Archive For April 2010
Dorene K. Merrigan
April 30th, 2010
Dorene K. Merrigan passed away April 18, 2010 in Brownsville, TX after a lengthy illness. She was surrounded by her husband, daughters and two sisters-in-law at her death. She is...
For The Record
April 30th, 2010
Judge Tami Bern presiding March 26-April 2, 2010 Blake T. Musch, 31421 462nd Ave., Vermillion: Possess loaded firearm while intoxicated, $300 plus costs. &n...
Documentary on Old Time Fiddler set air on SDPT
April 30th, 2010
The tales and tunes of the South Dakota Old Time Fiddlers move to television on Wednesday, May 5, when a fellow musician’s documentary on the group gets a broadcast premiere on South Dakota P...
Shepard and Quaye reach free agent deals
April 30th, 2010
University of South Dakota football player’s Noah Shepard and Ko Quaye signed free agent deals with National Football League teams after the draft completed on Saturday. Shepard agreed to ter...
Ladies golf
gets underway
gets underway
April 30th, 2010
Let the games begin.The Wednesday Morning Ladies golf/lunch/games group will begin on May 5 with golf at 9 a.m. Cherry Street Grille with Jon and Taylor will again be catering the...
Seniors see
new blood
new blood
April 30th, 2010
It would appear that the younger crowd has heard that the senior men are having too much fun in their league, so a few came to join the play during the last couple of weeks. These new players...
Weather dampens VHS track schedule
April 30th, 2010
It was too good to last. The beautiful spring weather that had allowed Vermillion's and other schools' track and field athletes to compete in all of their scheduled meets up to...
Tanager baseball faces busy weekend
April 30th, 2010
Vermillion's high school baseball team will face a busy weekend as the final hectic week of the fast-disappearing regular season begins. The Tanagers will go to Tabor to play the...
Tanager tennis falls to tough opponents
April 30th, 2010
Yankton swept Vermillion 9-0 in a high school boys tennis dual at the USD courts Tuesday afternoon.On Monday the Tanagers' scheduled home dual with Sioux City North was rained ou...
A Quilt Made Of Love
April 30th, 2010
MISSION HILL — A Mission Hill woman is hoping her handiwork will help her son-in-law in his fight against cancer.With the help of one of her daughters, Dorothy Sylliaasen ha...
Vermillion vets to participate in Honor Flight South Dakota
April 30th, 2010
Honor Flight South Dakota is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an all expense paid trip for World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to tour the National World War II Memorial....
Moore addresses
Vermillion Rotary
Vermillion Rotary
April 30th, 2010
The Vermillion Rotary Club held its weekly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, April 27, at the Neuharth Media Center on the campus of USD. President David Lorenz opened the meeting and led us...
Laura Hansen earns Modern Woodmen of America scholarship
April 30th, 2010
Laura E. Hansen has been awarded an $8,000 four-year Fraternal College Scholarship in a national competition with other students who are members of Modern Woodmen of America. Modern Woodmen, a frat...
Obeney receives SESDAC, Inc. employee of the month
April 30th, 2010
Nicola Obeney, community supports instructor, was selected as the SESDAC, Inc. April, 2010 Employee of the Month. Nicola has been employed at SESDAC, Inc. since January, 2008.Nico...
USD choral ensembles to join
with USD Symphony Orchestra
with USD Symphony Orchestra
April 30th, 2010
The USD Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert on Friday, April 30 at 7:30 P.M. in Knutson Theatre, the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. The concert will feature the three winners...
USD law student elected national NALSA president
April 30th, 2010
Lonnie Wright, a second year law student at the University of South Dakota School of Law, was elected president of National Native American Law Students (NNALSA) at the 35th annual Indian Law Confe...
VHS announce
National Merit qualifiers
National Merit qualifiers
April 30th, 2010
Vermillion High School is proud to announce that Lucas Dodge, Alex Larson, Kayla Thompson, and Samuel Jensen have qualified for the National Merit Scholarship Program. About 50,000 students of 1.5...
Carlson receives Peggy Martin award
April 30th, 2010
The 2010 Peggy Martin award winners for the outstanding female senior student-athletes were announced Monday, April 26, at the annual University of Central Missouri Athletic Banquet. Th...
Raziel’s takes action to
help fight domestic violence
help fight domestic violence
April 30th, 2010
Bonnie Rowland at Raziel’s in downtown Vermillion invites local citizens to help save lives.Any day in May, every day in May, people may help Domestic Violence Safe Options Servic...
No, please, don’t throw that away!
April 30th, 2010
There’s something about hoarders that I sort of understand. Don’t get me wrong; I am not a hoarder, but I've read about them in newspapers, have seen them profiled on television, and h...
The couple that laughs together stays together
April 30th, 2010
Y’know, I read somewhere that the best way to preserve a marriage is to laugh together.Generally, I subscribe to that theory … but on the other hand, I’ve known a few...
