneys, Carlos Tanner, said his client was “being left in the dark about the suspicious circumstances” about his brother’s disappearance and death.

Vallena Greer, a Jackson woman who took in and raised Dau Mabil, said he thrived in America. He received a school award for his improved English speaking skills and was a talented soccer player.

At the time of his disappearance, Dau Mabil worked as a manager at a Jackson restaurant and planned on returning to school to earn a computer science degree.

“He did well for what America wants immigrants to be,” Bul Mabil said. “We called Mississippi our second home. We didn’t know something like this would happen to one of us.”

Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him at @mikergoldberg .