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A University of South Dakota student involved in a fatal traffic accident near Vermillion in September plead guilty to two...
The city of Vermillion has announced that starting Nov. 2, alley pickup for curbside recycling will be moved due to w...
The volleyball season reaches tournament time next week, and the Vermillion Tanagers will enter District 8A play as the No. 3 seed.
USDs women soccer earns 4-3 win
The University of South Dakota women’s soccer team built a 3-1 halftime lead and held on for a 4-3 win over North Dakota in Great West Confere...
The announcement came with a blast as The University of South Dakota confirmed earlier this month that Crazy Horse will...
Vermillion’s last regular-season football game frequently provides a harsh reality check because the opponent is usually West Central, and West Ce...
This week some fine pool was being played and some not so fine pool was being cast about like some stones at the lake....
The 2009 season ended with satisfaction for three of Vermillion’s qualifiers at the state cross country meet and extreme disappointment for the fo...
Get your feet and paws ready, it’s that time of y...
Thad Stoddard’s two event wins highlighted the final day of action for The University of South Dakota swimmin...
S. Jacqueline Fox OSB, 79, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 in the Sacre...
The Vermillion School District is exploring options that, if enacted, would enhance its Web site and make it easier for staff to post more information t...
Rotary learns of Coyoteopoly’s mission
The Vermil...
The week after I signed up to be an organ donor, a letter came in the mail from the Department of Public Safety.
The University of South Dakota is celebrating International Education Week Oct. 26-30 with several programs designed to honor and promote global learnin...
Heartland Humane Society received a heartwarming donation from the confirmation class at St. John’s Lutheran...
Coyote volleyball outlasts NJIT in five sets in Great West thriller
The University of South Dakota volleyball team won its third straight match Sunday, defeating the New Jersey Institute of Technology in a five-set thril...
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Funeral Mass for Luella J. Bertrand of Scotland was held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at St. George Catholic Church in Scotland with Fr. Mathew V...
Balance, defense help USD
Austad is PRIDE
Employee of the Month
1,000 get flu vaccine in Vermillion
Just over 1,000 – 1,033 to be exact – flu vaccinations were given to young people and people in risk categories during Thursday’s...
If there were any doubts about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, it was difficult to...
Panthers earn home victory over Vermillion
Dr. Zoran Ristic, 55, died Oct. 18, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Dr. Ristic was born on Dec. 15, 1953, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He had one older brother, Ljubisa. He received bachelors and... Oct. 2-8, 2009 Vermillion stretched its winning streak to four and its season record to 13-8 with a pair of victories in competitive matches at home last week. For the second straight week the South Dakota football team lost a heartbreaker in overtime, as Montana State held on a fourth and goal play to claim a 31-24 win in front of more than 13, 800 fans... Four Vermillion cross-country athletes earned the opportunity to compete in the state meet when they placed in the top 20 of their respective races at the regional meet in Beresford last week. Fans who showed up for football in Madison on a miserable wet and cold evening last Friday had to really want to be there. For those who made the trek from Vermillion, the Tanagers ¬– for... Terry Rolfe and Elizabeth Hoffman won three events each to lead The University of South Dakota swimming and diving teams in their season opener against rival North Dakota Saturday in Vermillion. VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Officials say despite tough economic times, the University of South Dakota Foundation has remained strong. Five faculty members from The University of South Dakota will be honored for their research and creative work during President’s Research Day at the Muenster University Center on Oct. 29. As loyal supporters of The University of South Dakota, Richard and Sharon Cutler were honored for their service to USD at an awards luncheon on Friday, Oct. 9. The USD Foundation presented the Cutl... Gayville Hall presents “The Hay Country Jamboree,” starring Wakonda native Dan Kilbride, Dalton Coffey, John and Susan McNeill, Nick Schwebach, and Owen DeJong, on Saturday, Oct. 24, at... Three members of the Gayville-Volin cross country team have qualified for this Saturday’s state cross country meet in Rapid City. MISSION HILL — Warmth and comfort come in many forms at Mission Hill’s Vangen Lutheran Church, but the quilting group that meets every Wednesday morning is providing at least 400 servic... The nationally acclaimed Rawlins Piano Trio of the University of South Dakota will present its opening concert of the 2009-2010 Vermillion season on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. The concert is open t... Registration is now open for the Dec. 12 ACT achievement test. This date is a great time for seniors to take the ACT before submitting college applications. Students who wish to take the college ad... Many people go through their daily routines without realizing how close they are to suffering a life-threatening stroke. Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Development Company There’s a note on my driver’s license that says, “Donor.” It used to say “Eye Donor,” but I have graduated to donating all of my organs to someone in need when I... There were a lot of women’s voices at our place when I was trying to get some last-minute shut-eye. Harold and Joan Cusick of Mesa, AZ, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in Sacramento, CA, this week surrounded by their five children, 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A card shower to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of Bob and Opal South will be held Oct. 30. Cards and greetings may be mailed to the couple at 2712 W. 26th St. Sioux Falls, SD 57105. Megan Deaver and Josh Becker were married May 23, 2009, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hartington, NE, with Father John Pietramale and Father Kevin O'Dell officiating. SIOUX FALLS (AP) — State Sen. Ben Nesselhuf of Vermillion has filed paperwork to seek the Democratic nomination for secretary of state next year. Cotton Incorporated, a program designed and operated to improve the demand and profitability of cotton, selected the University of South Dakota as one of the sites for its COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREE... Excerpts from the Plain Talk The Vermillion Drama Boosters and the VHS Thespians Club will present two evenings of chills and thrills in their annual haunted house, Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24, from 7 to 10 p.m. The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in November in the following counties: Bennett, Brown, Brule, Campbell, Codington, Davison, Day, Hughes, Jerauld, Lake, Lawrence,... Every year around Oct. 31, childrens' fantasies come true. They look forward to dressing-up as their favorite character and knocking on neighbor's doors to ask the age-old question “Trick o... SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Earlier this month, Kelsey Mullenix had three questions for her family. Since mid-May, digital mammography has become the norm at Sanford Vermillion Hospital. And in the few months that it has been offered in the community, it has greatly enhanced the ability of to hea... Kristi Egland is working in conjunction with Yoplait to raise money for research and educate young women about breast cancer in the Save Your Girls campaign. Kristi Egland knows the particulars of breast cancer through both her years of research and through personal experience. Self-exams, doctors’ visits and regular mammography screenings remain the best options for early detection of breast cancer in women. MISSION HILL — Evangelist and Mrs. Bobby Brown will be ministering at Harvest Independent Baptist Church in Mission Hill on Oct. 18-22. GAYVILLE — The gymnasium at Gayville-Volin School looked a lot pinker than usual at Tuesday night’s volleyball games, with many of the spectators and all of the players sporting t... Charges have been filed by Clay County State’s Attorney Teddi Gertsma relating to a deadly accident that occurred east of Vermillion nearl... Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2009 V. Paul Balleweg, 74, of Vermillion, SD died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at his residence. Ross Johnson, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls. Memorial services were at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 at St. John American Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. A... Donald B. Kenton, 73 years of age from Minden, NE, died on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at his home in Minden. Don was born on April 3, 1936 near Gibbon, NE to Burton and Wynette (Lockwood) Kenton. He grew... David Allan Myron, 61, of Vermillion, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, by natural causes at his residence. More than 50 area youth participated in the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition hosted by the Vermillion Youth Football Association on Sept. 26 in the DakotaDome. The first place winners in each... It's now the postseason for Vermillion High’s cross country runners. Vermillion’s girls won seventh place and the Tanager boys finished eighth in their respective state tournaments in Aberdeen last weekend. Whether it was defensive lapses in crucial situations, an inability to score when given chances or simply dropped interceptions, there are areas to focus on in the dramatic loss for the University... In the final six days of the football regular season starting tonight, Vermillion’s gridiron Tanagers will face a pair of teams which have been going in opposite directions so far this fall.