Monthly Archives: July 2007

Hand County resident dies of West Nile disease The Department of Health reported July 24 a�Hand�County�resident has died of�West Nile�virus (WNV) encephalitis, the state's first WNV-related death this season. The individual was in the 80- to 89-year-old age group. Nineteen of South Dakota's 66 counties have now had WNV detections. … Read Article →

Voters will settle fate of wheel tax Voters in Clay County will have the final say on whether a wheel tax should be implemented to help maintain and construct bridges and roads. At its June 14 meeting, the Clay County Commission agreed to impose a wheel tax ordinance that would … Read Article →

Building a Legacy Come September, the walls of the Vermillion City Hall will come tumbling down. It's likely that when the wrecking ball crashes into the building, it will raise more dust than public disconsolation. After all, the city hall issue has been cussed and discussed in Vermillion for over … Read Article →

Search linked to Vermillion cold case The search of a Hawarden, IA, gravel pit is tied to the investigation of a South Dakota cold case, the attorney general's office confirmed last week. Investigators with the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and other agencies recently began searching the gravel pit … Read Article →

Troopers plan sobriety checks The South Dakota Highway Patrol has scheduled checkpoints for the month of August in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Brule, Hand, Kingsbury, Lincoln, Marshall, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington and Yankton. In addition to detecting alcohol or drug impaired drivers, the Highway Patrol uses sobriety checkpoints to remind … Read Article →

Fertility management field day is Aug. 2 at SE Experiment Farm The National Resources Conservation Service and the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service, along with other agencies, will host a Fertility Management, Manure Application and Biofilter Field Day at 9 a.m. Aug. 2, at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm, … Read Article →