Respect others as
you express yourself
you express yourself
April 30th, 2010
Something occurred on the University of South Dakota campus recently that perhaps could easily be viewed by most Vermillion residents as a bit of a kerfuffle involving only the university community...
Engaged
April 30th, 2010
Amanda Widner and Brett Fergen, both of Pierre, would like to announce their engagement.Parents of the couple are Steve and Judy Widner of Vermillion, and Chuck and Wanda Fergen of Pier...
Will celebrate
April 30th, 2010
Howard and Lucille (Kribell) O’Connor will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married May 12, 1945 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Garryowen.They have 11 c...
Chamber Chat
April 30th, 2010
Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce& Development Company116 Market Street, Suite 103Vermillion, SD 57069605-624-5571vcdc@vermillionchamber.comwww.vermillionc...
Search committee named for USD post
April 30th, 2010
James W. Abbott, president of The University of South Dakota, today announced the formation of an 18-member search committee to assist in the selection of USD’s athletic director....
In memory of ‘Doc’
April 30th, 2010
Betty McCullough (center) takes part in the presentation of a gift of $250 from the Vermillion Rotary Club to the USD Foundation Tuesday afternoon. Club President David Lorenz presented the c...
Entrepreneur development
program seeks two new pilot sites
program seeks two new pilot sites
April 30th, 2010
Dakota Rising, a program of South Dakota Rural Enterprise, stimulates and supports entrepreneur development through its Rural Entrepreneur Fellows program and supporting activities in four pilot si...
Sesquicentennial Highlights
April 30th, 2010
Excerpts from the Plain Talk By Cleo Erickson1938Persons born before 1905 do not have a recorded birth certificate unless a delayed application has been made. An...
Troopers will
check sobriety
check sobriety
April 30th, 2010
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in May in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Brule, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Custer, Day, Lake, Lawrence, Li...
VHS will present
Singin’ In The Rain
Singin’ In The Rain
April 30th, 2010
The musical Singin’ In The Rain will be performed by Vermillion High School students on Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. in the high sc...
Welcome Table
will meet May 3
will meet May 3
April 30th, 2010
The next Vermillion Welcome Table will meet Monday, May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Vermillion Armory.It will be the 442nd evening that this community meal will be served as the Wel...
Works by ‘familiar’
artists included in reception
artists included in reception
April 30th, 2010
People of all ages strolled through the Washington Street Arts Center Thursday afternoon, April 22, taking in art of nearly every genre – from painting, sculpture, graphic design and ph...
‘Even if I don’t win, I’ve still won’
April 30th, 2010
Emily Miller’s peers in the world of national beauty pageants will soon learn that yes, a girl from a small town can make it big.And that, alone, may prove to give her an ad...
PrairieSun Organics meeting unique demand in Vermillion
April 30th, 2010
Angela Jackson has nothing against the local supermarkets in Vermillion. She just wishes they sold more local products.This led Jackson, who has worked on a farm since 2004, to op...
A grand time
April 30th, 2010
Sophie Nehlich-Arobba stops to give her escort, Doug Kronaizl, a kiss during the grand march that marked the beginning of Vermillion High School’s prom activities Saturday evening, April 24,...
Knudson: Economy is top priority
April 30th, 2010
Something happened as Dave Knudson made plans to launch his campaign for governor.The field got more crowded than expected. He is one of five Republican gubernatorial candidates....
Vermillion wants structures studied
April 30th, 2010
A Vermillion city official says inspections will be conducted on other structures after overcrowding apparently led to the weekend collapse of a downtown apartment balcony.At leas...
Virgil Buchholz
April 23rd, 2010
Virgil Buchholz, 69, of Vermillion, died Saturday, April 17, 2010, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.Virgil was born Aug. 22, 1940 in Avon, to Julius and Esth...
Rev. Robert H. Eason
April 23rd, 2010
Rev. Robert H. Eason, 89, of Vermillion for 12 years, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at the Prairie Estates Care Center in Elk Point.A native of Charleston, SC, Eason was a United...
Cleo Marvin Christensen
April 23rd, 2010
Cleo Marvin Christensen, “Chris” passed away April 15, 2010 after a short battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 24, 1935 in Coon Rapids, IA to Pete and Clara (Kult) Christens...
This Week I Muse
April 23rd, 2010
This week I muse about the one of the sports that fills my television and radio broadcasts. It's a beautiful thing when your team is winning or your favorite golfer knocks his shot in the ho...
Tanager baseball deals with gap in schedule
April 23rd, 2010
The Vermillion High School baseball team was unable to take advantage of a perfect afternoon for baseball Sunday when the Lake Andes team forfeited its trip to Prentis Park. ...
