Monthly Archives: December 2012

With the Christmas season and all its gatherings just around the corner, now is a good time to get a flu vaccination, says a state health official.  "National Influenza Vaccination Week is Dec. 2-8 and it's a good reminder that getting vaccinated is the single best way to protect you … Read Article →

The University of South Dakota Opera's spring 2012 production of "Dido and Aeneas" was awarded third prize in the National Opera Association's 2011-12 Opera Production Competition. Directed by Tracelyn Gesteland, D.M.A., assistant professor of voice/opera, "Dido and Aeneas" featured a mythic queen, her lover and an evil Sorceress bent on … Read Article →

South Dakota may have experienced its first highway fatality-free Thanksgiving holiday in a decade, preliminary reports to the Department of Public Safety indicate. Statistics from Public Safety's Office of Accident Records show that 2003 was the last Thanksgiving travel period without a recorded highway fatality in South Dakota. Late reports … Read Article →

Members of the Vermillion High School Oral Interpretation team won the Region IA team title at the contest held Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Lennox. Vermillion was one of nine schools in the speech competition. In addition to capturing the team trophy, six VHS students qualified for the State Oral Interpretation … Read Article →

The University of South Dakota Department of Theatre will present the musical "Brigadoon," Nov. 29-Dec. 3, in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre. "Brigadoon," which starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse in the renowned 1954 film version, is the first major Broadway success from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, the … Read Article →