Community blood Bank will hold a community blood drive at the Vermillion Hy-Vee on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All blood types are in need. �In the past week blood usage has increased by 19 percent mostly due to surgeries, and traumas,� states Ken Versteeg, executive … Read Article
The annual spring gathering of the Clay County Historic Preservation Commission will occur Saturday, May 21, in downtown Vermillion at 15 Court St. (former location of Heart & Soul Fitness). Scheduled events include: � 9:30 a.m. Will Schweinle: Restoring and working with woodworking planes. A demonstration of the restoration process, … Read Article
Twelve winners � including students in McCook Lake and Vermillion � have been named in South Dakota�s PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest. The contest, for young writers and illustrators, was open to kids in kindergarten through third grade. This year, 382 children from across South Dakota entered the contest. �We … Read Article
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to South Dakota to supplement the state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on March 11, and continuing. Federal funding is available to state and … Read Article
State Rep. Tom Jones of Viborg has been named to the legislature's new committee on sales tax exemptions. He is one of 15 lawmakers who were named to the committee by the legislature's Executive Board. Their assignment is to study a list of goods and services that are now exempted … Read Article
First Dakota National Bank announced their FirstChoice Scholarship winners for 2011. Ellen Brown has been awarded $1,000 in scholarship funds to be used for the 2011-2012 school year. Brown All FirstChoice Student Checking participants who are seniors in high school or college students attending a post-secondary accredited American college, vocational … Read Article
Merry Augusta Pauline Merry, 93, of Yankton, formerly of Vermillion, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011 at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Vermillion with Fr. John Fischer … Read Article
The codified laws in our nation�s 50 states can promote some vigorous head scratching. For example, in Connecticut, in order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. I�m sure South Dakota has its fair share of silly laws similar to this, if they haven�t been … Read Article
As I set foot inside the National Music Museum in Vermillion, I know immediately that I am in a most unusual place. Here, I sense the spirited crowds of musicians shouldering the weight of history, like a great crescendo, bearing down on my soul. It�s as though I am surrounded … Read Article
The Vermillion Public Library owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dr. Maurine Richardson. Dr. Richardson is retiring from the School of Education at USD and is donating her vast collection of educational resources, cookbooks, children�s books, stuffed animals and puppets to the library. Many of the books have been … Read Article
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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 Members of the Vermillion City Council heard two change options for the recycling program it shares … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Vermillion police chief Matt Betzen is applying for a grant that could net the community another … Read Article
By David Lias So many things to comment on this week. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won’t be a candidate in 2014. … Read Article