<... A sixth-place finish by Kayla Munger in Flight 2 singles competition was Vermillion’s highlight at the state tennis tournament in Sioux Falls last weekend. The USD Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Colton Recital Hall, the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. The concert will feature Beethoven’s Fi... Sanford Vermillion Medical Center is pleased to announce that Erin Vogel, DPT and Ryan Molencamp, DPT, have joined its staff. The 2009 South Dakota State Fair was held Sept. 3 -7 in Huron. Three hundred ninety entries were exhibited by Clay County 4-H members through static and livestock exhibits and Youth-In-Action conte... On July 20, members of the Jolly J.J.’s 4-H club met at the Extension building at 6:30 p.m. for the monthly meeting. Brittany Hanson called the meeting to order. Ashley Sorensen led the Pledg... The Vermillion Rotary Club met on Tuesday at its usual venue in the Freedom Forum on the USD Campus. Following a roast beef lunch, the meeting was opened by President Dave Lorenz leading in the rec... By Joe Keeton MISSION HILL — Evangelist and Mrs. Bobby Brown will be ministering at Harvest Independent Baptist Church in Mission Hill on Oct. 18-22. GAYVILLE — The gymnasium at Gayville-Volin School looked a lot pinker than usual at Tuesday night’s volleyball games, with many of the spectators and all of the players sporting the col... I was supposed to be learning about the colorful career of the USS Cobia during her many WWII battles. The Cobia is berthed in a channel off Lake Michigan at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manito... Normally I don’t believe in miracles – but I’ve got to tell you about a couple that happened to us. Phyllis lost her PEO pin. We searched all over for it without success. Fortunat... In a column in the Wall Street Journal last April, Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, wrote that President Barack Obama had finished the second... Heartland Humane Society’s Wine & Whiskers event was a huge success, raising over $30,000 for the organization. Wine & Whiskers was held Oct. 3 at the Hillcrest Country Club in Yankto... Work this week: SOUTH YANKTON, Neb. — Children have a way of getting their parents to look at the world through a different set of eyes. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Wayne Nelson-Stastny will present “Missouri River Opportunities Abound” at the W. H. Over Museum, 1110 Ratingen, Vermillion at 7:00 p.m. Excerpts from the Plain Talk The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, Oct. 19 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 16 N. Dakota. The Oct. 19 meal will be sponsored and served by USD’s Alpha Phi... The Delta Tau Delta fraternity raised $3,000 for the Avera Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls. Members ran teddy bears from their front steps in Vermillion, to the Children’s Hospital.... The 27th Annual Quad State Marching Competition will take place on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in the DakotaDome on the campus of the University of South Dakota. There will be 24 bands from South Dako... She’s covered the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorism attacks at the World Trade Center live on national television. Sept. 11-17, 2009 On Sept. 30, 2009, Norma Hays passed from life. The daughter of Ted George, a druggist, and his wife, Grace, a registered nurse, Norma was the eldest of four children born and raised in northwester... Norman Ardel Odeen, 64, passed away after his courageous battle with muscular dystrophy on Oct. 4, 2009 in Vermillion. Patricia Longley Cochran, president of the Alaska Native Science Commission, will present the 15th annual Joseph Harper Cash Memorial Lecture at The University of South Dakota on Thursday, Oct. 15... For the Vermillion boys soccer team it was a case of handling their own business and then waiting for good news from elsewhere. The Vermillion softball team won twice to advance deep into the state tournament in Sioux Falls last weekend, but a pair of one-run losses ended their season just a bit short of their state title g... After matches against West Central and Madison this week, Vermillion's volleyball girls will be home for three more matches in a row starting next week. Senior quarterback Noah Shepard set USD’s career touchdown passes record with a nine-yard strike early in the second quarter, but the South Dakota football team lost, 27-12, to North Dakota o... The postseason has arrived for the Vermillion High cross country teams, and the Tanagers will go to Beresford next Friday for the Region 3A meet as they try to qualify for the state meet. Internationally known double bassist and author Barry Green is coming to the University of South Dakota this October. Green is the author of the Doubleday book The Inner Game of Music, with W. Timo... Joelle Geary, CNA, Sanford Hospital Vermillion, was selected as the Sanford Vermillion Medical Center (SVMC) September 2009 PRIDE Employee of the Month. She has been employed since October 2007. The University of South Dakota is hosting a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 to dedicate its new School of Business building. The ceremony will take place inside the atrium of the new facili... Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Sanford Care Center Vermillion is proud to announce that Amy Thiesse, BSN, recently received her South Dakota Nursing Home Administrator’s license. On Oct. 25, the Friends of the W. H. Over Museum will sponsor their annual Pumpkin Carving Party at 2:30 p.m. Carving will take place in the Discovery Room and participants are asked to bring their... The state Department of Health has ordered its first batch of the new H1N1 vaccine and expects to receive the initial shipment the week of October 4. A state health official says only a small numbe... Ten communities across South Dakota, including Vermillion, are joining forces with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) to bring more businesses to South Dakota. The Occupational Therapy Department at Sanford Vermillion hosted its first Handwriting Helpers Camp this past summer. Twenty-one children from the Vermillion area in grades 1 through 3 participated... To the editor: Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. – George Eliot Swimming season in South Dakota always reminds me of one of the most memorable episodes in my errant life. Remember the 1980 Moscow Olympics Mick Breske, an American Family Insurance agent in Vermillion, has been recognized for customer satisfaction excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Insurance Agency Program.SM... The Center, Yankton, is now accepting applications for the CSFP in the Clay County area to include Vermillion. This program is designed for over-60 low-income seniors. Income guidelines are monthly... Hy-Vee, Inc. joined 40 of the nation’s leading retailers, food and beverage manufacturers and non-profit organizations Tuesday in announcing the launch of the Healthy Weigh... Julie Renner and Gerrit Heine were crowned homecoming queen and king at coronation ceremonies held Oct. 1 in the Vermillion High School gymnasium. Pictured with the queen and king are royalty candi... Work this week: The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), in conjunction with the Vermillion Fire Department will be conducting its first annual “Fill the Boot” event Oct. 10 benefiting research and lo... Excerpts from the Plain Talk The Avera Sacred Heart Hospice Program will be offering Hospice Volunteer Training for those people interested in volunteering their time to a very worthwhile and compassionate cause. The Hospice p... The University of South Dakota will face many of the same challenges in the coming year that it has in its recent past. Judge Arthur L. Rusch Call it a coming out party for the University of South Dakota football program. In the first true Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) home game for the second-year Division I squad, USD... Vermillion's varsity tennis girls will finish their regular season Friday with a dual at Sioux Falls Lincoln and await next week's state tournament at Sioux Falls. Jolly JJs have MapQuest takes me along I-80 from Indiana, east past Youngstown, Ohio, and then onto Pennsylvania Highway 38. I turn right on Emlenton Clintonville Road, left on Main Street and onto Main Hill Road... Gordon Mjork was a totally fictional character – but he almost got elected student body president at South Dakota State College (now University) by a gang of ne’er-do-wells who didn&rsq... “Dear Sarah and Andrea, If you want to come over to my house before school you can. We start school Aug. 26. You can come over before school starts. If you want me to come over, that&... The Eagles Club will host its annual “Eagles Child Health & Safety Carnival” (Child Advocacy Day) on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Eagles Club at 114 West Main Street in... Employees from the Vermillion Hy-Vee store are among 2,325 Hy-Vee employees who will be honored for achieving service milestones in 2009. Work this week: More than a dozen area chefs are cooking up a tasty celebration of food and music at the Vermillion Area Arts Council’s 19th annual Chili Blues Cook-Off on Saturday, Oct. 10. Spicy, mild, veg... Skylar Tiahrt, Wakonda, has the role of Hoke the monkey in Jungle Book Tales, on stage at Northwestern College, Orange City, IA, Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. The Farm Service Agency makes loans to rural youths to establish and operate agricultural income-producing projects in connection with 4-H clubs, FFA and other agricultural groups. Projects must be... Vermillion Light and Power is celebrating Public Power Week, Oct. 4-10, along with more than 2,000 other electric utilities that collectively provide electricity on a not-for-profit basis to 45 mil... Excerpts from the Plain Talk A portion of the University of South Dakota campus was transformed into a military training ground of sorts on Friday, Sept. 25. Cadets involved in the ROTC program at the university and se... Seth Harrer is spending a month in Omaha, completing a rotation in his orthopedics residency for the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. But the Sioux Falls native is also keepin... Eric Murphy of Sioux Falls crossed the finish line of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Sunday morning with two very good reasons for participating in the event perched on his shoulders — his... Fourteen-year old Dylan Fischbach sees his disability as more of an opportunity. Fischbach, who had his right leg amputated just before he turned 3 years old because of cancer, was selected to be a...