Vermillion girls take first at
Dakota Valley Golf Invitational
Dakota Valley Golf Invitational
April 23rd, 2010
The Vermillion girls took first with a score of 371 at the Dakota Valley Golf Invitational April 13. Sioux Falls Christian took second, 372; Dell Rapids, third, 387; Elk Point-Jefferson, fourth, 39...
Vermillion hosts middle school track quadrangular
April 23rd, 2010
Vermillion played host to a middle school track quadrangular April 19. Following are the results of the Tanager seventh- and eighth-grade participants.Vermillion-Beresford-Harrisburg-Le...
VHS tennis loses to Vermillion 6-1
April 23rd, 2010
In a dual that proved to be closer than the final score would indicate, the Vermillion boys tennis team lost to Luverne, MN, 6-1 last week.Since the match was played at Luverne, t...
Warder will join Coyote tennis team
April 23rd, 2010
University of South Dakota women’s tennis coach Malcolm Gilreath has announced that Maddy Warder of Sioux City, IA, has signed a letter of intent to play for the Coyotes starting in 2010-11.
Vermillion High School bowling team
April 23rd, 2010
Katie Wasley placed fourth in the All Tournament Team during the high school state tournament. During the team event she was fourth out of approximately 45 girls with the highest scratch series.
Tanager track teams
compete at Lennox, Canton
compete at Lennox, Canton
April 23rd, 2010
The track and field season reaches the midway point for Vermillion's teams Friday when the Tanager boys and girls compete on a track which, by season's end at least, will be more familiar t...
Back At Work On 50
April 23rd, 2010
GAYVILLE — There’s a familiar sight along Highway 50 near Gayville. Since the week of April 5, construction crews have returned to complete the rebuilding of the eastb...
USD Veterans Club to honor fallen Vets
April 23rd, 2010
The USD Veterans Club will be honoring our fellow fallen Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.The club started setting up the annual flag display to honor each of our fallen comrades on t...
VHS students selected
April 23rd, 2010
Kayla Munger and Patrick Haught were selected as the Vermillion High School February Students of the Month. Their academic and extra-curricular achievements are being recognized through a $10...
Students of the month named
April 23rd, 2010
Erik Ustad and Rebecca Moreau have been named as the Vermillion High School Students of the Month for March. They are being honored for their academic leadership and they will receive a $100...
Wait for me while I...
April 23rd, 2010
“I’ll be waiting...You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess...” Lyrics from Love Story by Taylor Swift Have you ever noticed how men are always w...
Bob’s awareness of Parkinson’s Disease comes from experien...
April 23rd, 2010
April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. It was featured in an article in the Yankton Press & Dakotan – but since I have first-hand experience with the malady, I will wri...
A sandwich
without bread?
without bread?
April 23rd, 2010
Back when I was a kid, the fare served at Kentucky Fried Chicken (known today as KFC) came in a bucket. In the bucket was, well, fried chicken, not unlike the kind Mom served for dinner on many Sun...
For The Record
April 23rd, 2010
March 26-April 2, 2010 Ashley Oppold, 47332 271st St., Sioux Falls: Municipal speeding, $16 plus costs. Chelsie Lael Kennedy, 124 W. Duke, Apt. 202,...
Chamber Chat
April 23rd, 2010
Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce& Development Company116 Market Street, Suite 103Vermillion, SD 57069605-624-5571vcdc@vermillionchamber.comwww.vermillionc...
Dearborn receives Elizabeth Lias Memorial Award
April 23rd, 2010
Carly Dearborn, whose studies of history and political science at the University of South Dakota are nearly complete, is the first recipient of the Elizabeth Lias Memorial Award for Outstandi...
Sesquicentennial Highlights
April 23rd, 2010
Excerpts from the Plain Talk By Cleo Erickson1937 Forty six cars bearing over 200 people visited Meckling, Wakonda, Volin, Mission Hill and Yankton...
Court hearing set on
refinery permit appeal
refinery permit appeal
April 23rd, 2010
PIERRE (AP) — A June 23 court hearing has been set in Pierre for an appeal of a state-approved air quality permit for a proposed oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota.Th...
Boys, Girls State
sessions scheduled
sessions scheduled
April 23rd, 2010
District 7 South Dakota American Legion Boys State, and South Dakota American Legion Auxiliary Girls State orientation sessions will be held in Scotland on May 2 for students selected to part...
Welcome Table
will meet April 26
will meet April 26
April 23rd, 2010
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, April 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.It will be the 441st Welcome Table meal served. The April...
U.S. House hopefuls court GOP vote
April 23rd, 2010
With seven weeks left before the South Dakota primary, the Republican race for U.S. House is coming down to the little differences.And Monday night, the three GOP candidates empha...
Skocpol: Decline of civic groups has changed tone of public debate in...
April 23rd, 2010
Harvard professor Theda Skocpol held up a sheet of paper during her keynote lecture Monday night on the USD campus to demonstrate a trend from the not so distant past that helped transform Am...
