Sesquicentennial Highlights By: Cleo Erickson Excerpts from the Plain Talk 1907 There was a good representation of farmers at the canning factory meeting at the Court House last Saturday afternoon. A number of residents of Prairie Centre Township were before the County Commissioners with a plan to straighten and shorten … Read Article
Troopers will check sobriety The South Dakota Highway Patrol has scheduled sobriety checkpoints for the month of July in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Davison, Edmunds, Faulk, Hamlin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Pennington, Potter, Roberts and Yankton. In addition to detecting alcohol or drug impaired drivers, the Highway Patrol uses sobriety … Read Article
Blood drive planned in Gayville The Siouxland Comm-unity Blook Bank will host a blood drive at the Gayville Community Cen-ter on Thursday, July 10, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information about the Siouxland Community Blood Bank or blood drives in your area, call 712-252-4208 or 800-798-4208 or visit … Read Article
Singing convention scheduled Sunday The Southeastern South Dakota Singing Convention will hold their quarterly songfest at the United Methodist Church in Beresford this coming Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. The church is located at 47106 298th St. The Singing Convention is a nondenominational effort to preserve our heritage of … Read Article
Teenager's quiet holding pattern strikes writer MyStoryYourStory By: Paula Damon The woman closed in on the weekly newspaper at the local library, creeping up on it as though she had been staking it out all week. Accompanied only by her intentional movement toward the paper, she was showing significant signs … Read Article
Maybe MacArthur should have faded away sooner By: Bob Karolevitz Writer at Large I just finished reading The Coldest Winter, a book about the Korean War by the late David Halberstam â�?�? and Iâ�?�?m glad my father wasnâ�?�?t around to read it. Mostly it was about generals â�?�? and other … Read Article
Guest scientists to discuss Homestake at USD Three distinguished scientists will visit The University of South Dakota where they will discuss everything from physics to dark matter experiments during separate lectures on July 1. Dr. Richard Gaitskell, a professor of physics at Brown University and project spokesperson for the Large … Read Article
Local students attend USD's Summer Accounting Institute Sixteen high school sophomores and juniors from South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota attended the 2008 Summer Accounting Institute at The University of South Dakota earlier this month. Under the direction of Angela Olson, MPA, CPA, an instructor of accounting and finance at USD, … Read Article
USD hosts K-12 teachers at DUSEL physics workshop As the former Homestake gold mine in Lead continues its transition into a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DU- SEL), teachers spent a week at The University of South Dakota learning about the exciting science and research opportunities during a DUSEL … Read Article
USD students receive academic honors The University of South Dakota and The University of South Dakota School of Law announced academic honors for the 2008 spring semester. The university recognized 1,443 students who were named to the deanâ�?�?s list and 309 part-time students who received academic recognition honors. Students earn … Read Article
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By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Al Neuharth is remembered around the world as a legend in the field of journalism … Read Article
VERMILLION – Prominent officials, journalists, colleagues, friends, and others inspired by his vision and legacy will celebrate the life of … Read Article
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 Although “motorcycle” isn’t the thing that comes to mind when most people think of the National … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net One week after her title was revoked, an area 6-year-old was again named winner of the … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net South Dakota’s attorney general has some advice for the recent graduates of the University of South … Read Article