Haunted house fundraiser scaring for a cause
David T. Emmelkamp, 834 Brookside Dr., Jefferson: Petty theft second degree -- $400 or less, $76 plus costs.
Lindsay M. Covill, 1125 M...
The Tanagers rallied from a 1-0 deficit t...
According to a report issued Tuesday, the foundat...
GAYVILLE — Tena Westling, Northern State University admissions representative, will be at the Gayville-Volin High School 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Westling will be avail...
• Freshman Cole Rupp qualified by placing 15t...
Unfortunately, most people don’t notice a sign or symptom u...
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By Cleo Erickson
1931
Police officers are rounding up a group of boys who have been raiding the melon patches of Sandy Morse and John South...
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, Oct. 26 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 16 N. Dakota. The Oct. 26 meal will be sponsored and served by Coffee Shop Gal...
What, wondered the 19-year-old, was she doing in a hospital?
How much time had...
“Yoplait is now trying...
She is breast cancer survivor. She learned she had the disease i...
Kristi Egland, Ph.D., hopes to expand those op...
Service times are Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 1...
Adrian Saliu, 25 Spruce St. #213, Vermillion: Speeding on state highway, $16 plus costs.
Charles James Davis, 1920...
Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at the Hansen Funeral Home in Vermillion, with b...
David was born on Oct. 12, 1947 in Vermillion to Warren and...
The Tanagers head to Beresford this afternoon to run in the Region 3A meet with qualification for the state me...
Terrible field conditions, wind and unseas...
Munger won her first mat...
Vogel and Molencamp join therapists Matt Hoyt, PT, Katie Wal...
The weekend everyone has been waiting for is finally here. The 2009 pheasant season officially opens on Saturday. At 12 noon, Central Daylight Time, the first shots of the...
Service times are Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a...
• North half closed west end to service road, Cottage Avenue to Dakota Street.
• Gravel, concrete paving west end to Highway 19.
• Half Highway 19 clos...
Tim Steiner, 45, experienced that first-hand when he decide...
Nelson-St...
By Cleo Erickson
1930
Harold and Ferdinand Sletwold, Sioux City men will take over the property of the Vermillion Greenhouse. With th...
The Vermillion High School Marching Band and Concert Choirs will hold their annual Apple Polishing Concert Monday, Oct. 19, at the VHS Auditorium.
Homemade apple desserts, ap...
It was standing room only at Friday afternoon’s opening ceremony for the University of South Dakota’s new Beacom School of Business and Beacom Hall.
The $19.5 mil...
When Katie Couric started her television career in 1979, she saw very few women in leadership roles.
Three decades later, Couric has shattered the glass ceiling. In September 2006,...
She’s covered the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorism attacks at the World Trade Center live on national television.
She’s reported on the Oklahoma City bombing, the tragedy...
The Vermillion School Board learned at its meeting Monday night that the H1N1 flu has not had a dramatic effect on school attendance.
That could, however, quickly change.
Alexander John Scholten, 1608 S. Bahnson Ave., Sioux Falls: Municipal speeding, $16 plus costs.
Deborah J. Aden, 835 3rd St., Syracuse, NE: Municipal speeding, $36 plus...
Norman was born on Feb. 1, 1945 to Oscar and Ida (Nelson) Odeen in...
Thomas H. “TW” Walker, 80, of Vermillion passed away Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, of natural causes.
TW was born June 2, 1929, in St. Joseph, MO, to Ward and Jane Glen (Hutt...
Funeral services for Marlyn L. Hays, age 74 of Brookings, were held 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at Rude’s Funeral Home in Brookings.Visitation was from 9 to 11 a.m. on Mondayat...
Jean G. Anderson, 76, of Vermillion, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 at the Sanford Vermillion Hospital.
Jean Gilbert was born Feb. 16, 1933 in Sioux City, IA to Ted and Ardi...
After tying James Valley Christian 4-4, with a come-from-b...
Coach Lenni Billberg's Tanagers...
The stakes weren’t as high this time, but Dell Rapids made its return to the DakotaDome just as successful as last November’s trip.
