University of South Dakota alums Tom and Meredith (Auld) Brokaw will serve as Parade Marshals for the 98th Dakota Days Parade at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. Tom Brokaw is a Yankton native who graduated from USD in 1964 while Meredith Brokaw, also a native of Yankton, graduated in … Read Article
University of South Dakota alums Tom and Meredith (Auld) Brokaw will serve as Parade Marshals for the 98th Dakota Days Parade at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6. Tom Brokaw is a Yankton native who graduated from USD in 1964 while Meredith Brokaw, also a native of Yankton, graduated in … Read Article
A small plane circles around the area whre Lowell Rahn was killed in the crash of his ultralight plane in a cornfield near the Vermillion airport Friday afternoon. Photo by David Lias Bill Brown, who lives near the corner of 12th and Broadway streets below the bluff in lower Vermillion, … Read Article
Congratulations to Brooke Schwasinger and William Card who were crowned Vermillion High School's queen and king at coronation ceremonies held Thursday night, Sept. 13, in the high school auditorium. This summer's drought and a county-wide burn ban changed some of the traditions of this year's ceremony. The burning of the … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net The Vermillion City Council received the citywide transportation plan at its regular meeting Monday night. City Engineer José Dominguez said the recommendations of the Vermillion Area Multimodal Transportation Plan are split into two categories: Items that would have to be done within 10 years, and items … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net More study is required to determine the exact nature of climate change, but solutions must be found to stem current warming trends, a recent visitor to the University of South Dakota said. Dr. George Jacobson discussed these issues in his presentation, "Long-Term Climate Change Provides a … Read Article
Last February, I wrote about my experience following a Tanager boys' basketball game in the Vermillion High School gymnasium. After the game, I joined a stream of people of all ages that began making their way through the school commons to the exit leading to the parking lot. Hours before, … Read Article
Sometimes our thoughts are comprised of a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Nothing big or major is going on. No big ideas. Just minor stuff, seemingly inconsequentially strung together sort of like this… A few months ago I thought I was squirrel-proofing my apple tree … Read Article
The Associated Press Rapid City Journal. Sept. 13, 2012 Return of sacred site a good thing So much is still unknown — and so many questions remain unanswered — about the potential sale of nearly 2,000 acres of Black Hills prairie to the Native American nation that considers it sacred. … Read Article
By Gov. Dennis Daugaard South Dakota recently made the cover of Barron's, the Dow Jones financial weekly, as the best-run state in the nation. Our state earned the top spot due to our low debt and responsible pension funding compared to our Gross Domestic Product. This is great news and … 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
