History serves up a sad reminder of how veterans of the Vietnam War were treated when they returned home from the overseas conflict.

VERMILLION, S.D.—When someone asks University of South Dakota pole vaulter Kaleb Ellis about his family’s military background, he might start by taking a deep breath.

If you thought you knew about Cub Scouts, it might be time to think again.

Captain America (Keith Gestring) strikes up a conversation with a trick-or-treater on Halloween night, Oct. 31, at the President's House in Vermillion. He is pictured with Wonder Woman (University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring) and the couple was kept so busy that they set up cha…

Scenes from Halloween 2019 in Vermillion.

By the fall of 2020, brothers of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will have a new house to call home. Construction of the two-story housing unit, to be located across the street from the fraternity’s current facility at 856 Madison Avenue, is now underway.

A joint meeting of the Clay County Planning Commission and the City of Vermillion Planning Commission lasted 90 minutes Monday night and ended with city planning commission members voting to table the application of a conditional use permit made by Nutrien Ag Solutions.

A Tuesday luncheon held at the Al Neuharth Media Center turned out to be a special time for Vanessa Kreil.

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader filed a motion to intervene Thursday with U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in hopes of unsealing court documents involving a Vermillion police officer and the lawsuit she brought against the city of Vermillion and Matt Betzen, Vermillion’s pol…

There may come a time when the women of Theta Omega Chapter of ESA, who work each year to present the “She Said Yes To The Dress!” wedding dress fashion show, don’t outdo themselves.

Now through January, visitors to USD’s Libraries can view artistic creations from around the world that honor and explore the idea of the book. The exhibition, entitled “Bound and Unbound V,” is currently on display on the second floor of the I.D. Weeks Library and is available for viewing d…

PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has announced the appointment of Clay County State’s Attorney Alexis A. Tracy to serve on the South Dakota Open Meetings Commission.

The Living River Group Sierra Club is taking the Clay County Board of Adjustment and Clay County Commission Chairman Travis Mockler and his wife, Jill to court in an attempt to stop the Mocklers from constructing an animal feeding operation on their farm located in Pleasant Valley Township i…

Nearly 100 people visited Bluff View Cemetery Monday night to witness six of its occupants come back to life.

The much-anticipated renovation and expansion of the National Music Museum (NMM) in Vermillion is underway and on schedule according to the museum’s manager of communications, Patricia Bornhofen.

You could say that Bobbie Moehring is really on the run these days.

Longtime Vermillion Middle School teacher Lori Jerred will be honored next week as this year’s SHAPE SD Middle School PE Teacher of the Year. Jerred, who has taught Physical Education for 38 years, has been with the Vermillion School District for 35 years and has coached a variety of sports,…

Monday, October 14, area residents have a chance to take part in the second annual “Spoken History Cemetery Tour” at Vermillion’s Bluff View Cemetery.

BY DAVID LIAS

To say that the Vermillion NOW! 3 campaign ended on a high note is an understatement.

Jacob Dillon, CNA, Sanford Care Center Vermillion, Sanford Vermillion Medical Center, was selected as the Sanford Vermillion October PRIDE Employee of the Month. He has been an employee of Sanford Vermillion since October 2018.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp told the story Monday of Alva, a resident of the Standing Rock Reservation with borders that spill into both South Dakota and North Dakota.

A man and woman are recovering from injuries they received early Saturday morning of Dakota Days following a hit and run accident.

Establishing a Dakotas Promise scholarship for qualifying university students will once again be a priority of the University of South Dakota and the South Dakota Board of Regents, according to USD President Sheila Gestring.

The atrium of the Andrew E. Lee Medicine and Science Building on the University of South Dakota campus became a holy place the afternoon of Sept. 20.

In its early years, Goat Island was used as a place for well, goats.