During this holiday season, the Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library will once again be accepting donations of unopened non-perishable food items for the Vermillion Food Pantry! Through the month of December, patrons who have accumulated overdue fines, with the exception of replacemen…

South Dakota reported 801 new COVID-19 infections and one new death in Sunday’s daily update from the Department of Health.

South Dakota reported a one-day record of 54 deaths related to COVID-19 in Saturday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

EDITOR’S NOTE: Portions of this story first appeared the Press & Dakotan’s Wednesday online COVID-19 update.

You don’t have to convince members of the Clay County Historical Society (CCHS) that COVID-19 is a gigantic wet blanket.

What do you want to do before you die?

Join the Vermillion Public Library and presenter Eric Model on Friday, Dec. 4 at noon for a virtual "Journeys into" program that explores the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked, and forgotten. Learn about places, people, events, and stories of authentic Americana "beyond the interstate…

South Dakota recorded 28 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday — including one each in Yankton and Hutchinson counties — according to the daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

Yankton County recorded 46 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, according to the daily update from the South Dakota Department of Health (D)H).

Clay County’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases continued Monday with 26 new infections reported in the daily update from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH).

South Dakota recorded 42 new deaths related to COVID-19 — including two in Hutchinson County and one in Bon Homme County — in Sunday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

South Dakota saw another 36 deaths related to COVID-19 — including three each in both Charles Mix and Union counties — in Saturday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

South Dakota recorded 36 new deaths related to COVID-19 — including three more in Bon Homme County — in Friday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

Late last week, Vermillion School District officials informed its students’ parents that the district would be moving from yellow status to orange status in its Return To School Plan.

University of South Dakota staff and students received written recommendations from President Sheila Gestring Friday, Nov. 13 that they voluntarily quarantine and attend their last 10 days of classes of this semester virtually instead of in-person.

Join the Vermillion Public Library and presenter Eric Model on Friday, Dec. 4 at noon for a virtual "Journeys into" program that explores the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked, and forgotten. Learn about places, people, events, and stories of authentic Americana "beyond the interstate…

The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival (SDSF) announced this week that they are planning to move forward with a professional production of “Twelfth Night”, or “What You Will”, in Vermillion’s Prentis Park, June 17-20, 2021. In light of the COVID-19 environment, the rehearsal and production pr…

This year, you can make the Christmas holiday a little brighter for area children by buying a gift or offering a monetary donation to the Giving Tree project, an annual venture of the Theta Omega Chapter of ESA in conjunction with the Salvation Army.

Approximately 30 elementary and middle school teams traveled to Vermillion last weekend for a robotics tournament. It was the first tournament hosted by the non-profit youth organization ROV (Robotics of Vermillion).

South Dakota recorded 31 more deaths related to COVID-19 in Thursday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH). Two deaths were reported in Bon Homme County and one was in Clay County.

 South Dakota recorded 30 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Wednesday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH). Locally, deaths were reported in Bon Homme, Turner and Union counties.

Yankton County reported 23 more COVID-19 infections in Tuesday’s daily update from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH).

Yankton County reported 29 new COVID-19 infections in Monday’s daily update from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) and Clay County reported 19 new cases.

South Dakota recorded 23 more deaths related to COVID-19 in Sunday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH). Locally, Bon Homme, Hutchinson and Turner counties each reported one new death.

South Dakota saw a record 53 deaths related to COVID-19 in Saturday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

University of South Dakota students received a written recommendation from President Sheila Gestring Friday that they voluntarily quarantine and attend their last 10 days of classes of this semester virtually instead of in-person.

The Vermillion School Board will hold a special meeting at 8 a.m., Monday, Nov. 16, for the sole purpose of discussing “COVID-19 updates,” according to the meeting’s agenda. The meeting will be held in the school administration building.

Cedar and Knox counties in Nebraska both reported new deaths related to COVID-19, according to the Department of Health and Human Services late Thursday.

Penny Doty’s inclination to join the military began while growing up on her family’s dairy farm near Irene, where she spent countless hours tagging along with her father doing chores and accompanying him as he worked in the fields.

As the nation comes off a highly divisive election, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson says politicians like to use military terms to describe the bunker mentality of Washington and other places.

Gregg Peters, manager of the Vermillion Municipal Liquor Store, had both good news and not-so-good news to report when discussing business trends at the city-owned business.

South Dakota recorded more than 2,000 new COVID-19 infections in one day for the first time Thursday, according to the daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

South Dakota recorded 27 new deaths related to COVID-19 in Wednesday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).

Turner and Union counties each reported one new death related to COVID-19 in Tuesday’s daily update from the Department of Health (DOH).