‘Beyond anything we could’ve imagined’
April 23rd, 2010
About three weeks ago, four USD students found themselves without a place to live and with no personal belongings after the Vermillion house they were renting was severely damaged by fire.
Missouri River Institute wins national recognition
April 23rd, 2010
VERMILLION — For Tim Cowman, the best classroom for learning about the Missouri River can’t be found in any building.Instead, the best site lies over the bluffs and do...
Kenneth Charles
Christopherson
Christopherson
April 16th, 2010
Kenneth Charles “Chris” Christopherson died April 1, 2010. Kenneth was born in Vermillion to Fred Lars Christopherson and Clara Martha Millage June 20, 1931. Ken joined the Nation...
Linda Jo Hansen
April 16th, 2010
Linda Jo Hansen, 61, of Vermillion, died, Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.Linda Jo Hansen was born on April 26, 1948, the daughter of George and...
Rose Althea
Moskowitz
Moskowitz
April 16th, 2010
Rose Althea Moskowitz, 90, of Vermillion, formerly of Pittsburg, PA, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2010 at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center.She was born on March 5, 1920 in Ma...
For The Record
April 16th, 2010
March 19-25, 2010 Myranda N. Kazos, Burgess #546, Vermillion: Municipal speeding, $16 plus costs. Aarie Alan Willard, 548 Rolling Hills Dr., Yankton:...
Golf Results from April 9
April 16th, 2010
VERMILLION — The Vermillion Tanagers scored a 17-stroke victory over Madison in a nine-hole girls’ golf dual Friday at The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion.Vermillion finish...
This Week in Vermillion City Pool League
April 16th, 2010
Hello again folks. We just wrapped up the Masters golf tourney and that is a sure sign that spring is here and there is almost no chance that we will be shoveling snow for a few months. The l...
Tanager bats Monday wipe away frustrations felt by team Sunday
April 16th, 2010
Eager to wipe away the frustrations of an ineffective offense in a doubleheader loss Sunday, the Tanagers came out hitting and running Monday night.By the time the fourth inning w...
Tanager golfers take girls’ dual
April 16th, 2010
The Vermillion Tanagers scored a 17-stroke victory over Madison in a nine-hole girls’ golf dual Friday at The Bluffs Golf Course in Vermillion.Vermillion finished at 196, led by K...
S.D. Basketball Academic All-State announced
April 16th, 2010
The South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association has announced its Academic All-State teams for boys’ and girls’ basketball.To qualify, a senior student-athlete or manager mu...
Vermillion girls, boys, finish first, second respectively at Dakota Va...
April 16th, 2010
Vermillion’s girls team captured the team title, and the Tanager boys were second in their division as VHS tracksters competed at Dakota Valley’s invitational meet Saturday....
Longtime G-V Music, Art Teacher Takes Her Final Bow
April 16th, 2010
GAYVILLE — Last week, the elementary students of Gayville-Volin School performed their annual spring concert, a musical program that told of the history of South Dakota.For...
Farber Public Affairs Lecture Series welcomes Skocpol to USD
April 16th, 2010
The University of South Dakota Political Science League will host world renowned political scientist and Harvard Professor Theda Skocpol at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 19 in the Muenster University Cen...
45th Annual Junior Music Festival held
April 16th, 2010
About 65 young musicians participated in the 45th annual Junior Music Festival, sponsored by the Vermillion Music Club in conjunction with the National Federation of Music Clubs, held on March 20,...
Chamber Chat
April 16th, 2010
Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce& Development Company116 Market Street, Suite 103Vermillion, SD 57069605-624-5571vcdc@vermillionchamber.comwww.vermillionc...
Skip the sloppy joe mix
April 16th, 2010
When I opened a letter from my sister last week, I wasn’t expecting to find a postcard from my mother inside. It was postmarked Oct. 16, 1970, carried a 10-cent air mail stamp and was address...
Bob’s goal for living: Don’t be scared to death
April 16th, 2010
It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to pick up a magazine and read that some research organization has just discovered that my mother’s apple pie wasn’t safe to eat.O...
Private job growth key to economic recovery
April 16th, 2010
Members of Congress from both parties as well as President Obama have been talking a great deal recently about creating jobs and moving the economy forward. What has generated far less...
PFC Mette graduates from Signal school
April 16th, 2010
U.S. Army Private First Class Seth Mette recently graduated third in his class from communications support specialist school at Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA. Mette, as a member of the 369th Signal Ba...
USD to host 45th Student History Conference
April 16th, 2010
Graduate and undergraduate students from 10 regional universities and colleges will present papers at the 45th annual Student History Conference, Thursday, April 22, at The University of South Dako...
Spader will give
tips on preparing soil
tips on preparing soil
April 16th, 2010
On Tuesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. in the W.H. Over Museum, Dean Spader, a master gardener, will give a presentation entitled, “Healthy Food, Lawns, and Soil.” The US Depa...
