A recent housing study conducted in the City of Vermillion shows a declining trend in the number of University of South Dakota students who call Vermillion home.

South Dakota saw its biggest number of new COVID-19 infections in more than two months in Wednesday’s weekly update from the Department of Health.

By Makenzie Huber

PIERRE — Starting Jan. 1, 2023, the State of South Dakota will be issuing a new plate design for non-commercial and emblem plates with the titling of motor vehicles and registration renewals. The reissue will include standard non-commercial, motorcycle, emblem, emblem motorcycle, personalize…

NORTH SIOUX CITY — A Vermillion woman has been identified as the person who died early Saturday morning in a vehicle-pedestrian crash that occurred one mile north of North Sioux City.

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. – One person died early Saturday morning in a vehicle-pedestrian crash that occurred north of North Sioux City.

The Vermillion School Board received an update on the construction progress of the new elementary school at its Nov. 14 meeting from John Wieser and Mitch Connot, both of Hausmann Construction, the firm serving as construction manager of the project and Greg Schoer of TSP, Inc., the building…

The United Way of Vermillion is well on its way to achieving its most ambitious campaign.

YANKTON — Fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, delicious jams and other value-added products, flower bouquet and other specialty crops are readily available across South Dakota. Access to these high-quality products has grown from farmers markets to farm stores, to online food hubs and more.

Vermillion may be a university town, but housing needs in the near future will be the strongest for people 65 years old and older.

Former Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, a Vermillion native, told a Veterans Day crowd in the Vermillion High School gymnasium Friday, Nov. 11, that it was a great honor to be asked to be the keynote speaker at the event.

Students interested in agriculture, automotive, building trades, computer systems, welding, dental assisting, and more should look into the Build Dakota Scholarship program, which gives qualified students a full-ride scholarship through one of four technical schools in South Dakota and a gua…

The Vermillion City Council was introduced to several conceptual plans at its Monday, Nov. 7 noon meeting – with an emphasis on the word conceptual – for the 50.16 acres the City recently purchased this fall for $1.1 million.

South Dakota recorded 10 new deaths related to COVID-19, including one in Union County, in Wednesday’s weekly update from the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH).

A Burbank woman was indicted by a Clay County grand jury Nov. 7 on three charges, including vehicular homicide and second degree manslaughter.

Two Vermillion men, Geoffrey Gray-Lobe, a Democrat, and David Thiesse, a Republican, will fill two upcoming vacancies on the Clay County Commission in January and will have their hands full taking part in the construction of a new, $42.8 million jail and law enforcement center.

By Bart Pfankuch

They sacrificed and served. Many were injured and others gave their lives for the country. It’s for these reasons that veterans are remembered with a holiday in November, which falls on the 11th of the month, on the day the first World War ended in 1918.

District 17 voters elected two new faces to the South Dakota House of Representatives Tuesday to work with Republican governor Kristi Noem, who easily won her re-election bid over Democratic challenger Jamie Smith.

Final Clay County Local Election Totals