Monthly Archives: September 1999

American String Quartet will open concert series The American String Quartet from New York City will open the 1999-2000 Sunday afternoon concert series in the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall at the Shrine to Music Museum at The University of South Dakota, Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2:30 p.m. Ensemble-in-residence for … Read Article →

Cancer screening program close to reaching its goal A state program that provides breast cancer screening to eligible women is close to its goal of screening 2,000 women by the year 2000. "Through July, we had screened 1,650 women for breast or cervical cancer and diagnosed 13 cases of breast … Read Article →

'Diversity' is focus of DakotaDome Conference set for Friday, Saturday With a theme of "Diversity," The University of South Dakota School of Education will host the 21st annual DakotaDome Conference on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24-25, at Farber Hall of Old Main on the USD campus. The conference will include … Read Article →

Beer sting shows strong compliance with state laws by David Lias A recent beer sting conducted in the Vermillion area demonstrates, according to Clay County State�s Attorney Tami Bern, that local establishments that sell alcohol are doing an excellent job in training their employees to comply with state law. The … Read Article →

Weeks will become observer as conflict of interest case continues by David Lias The Vermillion City Council, in the hopes of keeping costs down as it deals with a conflict of issue dilemma that has been ongoing for over a year, decided Monday to instruct City Attorney Martin Weeks to … Read Article →

First Amendment Center Founder to receive Neuharth Award Oct. 7 John Seigenthaler, who founded the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in 1991, will be awarded the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism on Thursday, Oct. 7, at The University of South Dakota. Seigenthaler will be the 13th … Read Article →

Jury's verdict is in county's favor by David Lias A Clay County jury has determined that flood damage to the real property, home and outbuildings of Terry and Lori LaFleur in July 1998 is not the county�s fault. The LaFleurs took the county to court earlier this month, claiming that … Read Article →

Daschle accepting academy applications Senator Tom Daschle said that South Dakota young people interested in being nominated to one of the four U.S. Service Academies should apply to his office by Oct. 31. South Dakota residents between the ages of 17 and 23 can apply to any of the four … Read Article →

DENR to conduct study for radon in drinking water The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will conduct a statewide testing program to determine radon levels in drinking water for community drinking water systems in South Dakota. The testing program is being done to prepare for an … Read Article →