Monthly Archives: June 2007

Last Charlie Battery soldier to come home Sgt. Corey Briest, a member of Battery C, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, South Dakota Army National Guard, and his family will arrive home between 3 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, at the Chan Gurney Airport in Yankton. The public is … Read Article →

Family caregiving estimated at $880 million in South Dakota Millions of family caregivers provide billions of dollars worth of care to loved ones each year, according to a new AARP study released today.�AARP estimates the economic value of family caregiving at $350 billion in 2006. In South Dakota the estimated … Read Article →

Clay Rural Water System receives national EPA award The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored the Clay Rural Water System (RWS) of Wakonda with a 2006 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Award for Sustainable Health Protection. Clay RWS is one of 30 recipients nationwide to receive the … Read Article →

eTelecare receives 2007 CRM Excellence Award eTelecare Global Solutions (NASDAQ: ETEL), a leading provider of complex business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, announced that it received a Customer Interaction Solutions magazine 2007 CRM Excellence Award. This is the fifth time in the last six years that the company has received this … Read Article →

City council meets July 2 The Vermillion City Council holds its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, July 2, in the Al Neuharth Media Center on The University of South Dakota campus. Items on the meeting agenda include a final report on Tour de Kota from Jim Hockett, and a … Read Article →

Hyperion's 'Gorilla' project would be huge Bill Bush, a spokesperson in the communications office of the Washington, DC-based American Petroleum Institute, didn�t hesitate when asked for information regarding the potential size of the oil refinery being proposed by Hyperion Resources, Inc. for Union County north of Elk Point. He likely … Read Article →

Fireworks at dam prohibited The Gavins Point Project of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is announcing that public discharge of fireworks will not be allowed on Gavins Point Dam over the Fourth of July holiday. In previous years, the public was permitted to discharge fireworks on the west … Read Article →

Adjutant general announces retirement Maj. Gen. Michael A. Gorman has announced that he plans to retire from his position as the adjutant general for the South Dakota National Guard and as secretary of the South Dakota Department of Military and Veterans Affairs on Sept. 15. "This decision is one I … Read Article →

Pipeline issues aired at hearing in Yankton For many of the nearly 200 people attending a June 25 public hearing in Yankton, their concerns aboutthe proposed TransCanada pipeline cutting through South Dakota extended far beyond the time it will take to construct the pipeline. With the $2.1 billion pipeline slated … Read Article →

The Elder Law Forum "Quasi-Bachelor" Husband Refuses to Insure Wife A husband who chooses to live apart from his wife – but refuses to divorce her – is not a quasi-bachelor. He may continue to be responsible for certain financial obligations she incurs. I so advised a USD Senior Legal … Read Article →