More than 400 high school girls from South Dakota will attend the 2012 American Legion Auxiliary's Girls State, May 28-June 2, at the University of South Dakota. Hosted by the W.O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership at USD, Girls State features 415 girls selected by the South Dakota American Legion … Read Article
Students attending South Dakota's public universities now have additional pathways to develop new workplace skills or specializations with five new minors and five certificate programs approved last week by the South Dakota Board of Regents. In addition, the regents gave approval for three universities to begin planning new undergraduate degrees … Read Article
Russell Lee Johnson, 79, of Vermillion, passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Craig General Hospital in Vinita, OK. Johnson Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion, with Pastor Trisha Boese officiating. Visitation took place at the Kober … Read Article
A decision by Secretary of State Jason Gant to reject the nominating petition of a Madison farmer who wants to run for the state Legislature was overturned by Circuit Judge Mark Barnett of Pierre earlier this week. Gant, who serves as the state's chief election officer, had rejected the nominating … Read Article
On Mother's Day 2012, all the kids and their families came over. Everyone was together at the same time under one roof. We often poke fun at how hard it is to round up our brood, saying it's like herding cats. Well, it is. Eight adults, one teenager, a toddler, … Read Article
As a conservative Republican woman, I am disgusted with those who complain that we women will not have "access" to contraceptives unless Mr. Obama's mandates are implemented. This is absurd on its face. It implies that we did not have access prior to the mandate. We women are not denied … Read Article
Thank you, David, for attending the Dakota Hospital Foundation annual Community Leadership Dinner last evening, and voluntarily taking so many pictures of the event. It was important that you were there to visually record Vermillion's growth in awareness of the needs and for the strengths of our community. The many … Read Article
The month of May brings graduation ceremonies at all levels of education across South Dakota. To all our graduates, whether graduating from high school, university, or technical institute, Ia offer my heartiest congratulations. Not everyone has the persistence and determination to complete all the steps to earn an academic degree. … Read Article
Brianna Wetrosky as Celia, Whitney Egbert as Rosalind and Max Carpenter as Orlando perform a scene from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at the Dakota Hospital Foundation Community Leadership Dinner held Tuesday evening, May 22, in the Muenster University Center on the USD campus. The banquet crowd received a preview … Read Article
Transient vendor season is underway in South Dakota, a time when out-of-state vendors roll into the state to sell their products and services. While many of the vendors are legitimate, the South Dakota Department of Revenue advises people to take common-sense steps to ensure vendors are reputable before doing business … Read Article
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