Yankton County recorded its second death related to COVID-19, according to the daily update Saturday from the state Department of Health.

South Dakota recorded six new deaths related to COVID-19 in Friday’s daily online update by the Department of Health.

According to federal indictment filed Feb. 5, 2019 with the U.S. District Court in South Dakota, Vermillion native Paul Erickson was active from 1996 to August 2018 in devising schemes to fraudulently obtain money.

Depending on what the Vermillion City Council decides later this month, citizens of Vermillion may decide more than who they believe should be the next president of the United States in November.

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Several questions about last Friday’s Mount Rushmore rally and the possible COVID-19 fallout from it were fielded by South Dakota health officials during a regularly-scheduled media briefing regarding the coronavirus Monday.

Yankton County has reported its first death related to COVID-19.

In Tuesday’s COVID-19 update for South Dakota, the Department of Health reported one new death in the state.

Vermillion native Paul Erickson, who made headlines in July 2018 when his Russian girlfriend, Maria Butina, was arrested on charges of conspiring to infiltrate American political groups on behalf of Russia, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Monday for crimes not related to Butin…

Several questions about last Friday’s Mount Rushmore rally and the possible COVID-19 fallout from it were fielded by South Dakota health officials during a regularly-scheduled media briefing regarding the coronavirus Monday.

Paul Erickson, a Vermillion man and former boyfriend of Russia operative Maria Butina, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Monday morning in Sioux Falls for defrauding investors in various schemes over the last 20 years.

In Sunday’s daily COVID-19 update for South Dakota, Yankton County reported two new positive tests, giving it 81 known cases to date. The county has 10 active cases.

In Saturday’s COVID-19 update for South Dakota, the state crossed the 7,000-case barrier with 50 new positive tests reported.

A brainstorming session between Leslie Gerrish, co-owner of The Bean coffee shop in downtown Vermillion and Nate Welch, president of the Vermillion Chamber and Development Company (VCDC), has led to a unique way for downtown businesses to hopefully increase their business volume while promot…

He changed Vermillion’s culture with his master bread baking skills and his love for getting from one place to the other in town on his Cartrike recumbent bicycle.

Union County registered six new COVID-19 cases in the daily South Dakota update issued Friday.

Vermillion got a digital treat recently as Codylee Riedmann, recently appointed new director of the Vermillion Food Pantry, was interviewed on the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce and Development’s virtual community coffee hour broadcast.

South Dakota reported two new deaths related to COVID-19 in Wednesday’s daily update.

South Dakota reported four more deaths related to COVID-19 in its daily update for Thursday.

In Tuesday’s daily COVID-19 update for South Dakota, Charles Mix County’s surge in new cases continued as seven more positive tests were reported.

The fatality in a two-car accident in Yankton on Monday night, June 22 has been identified as Adrienne Whitefeather, 35, of Vermillion.

In Sunday’s daily COIVID-19 update for South Dakota, several area counties reported new cases.

The surge of COVID-19 cases in Charles Mix County continued in Saturday’s daily update from the state, as 10 new positive tests were reported.

Yankton County reported three more COVID-19 cases in Friday’s daily update for South Dakota.

Charles Mix County’s June surge in COVID-19 cases continued in Wednesday’s daily update from the state, with the county reporting seven new positive tests.

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In a recount of the District 17 Senate race between incumbent Sen. Art Rusch of Vermillion and challenger Nancy Rasmussen of Hurley, Rusch has been declared the winner by a four vote margin.

After a one-year hiatus, the Vermillion Area Arts Council (VAAC) is bringing the Messy Hands Art Camp back to Vermillion this summer. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the very popular camp will take on a new look as a do-at-your-own pace, take-home summer camp coordinated through the library.

South Dakota has recorded its first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which may be tied to COVID-19 recoveries in younger people, the state epidemiologist reported in a COVID-19 media update Thursday.

Charles Mix County’s June surge in COVID-19 cases continued in Wednesday’s daily update from the state, with the county reporting seven new positive tests.

South Dakota reported two new deaths and Nebraska saw five new deaths in the latest COVID-19 updates from the two states.