65th anniversary
April 16th, 2010
Stella Broska LaBelle and Leo R. LaBelle will soon celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.The couple was married April 21, 1945 in Carlsbad, CA. They have four children, S...
Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth begins July 19 at USD
April 16th, 2010
The University of South Dakota School of Education will host the eighth annual Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth, July 19-20.The Institute featuring Creativity offers two days of w...
Vermillion Public Library to host military kids
April 16th, 2010
April is the Month of the Military Child and in honor of these special kids and their families; the Vermillion Public Library will be hosting a Military Kids Story Time and Craft Day on Saturday, A...
Sesquicentennial Highlights
April 16th, 2010
Excerpts from the Plain Talk & Dakota Republican By Cleo Erickson1937LETTERS TO THE EDITOR January 7, 1937 In the i...
Herseth Sandlin to
host Centerville meet
host Centerville meet
April 16th, 2010
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin will hold a community meeting in Centerville to discuss ongoing relief efforts related to this year’s flooding of the Vermillion River and its tributaries...
Welcome Table
will meet April 19
will meet April 19
April 16th, 2010
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, April 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.It will be the 440th Welcome Table meal served. The April...
GOP candidates
will appear April 19
will appear April 19
April 16th, 2010
A panel of Republican candidates for U.S. House will meet at the W.H. Over Museum in Vermillion on April 19. Chris Nelson, Blake Curd and Kristi Noem, who are all seeking th...
Living legend addresses horse lovers Saturday
April 16th, 2010
Clay County 4-H’ers, their parents, and lovers of horses in the Vermillion area had a chance to meet a living legend Saturday.Dayton O. Hyde, 85, a noted author, conservatio...
New long-term care plan offered in S.D.
April 16th, 2010
Long-term care isn’t just for the elderly, a state official said Monday.Kathi Skoglund, with the Department of Social Services, told of a younger man who suffered an unexpec...
Admission will be ‘requested’ at VHS prom’s grand ma...
April 16th, 2010
Members of the public who visit Vermillion High School the evening of April 24 to witness the grand march that precedes the annual prom activities will encounter something new: a request to p...
‘Go outside and just play’
April 16th, 2010
Standing at 6-feet 3 and weighing in at more than 240 pounds of pure muscle, Minnesota Viking linebacker Ben Leber towered over the elementary students at Jolley School in Vermillion Friday a...
New owner setting the bar high at Carey’s
April 16th, 2010
The Carey brothers opened Carey’s Bar back in 1954 and ever since, it’s been one of the most popular taverns in Vermillion.Now for only the fifth time in the bar&rsquo...
For The Record
April 9th, 2010
March 5-11, 2010 William Willroth IV, 422 S. Yale, Vermillion: Theft by insufficient funds check, $66.01 plus costs; Theft by insufficient funds check, $66 plus costs; Theft...
Clifford Hurlbert
April 9th, 2010
Memorial services for Clifford Warren Hurlbert, 52, of Norfolk, NE were held 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church. Reverend Dr. Charles Kathurima M. of...
Marilyn Riehle
April 9th, 2010
Marilyn June Delaney Riehle, 67, of Vermillion, passed away Friday, March 26, 2010 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls after a short illness.Marilyn was born May 5, 1...
LeRoy Sampson
April 9th, 2010
LeRoy Ned “Sam” Sampson, 76, of Sioux Falls, died March 31, 2010. The family greeted friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with a Masonic service at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 5 at Miller F...
This Week in Vermillion Pool League
April 9th, 2010
Hello again folks. April brings us the finals of the NCAA Basketball Tourney and some nicer weather. I had a disastrous “Final 4” sheet and from the sounds of it, so did a lot of...
The Bluffs Bulletin Board
April 9th, 2010
It has been a long, cold winter and we have waited long enough. It is finally time to get back out on the golf course. Ladies, please join us for an informational meeting of the Wednesday Eve...
Tanager tennis drops matches at triangular
April 9th, 2010
The Vermillion boys tennis team will have had an 11-day layoff by the time they resume their spring season next Tuesday in a dual at Brandon Valley at 4 p.m.Coach Dan Hanson's Ta...
VAST competes at Midwest Regionals
April 9th, 2010
The Vermillion Area Swim Team (VAST) competed in the Midwest Regionals, held in Minneapolis, MN March 27-28.VAST’s highest finisher was Maddie Lavin, who placed third in the girls...
Weather dampens start of Tanager track season
April 9th, 2010
To have a spring track and field season in South Dakota when the weather never interferes is like having a dog which never has fleas. It just doesn't happen.Vermillion High...
VHS baseball begins with tripleheader Sunday
April 9th, 2010
A tripleheader of high school baseball awaits local fans Sunday as Vermillion High School opens its home season at Prentis Park.The Tanagers will play a varsity doubleheader start...