The Quarriors spotted Vermilli...
Thespians at Vermillion High School are ready to rouse your curiosity and tickle your funny bone in the Mark Twain comedy "Is He Dead?" This full length play adapted by David Ives, fo...
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Vermillion, SD 57069
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Thiesse has worked at Sanford Ve...
The Vermillion Rotary Club held its weekly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Neuharth Center at USD. Dave Lorenz, president, opened the meeting and led us in the invocation....
Le...
On behalf of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary, we’d like to thank everyone who helped to make our Eagles Child Health & Safet...
At the risk of looking tacky, I'm t...
Back in the Dirty Thirties when I was a small-for-my-age youngster, I had...
If you were alive then, and tuned in to the sports world, there’s a good chance you really don’t recall much at all about them.
M...
• North half closed west end to service road, Cottage Avenue to Dakota Street.
• Gravel, concrete paving west end to Highway 19.
• Half Highway 19 clos...
1930
The new five ton Diebold vault door has been installed this week in the new First National Bank & Trust Company.&nbs...
The Silver Threads Health & Product Fair Will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Vermillion Senior Center, 320 W Main Street.
Area busi...
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, Oct. 12 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 16 N. Dakota. The Oct. 12 meal will be sponsored and served by Friends o...
A 19-year-old Volin man died in a one-car roll-over Wednesday morning on a road about one mile west of Volin.
Anthony Wade VanHorn Jr. was a passenger in a 1993 Ford Explorer drive...
In an address before a packed banquet hall at the Dakota Dunes Country Club Sunday, Ari Fleischer, former press secretary to President George W. Bush, took aim at the current policies o...
A cold, rainy Saturday didn’t dampen the efforts of those who planned and participated in the Eagles Child Health & Safety Carnival and “Child Advocacy Day” held Oct. 3,...
Despite the recession – or perhaps because of it – total enrollment at the University of South Dakota has continued growing toward 10,000 students.
The Board of R...
The declining total enrollment of South Dakota high school student...
presiding Sept. 4-10, 2009
Patrick John Siegling, 114 N. Pine St., Vermillion: Maintain place to violate beverage laws – nuisance, Recharged; Maintain place t...
Against competition as tough as they will face all season, four Vermillion varsity cross-country runners placed among the top 30 in their divisions at the Yankton Invitational last week.
It’s come down to this for the Vermillion boys varsity soccer team — win Saturday or stay home from the state tournament next week.
As for the girls varsity, the...
After being road warriors for the past month, Vermillion's volleyball team will finally have the chance to stay in their own gym this month.
The Tanagers will be home against Madi...
The Tanagers lost an...
Kicking aside their frustrations at a doubleheader sweep at the hands of West Central, 2-1 and 11-9, the previous Sunday, the Vermillion High softball team lowered the hammer on Elk Point-Jef...
After a bye week off to savor an exhilarating overtime win at Canton on Sept. 18, Vermillion’s gridders look forward to two straight home games in the DakotaDome, starting with Fr...
With an even tougher second-half schedule lying ahead of them, the Tanagers desperately needed a win at Canton Friday, Sept. 18 to go into last week’s bye with a head of steam, to...
busy summer
Jolly J.J. 4-H club members met on Monday, June 9 at the Extension building. They started the evening off by planting flowers in two flower pots.
I recently tried to set up internet and email capability for my in-laws in their new retirement community apartment. I followed all the directions, checked and double-checked all the se...
Christopher David Moen of Vermillion is among 3,800 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the dean’s list for the 2009 spring semester.
All students...
Hy-Vee’s Service Awards program, now in it...
• North half closed west end to service road, Cottage Avenue to Dakota Street.
• Gravel, concrete paving west end to Highway 19.
• Half Highway 19 clos...
The stories from Rudyard Kipling&...
By Cleo Erickson
1928
The Civic Council distributed Christmas Baskets to needy families according to the plans being mad...
Vermillion High School will present the comic farce Is He Dead by Mark Twain next Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m.
Admission is $4 for a...
The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) will be given on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:30 a.m. in the new gym at Vermillion High School.
The Bergen Lutheran Women of the ELCA wish to extend an invitation to their annual “Come to the Table” event on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bergen Church fellowship...
