Peterson Diane Peterson, age 71, of Wakonda, SD passed away surrounded by her family at Sacred Heart Hospital early Friday, July 27, 2012. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church, Vermillion, SD with Rev. Anna M. Peck officiating. Burial will be in … Read Article
Clarence P. Bugbee, 93, of Vermillion, SD passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the Sanford Vermillion Care Center. Clarence was born September 20, 1918 in Emporia, KS to Charles and Ila (Totton) Bugbee. He graduated from Emporia High School in Kansas in 1936 and received his teaching certificate from … Read Article
Mildred C. O'Connor, age 93, of Pocahontas, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2012 at the Pocahontas Manor, surrounded by her loving family. O'Connor Mildred Catherine Kribell was born June 19, 1919, at Beresford, SD, to Lew and Katherine (Neuroth) Kribell. Mildred was raised on a farm south of Beresford, … Read Article
"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future." — T.S. Eliot While with my sisters in Portland, OR, and Salt Lake City, UT, this summer, we exchanged family facts. Like runners in a relay, straining hard, yet with smoothness … Read Article
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the good news on our state budget. South Dakota closed its fiscal year on June 30, 2012, in the black, with revenues exceeding expenses by $47.8 million. As required by law, that amount was transferred to the Budget Reserve, which brings our … Read Article
America received another wake-up call about the unraveling of our social fabric last week. The story itself is rather simple. The CEO of the Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant chain stated clearly that he and his family-owned business are committed to the traditional view of marriage as being between one man … Read Article
Vermillion's VFW 13-14 Teeners took to the field 40 times this summer, and 31 times they came off as victors. But in the third-place game of the state tournament at Humboldt Sunday, the fickle gods of baseball decided to give the team a kick in the gut with which to … Read Article
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association has named the 2012 NHSACA Coach of the Year Winners. To be considered for this award a nominee has been determined to have outstanding coaching longevity and win-loss record, championship years, awards received and service to the coaching profession and to the athletes … Read Article
The summer swim season has come and gone and the Vermillion Area Swim Team had yet another outstanding showing at the state meet. VAST scored a total of 910.50 points en route to a ninth-place finish out of 19 teams at the South Dakota Long Course State Championships held in … Read Article
Wednesday Morning Ladies Association July 24 was a great day. Twenty-four ladies came out for the rather nice day for luncheon and fun. Judy Sullivan and Joan Olson made luncheon special with their desserts, and you all know what I did – yes ate both and they were great! Our … Read Article
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