Sixth grade Tanagers win championship
April 9th, 2010
The sixth grade Tanager team recently participated in the Beresford Watchdog Tournament. They placed first by defeating Canton 30-14, Alcester 34-21 and Rock Valley 38-18. The team also plac...
Vermillion golf pro developing knack for aces
April 9th, 2010
All golfers dream of the moment when after the perfect drive, they see their ball disappear into the hole on the first shot.Rusty Jensen has had five of those moments....
Center for Disabilities at USD hosts spring autism conference
April 9th, 2010
The University of South Dakota Center for Disabilities, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, is hosting a workshop in Sioux Falls, on Early Intensive Behavioral Interve...
Service-learning spring break for USD’s AWOL Program
April 9th, 2010
Thirty-eight students, and six faculty and staff members from The University of South Dakota spent their spring break fulfilling service-learning opportunities as close as western South Dakota and...
Proud Tiger: Buffington Honored By DWU
April 9th, 2010
GAYVILLE — For more than 25 years, Gayville-Volin coach Larry Buffington has been helping athletes hone their skills at different South Dakota schools.Now he’s being h...
Purple loosestrife information meetings
set for Yankton, Union,...
set for Yankton, Union,...
April 9th, 2010
The South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service will host three meetings in April to discuss purple loosestrife.The meetings will take place at 7 p.m. They include these dates and locati...
USD hosts 2010 South Dakota Governor’s Camp,
Ambassadors o...
Ambassadors o...
April 9th, 2010
Gifted high school and middle school students can register now for exciting summer programs at The University of South Dakota.Designed to challenge and support South Dakota’s gift...
Silver Threads
April 9th, 2010
Vermillion Senior Center NewsHistory of the senior center written by Nila Fostvedt Life is a novel, everyone has a story to tell.There was a big man, over 6-feet...
Tiahrt has role in stage play
April 9th, 2010
Skylar Tiahrt, Wakonda, has the role of Albert Einstein in Picasso at the lapin Agile, a stage play by comedian and actor Steve Martin. The Tony Award-winning show is on stage at Northwestern...
Scholarship
recipient
recipient
April 9th, 2010
Megan Bottolfson, daughter of Mark and Beth Bottolfson, Vermillion, was chosen as the 2010 recipient of the Clay County Agricultural Scholarship sponsored by the Soybean Association.
Chamber Chat
April 9th, 2010
Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Development Company116 Market Street, Suite 103Vermillion, SD 57069605-624-5571vcdc@vermillionchamber.comwww.vermillion...
Letter to the Editor: Honor dispatchers
April 9th, 2010
To the editor:Most citizens notice it when dedicated firefighters, law enforcement officers and EMTs respond to disaster and emergency situations. However, most people probably are unaw...
Letter To The Editor: Everybody counts in 2010 Census
April 9th, 2010
To the editor:By now most of us have received, filled out and returned our 2010 Census forms. The form asks ten simple questions, which shouldn’t take more than ten minutes to ans...
Really? Really?
April 9th, 2010
I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time thinking about God’s will. Sometimes it consumes me. The other day, when I heard Harold Kushner, author of a dozen or so bo...
Rockwell, Dunn used art to capture American life
April 9th, 2010
Our son-in-law Pat Garrity carved the Easter turkey with a flourish that would have made Norman Rockwell envious!Rockwell was an American artist who painted pictures that people would u...
Let common sense prevail regarding smoking ban
April 9th, 2010
There’s a bit of tickle in my throat as I write this.I took photographs of a house fire last night. It was windy, and at times, you couldn’t avoid the smoke. I was way on th...
Less than 20 percent remains of energy efficient appliance rebate fund...
April 9th, 2010
South Dakota’s energy efficient appliance rebate program is nearing its end with just 19 percent of the rebate funds still available to consumers.Since the program began on March...
New delivery options approved for academic programs
April 9th, 2010
South Dakota public universities will expand the reach of five popular academic programs by offering these degrees online or at additional locations.The Board of Regents this week appro...
Claussen named director of Division of Veteran Affairs
April 9th, 2010
Steven Doohen, secretary of the South Dakota Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, has announced that Charles Claussen has been named as director of the Division of Veterans Affairs fo...
Family business consultant highlights 18th annual Prairie Family Busin...
April 9th, 2010
The Prairie Family Business Association (PFBA) will present its 18th annual Prairie Family Business Conference, “Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM)” April 22-23 at the Hilton Garden...
Birth
announcement
announcement
April 9th, 2010
Kelsey Collier-Wise and Royce Miller of Vermillion announce the birth of their daughter, Aurora Alice Collier-Wise, on April 1, 2010 at Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls. Aurora arrived weighing...
Featured flick at library
April 9th, 2010
John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the last featured selection for Historics and Flicks on Thursday, April 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Community Room at the Vermillion Publ...
