Sanford Hospice is recognizing National Doctor’s Day, March 30, as an opportunity to honor Dr. Mary Jo Olson and Dr. Stephen Njagi for their much-appreciated work on the Sanford Hospice Team. Dr. Mary Jo Olson has been the medical director for Sanford Hospice for 12 years; Dr. Njagi joined the … Read Article
Deidra Rahn of Centerville was recently diagnosed with a cancer called Burkitt’s lymphoma. This is an aggressive, rapidly proliferating B cell lymphoma. Thankfully, this type of cancers is very responsive to chemotherapy and has a very positive prognosis when it is caught early. Members of the Centerville community are rallying … Read Article
PIERRE, SD – Attorney General Marty Jackley is asking consumers statewide to reach out to their elderly family, friends or neighbors, to warm them of the dangers of sweepstake scams. The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division has had several victims come forward to file formal complaints against these types of … Read Article
South Dakota’s four technical institutes boasted high job-placement rates again this year, with a combined graduate placement rate of 97 percent. The placement report for the 2011-12 school year was presented to the South Dakota Board of Education during a meeting earlier today. Of the 2,093 graduates responding, 97 percent … Read Article
William L. Banks, age 60, of Bradshaw, NE, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Bradshaw. He was born Dec. 28, 1952 to Lewis and Lois (Anderson) Hahn in Sioux Falls. He served in the US Navy and then the Army National Guard as a gunnery instructor. Bill loved kids and … Read Article
Scott P. Christensen passed away suddenly on March 12, 2013 at the age of 57. He was born on Oct. 7, 1955 in Vermillion, to Peter and Eleanor Christensen. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Vermillion High School in 1973. He attended college in Milford, NE, … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net As more data is uploaded to computer networks around the world, more of modern warfare may be conducted in cyberspace. However, while cyber warfare may have an effect, it won’t necessarily have an enduring result, said Lt. Col. Damian Donahoe, senior military science instructor at the … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net Holding back sobs, but with a firm voice, Anna Cable thanked God for the gift of Madison Wallace as she presented the invocation at the Vermillion teen’s funeral service Tuesday night. “Thank you for the many blessings … and for the honor and privilege of brushing … Read Article
Vermillion teen drowns in attempt to save sibling By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net The body of a Vermillion teenager who disappeared in the icy waters of the Big Sioux River on March 14 was recovered by rescue workers the next day. Madison Wallace, 16, apparently drowned after she entered the river … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net Lieutenant Gov. Matt Michels told a bit of his life story while addressing the annual banquet of the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce and Development Company. The Vermillion community, he said, is richly woven throughout his family’s history. Addressing a capacity audience in The Eagles Thursday night, … Read Article
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Memorial Day services will be celebrated Monday, May 27, at the Vermillion Public Library. The program, hosted by Veterans of … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net The Internet has made personal correspondence easier than ever, either between relatives, friends or coworkers. One … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Olympic pole-vaulter Derek Miles had some words of advice for the Vermillion High School class of … Read Article
By David Lias It’s difficult to watch helplessly as fellow citizens suffer injury, death and loss. Once again, the nation … Read Article
By Paula Damon “What a [person] needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it.” C.D. Warner … Read Article
