High school playoff soccer comes to Vermillion Saturday when the Tanager girls and boys varsity clubs both host games whose winners advance to next week's state tournament. The Tanager girls, No. 7 among 11 Class "A" girls teams, host No. 11 Huron, at 1 p.m. at Cotton Park. When they … Read Article
Vermillion cross country runners will be in Lennox today (Friday) for that school's invitational, the last meet of the regular season prior to conference, regional and state meets. Coach Kelly Fischbach's Tanagers ran well against some tough competition—"AA" schools Yankton and Norfolk � at the Yankton Invitational last Thursday. "We … Read Article
On the evening of a day when Vermillion High's volleyball girls had joined fellow students in working at various volunteer projects around the community, they groggily rode the bus to Tea for a match against the Titans. Their day's labors showed for awhile on the court as the Titans won … Read Article
For the second straight year Carter Andre will be Vermillion's only player in the state Class "A" boys golf tournament, but local fans who stop out at The Bluffs on Monday and Tuesday to cheer for him are likely to see quite a battle for the state championship. When The … Read Article
Vermillion's Nos. 1 and 2 tennis players, Claire Jones and Val Robinson, played on and on and on into the dying twilight Monday night, but it was worth it in the end. Jones and Robinson teamed up for a 10-7 tiebreaker win over Mitchell's No. 1 doubles team of Amanda … Read Article
Randy Rasmussen receives his award from Lexy Schenk, Miss Teen SD and Tessa Dea, Miss Rolling Plains, for placing first in the 50-54 age category at the Sioux Falls Half Marathon held Sept. 11. Randy placed 19th overall in a time of 1:21:55.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard and his wife, Linda, will serve as Parade Marshals for the 97th Dakota Days Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. on Main Street in Vermillion on Saturday, Oct. 8. Daugaard is a South Dakota native who graduated from USD in 1975 with a B.S. in … Read Article
Carol Lushbough, assistant professor of computer science at the University of South Dakota, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant of $725,789 for the project, Integrating the BioExtract Server with the iPlant Collaborative. The BioExtract Server (bioextract.org) is a Web-based, workflow-enabling system that offers researchers a flexible environment … Read Article
1959 Clay County had many �firsts� in the settlement of Dakota Territory and one of them was the first flour mill built on the Vermilion River in what was known as Bloomingdale. This mill was built right after the Civil War and it supplied the needs of early day residents … Read Article
While the University of South Dakota (USD) has the largest freshman class in its history this fall, the total number of students enrolled at the institution is down almost 2 percent. The decline at USD is similar to the overall drop in headcount enrollment at South Dakota's six public universities, … 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