Freezin’ for a reason
April 9th, 2010
The 2010 Polar Plunge Fundraiser for the Vermillion Special Olympics will be held Sunday, April 11 at 1 p.m. in the field north of Pro’s and west of the DakotaDome. Registration will be held...
2010 Missouri River Institute Research Symposium is at USD
April 9th, 2010
The science and future of the Missouri River will be explored during the 2010 Missouri River Institute Research Symposium at The University of South Dakota on Wednesday, April 14.Beginn...
Sesquicentennial Highlights
April 9th, 2010
Excerpts from the Plain Talk By Cleo Erickson1937 Three members of a fake magazine sales gang which hit the city last weekend will be careful to avoid Vermilion in the...
Welcome Table
will meet April 12
will meet April 12
April 9th, 2010
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, April 12 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.It will be the 439th Welcome Table meal served. The April...
VAST season
begins April 19
begins April 19
April 9th, 2010
Vermillion Area Swim Team’s summer season begins Monday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at the DaktoaDome. New swimmers are welcome to attend. There is a free two week trial...
Democrats and Dessert scheduled for April 15
April 9th, 2010
The USD College Democrats will sponsor “Democrats and Dessert” Thursday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at the Muenster University Center Ballroom on the USD campus.This event wi...
Coyoteopoly sets its sites on downtown Vermillion
April 9th, 2010
For the second year in a row, Coyoteopoly will once again turn its attention to the beautification of Vermillion.The group will continue on last spring’s project to add tras...
Growing IdeaFest kicks off at USD Wednesday
April 9th, 2010
IdeaFest is becoming a big deal.In fact, it’s becoming so big, it might be outgrowing the space available for it at the Muenster University Center (MUC) already....
Academic programs recommended for termination
April 9th, 2010
After a five-month review, the South Dakota Board of Regents has identified 37 academic programs and 109 specializations within academic majors for termination due to a pattern of low enrollm...
Home damaged by fire
April 9th, 2010
Members of the Vermillion Fire Department were hampered by strong, gusting winds as they worked to contain a fire that broke out in a residence located at the corner of National and High streets in...
Productive discussion leads to city action
that’s pleasing...
that’s pleasing...
April 9th, 2010
Supporters of the Vermillion Farmers Market received good news Monday night.The Vermillion City Council voted unanimously in favor of an amended city ordinance regarding itinerant...
For The Record
April 2nd, 2010
March 12-18, 2010 Treasure Overmyer, 47232 306th, Beresford: Renewal registration during assigned month, $51 plus costs. Chad W. Conaway,...
Michael Francis Girard
April 2nd, 2010
Michael Francis Girard, 26, of rural Mission Hill, formerly of Rapid City, died as the result of an automobile accident March 25, 2010. Michael was born may 22, 1983 in Yankton to...
Dorothy Patricia Hendricksen
April 2nd, 2010
Dorothy Patricia Mulvehill, daughter of William and Cora (Olson) Mulvehill, was born on Sept. 28, 1916, in Wakonda. She grew up and received her education there, graduating from high sc...
Spring Sports Preview
April 2nd, 2010
VERMILLION — After an up-and-down season that saw the Tanagers send four relays to state, the Vermillion girls’ track team is excited to begin what should be a good 2010 season.
Local youth wrestlers win championships at tourney
April 2nd, 2010
The Vermillion Youth Wrestling Club had three state champions and placed five other wrestlers in the State AAU Tournament that was held in Brookings March 27-28.The three state ch...
This Week in Vermillion City Pool League
April 2nd, 2010
By Joe “MOJO” ReiserHello again folks, I would like to welcome spring to the Vermillion area and also update the readers on the playoffs of the local 9Ball league. First to...
Vermillion High School Baseball
April 2nd, 2010
Sunday, March 28th gamesClub High SchoolYANKTON 14, VERMILLION 4: Yankton used a 10-run fourth inning to pull away for a 14-4 victory over Vermillion in club high school baseball...
Green named USD’s women’s soccer coach
April 2nd, 2010
The University of South Dakota athletic department has announced that Mandy Green has been named head coach of the Coyote women’s soccer team.Green spent the 2009 season as an ass...
Tanager tennis season begins April 3
April 2nd, 2010
A lot of players but not much varsity experience – that's the situation facing Vermillion High School boys tennis coach Dan Hanson as another season approaches.The Tanagers...
Tanagers can’t stop Yankton scoring surge
April 2nd, 2010
Locked in a 4-4 deadlock with Yankton through 3 1/2 innings Sunday, the Vermillion High School baseball team saw the season opener get away from them.The Bucks sent 15 men to the...
Young athletes fill Tanager roster at Dan Lennon meet
April 2nd, 2010
High schools from Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Omaha and Luverne, MN, provided a short-handed Vermillion track team with plenty of "AA" competition at the Dan Lennon season-opening track meet i...
