USD, KVHT Radio team up in fundraising effort By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net. The basketballs started bouncing in the DakotaDome at tip-off that started the Feb. 14 men’s game between South Dakota and Oakland. Twenty-four hours later, when a non-stop “Dribble-A-Thon” hosted by USD and Classic Hits 106.3 (KVHT), the Coyote … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Thanks to grant funding from the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety, the Vermillion Police Department has stepped up its patrols of one of the community’s biggest traffic problem areas. The area in question is at the bottom of University Hill, where Chestnut Street, University Road … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Before he became director of the National Music Museum (NMM) in Vermillion, Dr. Cleveland Johnson had been away from the field for some time. Although trained as a musicologist and having served as dean of the School of Music at Greencastle, Indiana’s DePauw University, Cleveland had … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net High school and college students who are considering a career in law will have a chance next week to see what their educational experience could be like. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, the University of South Dakota School of Law is hosting “Discover Law Day,” an open … Read Article
There’s good news and bad news. First, the good news. South Dakota appears to be the closest it has ever been toward enacting a statewide ban on texting while driving. The South Dakota Senate approved a texting while driving ban Tuesday. Meaning our state is oh-so-close to showing that, just … Read Article
By Paula Damon “Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it’s not going to get the business.” Warren Buffet, businessman, investor, philanthropist For at least a year, I had been whining about the small dull green tubs with loose lids we die-hard recyclers were forced to use. … Read Article
By Gov. Dennis Daugaard: Many states tax the sales of goods. A few also tax services. South Dakota has a broad-based, four percent sales tax on nearly all goods and services. Because past legislators and governors have maintained the broadness of the tax, it is a steady, reliable source of … Read Article
By Rep. Nancy Rasmussen District 17 This week in Pierre the House Transportation Committee will be listening to testimony and evaluating four Senate Bills addressing student driving. Senate Bills 105, 106, 107 and 216 are the result of a task force created to examine teen driving statistical date, driver education … Read Article
Medicaid and its effects on South Dakotans By Sen. Tom Jones District 17 In my newsletter last week, I mentioned that I would like to visit the new Health Care package that is to be initiated, if our state of South Dakota so chooses. In my opinion, this Medicaid expansion … 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
