USD volleyball has strong squad With the return of six starters and the addition of three transfers, South Dakota head volleyball coach Brian Lamppa has high expectations for the 2007 Coyote women's volleyball squad. Brian Lamppa, who returns for his fifth season with the Coyotes, will lean on senior setter/right … Read Article
Lynette Wulff aces #12 at The Bluffs There was a lot of excitement near the green on hole #12 on Ladies Day, June 20, at The Bluffs when Lynette Wulff, using a 5 wood, scored a hole-in-one. The feat was witnessed by Kathy Chandler and Peggy Donnelly and certified by … Read Article
Tanager football camp draws record number of athletes The Tanager Football Camp played host to a record number of Vermillion football players last week (June 18-22) at the Vermillion High School practice fields. Seventy-two players, ranging from seventh grade through 12th grade, participated at the camp. The camp was hosted … Read Article
Road trip produces windfall of quiet, nothing to mitigate but the distance – third in a series With this new set of wings called vacation, I am traveling west on Highway 12, not quite halfway to Valentine, NE. My destination: Chadron. The only sense of drama here is the vast … Read Article
Pipeline hearings sign of our future? The communities up and down the I-29 corridor had been abuzz for months about a rumored massive industrial development project code-named Gorilla long before Hyperion, Inc., a Dallas-based oil company, announced recently that a sizeable portion of Union County is being considered as the … Read Article
Letters Project Gorilla/Guerrilla: asset or assault? To the editor: An interesting aspect of this project is that the politicians, pundits, and people writing and speaking about the wonders of an oil refinery in our midst do not or will not, to my knowledge, live anywhere near the area around Spink … Read Article
Tribute honors Chairman of the Board Frank Sinatra was the Elvis Presley of our time. We recently attended a musical tribute to the skinny kid from Hoboken, NJ, in which a later generation of talented young people sang the songs which made him famous. They probably weren't even born when … Read Article
For the Record June 15-21, 2007 Glynis Erickson, 44921 310th St., Gayville: Renewal registration during assigned month, $50 plus costs. Jessica L. Murphy, 8821 Sheridan Rd., Rapid City: Speeding other roadways, $15 plus costs. Lonnie Dean Cannon, 7108 W. 52nd St., Sioux Falls: Speeding on state highway, $15 plus costs. … Read Article
Civil Air Patrol 'finds' vintage aircraft in North Sioux City Civil Air Patrol (CAP) members from Vermillion, Yankton and Tyndall discovered a vintage military aircraft in North Sioux City when they set out to find an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on Wednesday, June 13. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center … Read Article
Senator's bill provides funds for state projects Sen. Tim Johnson hasn't yet returned to his Washington, DC office or the floor of the U.S. Senate. He's still able to wield influence on the Senate Appropriations Committee, however. Legislation that he first began concentrating on last summer, before being hospitalized, was … Read Article
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By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net The Vermillion School Board approved the contracts of two individuals who will replace two long-time coaches … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Members of the Vermillion City Council heard two change options for the recycling program it shares … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Vermillion police chief Matt Betzen is applying for a grant that could net the community another … Read Article
By David Lias So many things to comment on this week. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won’t be a candidate in 2014. … Read Article
