Monthly Archives: June 2010

The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in July in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington, Davison, Fall River, Hughes, Jerauld, Lake, Lyman, Mellette, Minnehaha, Pennington, Roberts and Yankton. For sobriety checkpoint text message alerts, visit actcivilized.com.

The deadline to apply for the Elderly and Disabled Property and Sales Tax Refund program is nearing.  Refunds are calculated based on income, and the deadline to apply is July 1. This program provides nearly 2500 low-income elderly and disabled South Dakotans an average refund of just over $165 dollars … Read Article →

Thirteen students, ranging from high school students to those who are enrolled in university graduate courses, are taking part in the second annual South Dakota Vocal Arts Festival, being held at the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts on the University of South Dakota campus. The festival began … Read Article →

The 10th annual American Indian Journalism Institute  is currently underway on the University of South Dakota campus, and the man who helped make this yearly event possible said the need to bring diversity to news organizations across the nation has never been greater. "In journalism, whether it be in print … Read Article →

Matt Michels got a hero's welcome when he and Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard appeared at the Technical Education Center last Thursday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Daugaard, who is the Republican nominee for governor on the November ballot, announced that Michels would be his running mate. Following stops in Sioux … Read Article →

The votes changed slightly but the result remained the same following Tuesday's recount of a Vermillion City Council race – the first in more than 20 years. Challenger John Grayson defeated incumbent Mary Edelen 101-93 for a four-year term as Central Ward alderman. Unless Edelen appeals the outcome, Grayson will … Read Article →