Monthly Archives: March 2006

City council meets April 3 The Vermillion City Council will hold its regular meeting 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Al Neuharth Media Center on the USD campus. The council will hold a public hearing on the removal of the Crawford Road extension from the Vermillion Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020, … Read Article →

Karolevitz wins state's highest award for history Yankton writer Robert Karolevitz will receive the Robinson Award from the South Dakota State Historical Society on Saturday, April 1 at its annual meeting in Pierre. The Robinson Award is named for South Dakota's first state historian, Doane Robinson, and his son, Will … Read Article →

Sobering information shared at Town Hall meeting People participating in Vermillion's Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking Prevention heard some sobering news Tuesday night. "It's a big problem in our middle and high schools and continues on into college. We have a university here in our own town," said Ray … Read Article →

Race is official in city election A race has officially developed in the June 6 Vermillion City Council election. According to City Finance Officer Mike Carlson, Judy Clark, who began circulating nominating petitions March 21 in the Southeast Ward, filed the documents to become a city council candidate March 29. … Read Article →

Record crowd attends Clay RWS meeting A record crowd attended the Clay Rural Water System's 27th annual meeting March 11 at the St. Agnes School auditorium in Vermillion. Over 125 members heard reports from officers and staff, who reviewed the system's financial and operating statistics for 2005. Updates were given … Read Article →

Missouri River Task Force regains life After several years of lying dormant, a Missouri River task force has gained new life both financially and politically. Gov. Mike Rounds will appoint members to a committee which came out of a Missouri River summit at Springfield in 2000 but was never activated, … Read Article →

Lawmakers restore public broadcasting funding on final day A day's delay in getting to Pierre because of a snowstorm didn't deter lawmakers from tackling a full agenda as they concluded the 81st session of the South Dakota Legislature March 21. The 35th day of the session was originally scheduled for … Read Article →

'I am…a survivor' Nesse Godin admitted at the beginning of her talk to an audience of University of South Dakota students Thursday night that she is far from being eloquent. "I don't know what they told you about me," she said in her strong European accent. "Maybe you came to … Read Article →