It's admittedly still a very young team, but the Vermillion High gymnastics team is at least a very young team with an extra year of experience. Coach Mark Upward is working with a squad of nine athletes, five of whom are freshmen who participated as varsity gymnasts last year while … Read Article
American Legion Auxiliary celebrates 90 years of service ALA Wallace Unit #1 began a year long celebration of Service Not Self with a proclamation signed by Mayor Dan Christopherson designating Nov. 10 as American Legion Auxiliary Day in Vermillion. The proclamation was presented to the Auxiliary at their regular business … Read Article
VOLIN — Family and friends are planning a benefit for Julie (Kopping) Hoxeng of Volin, who has been fighting cancer for six years. The date is set for Jan. 9 at the Wakonda Legion Hall. A supper/auction/dance is in the works. A free will offering supper will start at 5 … Read Article
GAYVILLE — The gymnasium at Gayville-Volin School was filled with the sounds of Christmas Tuesday night, when it was the middle school and high school's Winter Concert. It was a special night for Gayville-Volin's choir and band director Meghan Powell, as it was the first concert she has ever directed. … Read Article
Exotic jewelry from India, hand-woven baskets from the Philippines, ceramics from Vietnam, and palm leaf Christmas decorations from Bangladesh will be among the Third World handicrafts for sale at First United Methodist Church in Vermillion on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 6 … Read Article
The Vermillion High School Dance Inferno kicks off its winter season with their 8th Annual Holiday Dance Recital this weekend. The 16-member group will be performing 14 dances from a variety of musical genres. These performances include three routines highlighted during this fall's VHS football season, two new full-ensemble routines … Read Article
When I first learned about the W.R.A.K. Coffee Club, I whined a bit. You see, W.R.A.K., a.k.a. Weekly Random Acts of Kindness, is a ministry of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church that meets weekly at a Nebraska City coffee shop. This made it almost impossible for me to participate in … Read Article
Lately I've been reading and hearing so much about "shared responsibility in the home" that I finally decided to take some of the burden of housekeeping off Phyllis's shoulders. Knowing that the shock of abrupt involvement on my part might be too traumatic for her, I thought it best to … Read Article
There's good news, and not so good news in South Dakota. The good news is that unemployment state-wide is somewhere around 5 percent, compared with double-digit unemployment in some states. In fact, as of October, South Dakota had the third best employment rate in the nation. The bad news: nationwide, … Read Article
Family and friends are planning a benefit for Julie (Kopping) Hoxeng of Volin, who has been fighting cancer for six years. The committee met for the first time Nov. 17 in Volin with 20 members present. The date is set for Jan. 9 at the Wakonda Legion Hall. A supper/auction/dance … 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
