Secretary of State Chris Nelson has announced that his office has been awarded the Election Center's 2009 Professional Practices Program State Award. This annual award is given as recognition for the most outstanding election administration professional practice in the nation. The 2009 award was given to South Dakota for the … Read Article
Work this week: • Grading/gravel Highway 19 to west end. • Concrete paving west end of Cherry Street to the east including Sanford intersection. • Asphalt transition on Highway 50 bypass and temporary widening Dakota Street to Cottage Avenue • Removals and excavation Cottage Avenue to Dakota Street. • Asphalt … Read Article
The South Dakota Open Meetings Commission unanimously cleared the Martin City Council of one alleged complaint while reprimanding the council on a second complaint during an Aug. 21 meeting in Sioux Falls. The Open Meetings Commission, a panel of five state's attorneys from around the state, is responsible for hearing … Read Article
Sanford Clinic Vermillion has announced it will offer The Heart Screen at Sanford from Sept. 10-12. The Heart Screen includes an EKG, blood pressure check, heart score CT and lipid panel. This screening is designed to discover cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. The screening will take place in a … Read Article
Visitors to the Sharing The Dream store in Vermillion Saturday received a real taste of Guatemala while shopping among the variety of hand-made crafts that are offered for sale there. They also learned that the goals of the two Guatemalan women at the store that day is to one day … Read Article
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in September in the following counties: Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Clay, Codington, Custer, Day, Gregory, Hanson, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington, Roberts, Spink, and Walworth. For sobriety checkpoint text message alerts, visit actcivilized.com.
Returning nine letterwinners, including seven starters, from last season, gives the Vermillion High softball team a chance for a highly successful season. Twenty-one girls reported for duty to Coach Lori Jerred, including a pair of the state's best pitchers, senior Jenny Bye and sophomore Lizzy Bye. The roster also includes … Read Article
Aug. 14-20, 2009 Lewis T. Starkey, 106 E. Pleasant St., Elk Point: No motorcycle driver license, $51 plus costs. Shari Lynn Roskamp, 2609 S. Kiwanis Apt. 106, Sioux Falls: Speeding on state highway, $56 plus costs. Donald Allan Lindholm, 13810 Knollway Dr. N, Minnetonka, MN: Speeding on state highway, $36 … Read Article
The Lady Tanagers tennis team this fall brings back five of last season's six varsity players, the experience of whom Coach Dan Hanson hopes translates into success on the court. Fourteen girls reported to Hanson for the new season, but 10 of them are sophomores or younger, so youth is … Read Article
Graduation took away from the Vermillion High volleyball team a group of long-time Tanager standouts like Bri Brinkmann, Sara Kjose, Kayla Gale and others, but their departure has at least one bright side. Coach Lenni Billberg has been allowed to bring in the young talent of Lexi Regnerus, Kylie Fischbach … Read Article
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Memorial Day services will be celebrated Monday, May 27, at the Vermillion Public Library. The program, hosted by Veterans of … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net The Internet has made personal correspondence easier than ever, either between relatives, friends or coworkers. One … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Olympic pole-vaulter Derek Miles had some words of advice for the Vermillion High School class of … Read Article
By David Lias It’s difficult to watch helplessly as fellow citizens suffer injury, death and loss. Once again, the nation … Read Article
By Paula Damon “What a [person] needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it.” C.D. Warner … Read Article