G-V Students Take Flight With Holocaust Project
April 2nd, 2010
GAYVILLE — An estimated 1.5 million children died in the Holocaust during World War II, and some students from Gayville-Volin School are taking part in a project to help remember them.
Marilyn Kratz will speak at Literary Luncheon April 14
April 2nd, 2010
Marilyn Kratz will present “The Writing Life – My Way to Stay a Child Forever” at the Literary Luncheon on Wednesday, April 14 at the Vermillion Public Library. Join the Friends o...
Yearbook earns Jostens’ national design recognition
April 2nd, 2010
Vermillion High School’s yearbook, The Tanager Changes, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2010 Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 8. Published annually, Jostens’ Look...
Facebook hazardous to parents’ emotional health
April 2nd, 2010
I figured when my kids were grown that I would be a much calmer, less manic, gentler, non-anxious woman. Out of sight, out of mind and all that. Plus, I thought they might possibly become more self...
USD to celebrate academic achievement at 2010 IdeaFest
April 2nd, 2010
Graduate and undergraduate academic achievements will be on display at The University of South Dakota during IdeaFest, April 7-8, at the Muenster University Center.More than 300 undergr...
A Damaging Attitude
April 2nd, 2010
To the editor:The more we try to move forward, the more we appear to be moving in the opposite direction. In a Feb. 26 Plain Talk Letter to the Editor, the statement was mad...
The Tobacco Taboo
April 2nd, 2010
To the editor:Give yourself credit, fellow South Dakotans. Most of us do not abide being told what to do. This applies to even our right to partake of “the evil weed” of tob...
Whistling carrots, fairies and fools
April 2nd, 2010
“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.” Mark Twain I sort of like April Fools Day. It brings out...
Red Skelton never used blue humor
April 2nd, 2010
It was way back in 1977 when we saw Red Skelton in Mitchell and I can still remember what he talked to us about humor.“Keep it clean, and always end with a big smile and the words...
There’s nothing certain about Tax Freedom Day
April 2nd, 2010
There are some things that show up in the news on a fairly regular basis that really shouldn’t be taken seriously. Things like Groundhog Day. Or Sarah Palin.Soon, media of all sor...
Roberts graduates from Iowa Lakes Community College
April 2nd, 2010
Iowa Lakes Community College has announced its graduation list for the end of the fall 2009 semester.Scott Roberts, Vermillion, has graduated with an Associate in Science degree, majori...
Chamber Chat
April 2nd, 2010
Chamber ChatVermillion Area Chamber of Commerce& Development Company116 Market Street, Suite 103Vermillion, SD 57069605-624-5571vcdc@vermillionchamber.com
New history revisits old military trail
April 2nd, 2010
Students of history and the general public will be interested in a new book published by Yankton author, Maxine Schuurmans Kinsley, which focuses on a military road over uncharted land the federal...
Vermillion team places second in ProStart Competition
April 2nd, 2010
Teams of students from Brookings High School took top honors at the third Annual South Dakota ProStart Competition, held at Mitchell Technical Institute on March 23. The students will travel to Ove...
Sesquicentennial Highlights
April 2nd, 2010
Excerpts from the Plain Talk By Cleo Erickson1937Tuesday Specials at Jacobsen’s Bakery:Hot Cross Buns 15 cents per dozenWhite Nut Cookies ...
USD SAAC presents shoes at April 1 ceremony
April 2nd, 2010
South Dakota Associate AD David Herbster and SAAC President Danielle Dornbusch presented the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe with over 2,000 pairs of shoes April 1 at a ceremony at the Cheyenne Ri...
Welcome Table will meet April 5
April 2nd, 2010
The next Vermillion Welcome table will be Monday, April 5 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.It will be the 438th Welcome Table meal served. The April...
Search for missing woman continues
April 2nd, 2010
The search for Barbara Zenk, a Vermillion woman who has been missing for three weeks, continues.On Friday, March 26, officials from the South Dakota Games, Fish & Parks Depart...
Nielsen: ‘We’ve done some really great things here’
April 2nd, 2010
Now that the dust has cleared on a hectic week, Joel Nielsen had time to stop and reflect on the events that will take him to a new destination.And not just a new location, but a...
‘It is a continuation of life’
April 2nd, 2010
The rhythmic music, the pounding of the drums, the jingle of the small bells that adorned the dresses of many of the female dancers gave life to the Vermillion High School gymnasium last Satu...
Races for aldermen, mayor are finalized in Vermillion
April 2nd, 2010
Vermillion voters will go to the polls June 8 to elect a new mayor and one alderman to represent each of the city’s four wards.The final outcome of the local races took shap...
HOME!
April 2nd, 2010
For the second time in four years, the Yankton-based Charlie Battery has returned home from war.On Tuesday morning, area residents lined the streets of Yankton to welcome three bu...
