By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Gov. Dennis Daugaard was in Vermillion Saturday offering three points of advice to area high-achieving 10th graders: Use self-discipline, have persistence and determination, and remember the people who love you. Daugaard made these remarks at the annual Governor’s Leadership Luncheon, which recognizes high school sophomores from … Read Article
Employees from Coffee Cup Fuel Stop and the Heinz Corporation presented Heartland Humane Society with a $6,981 check on Monday, April 22, naming them the shelter’s 2013 corporate sponsor. “Coffee Cup and the Heinz family have long been supporters of Heartland Humane Society,” said Kerry Schmidt, Heartland Humane Society executive … Read Article
South Dakota will be reducing extended unemployment compensation (EUC) benefits by 16.8 percent as part of the federal sequestration cuts required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. This reduction does not impact the 26 weeks of state unemployment benefits. It does affect all claimants filing for EUC benefits beginning … Read Article
In partnership with the South Dakota Department of Education (DOE), the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) will work throughout the summer to increase bandwidth to 159 school sites across the state, impacting 122 school districts. “We continue to see a trend of K-12 bandwidth doubling every 2-3 … Read Article
Transient vendor season is underway in South Dakota, a time when out-of-state vendors roll into the state to sell their products and services. While many of the vendors are legitimate, the South Dakota Department of Revenue advises people to take common-sense steps to ensure vendors are reputable before doing business … Read Article
Two faculty members, Randall J. Gingiss and Michael J. Myers, are retiring from the University of South Dakota School of Law this month after several years of service, scholarship and research. “I salute Randy and Mike for their accomplishments and long service to the state and region and wish them … Read Article
The US Commission on Civil Rights has appointed 14 South Dakota citizens to its South Dakota State Advisory Committee (SAC). Martin Castro, chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights, announced the appointment of Charles T. Abourezk of Rapid City, Melanie K. Bliss of Sioux Falls, Richard M. Braunsten of … Read Article
Frank Melvin (Bud) Marshall, 87, passed away on May 8, 2013, in Sanford Hospice Care in Vermillion, SD. Bud was born on Aug. 2, 1925, in Astoria OR, to Frank and Leona Artress Melvin Marshall. The family lived in Oregon and Washington before settling in 1933 in Walla Walla, WA, … Read Article
Betty Lou Powers Betty Lou was born in Fremont, NE, to an Oklahoma homesteader (Elmer S. Bills) and a Milwaukee brewer’s daughter (Minnie Fickel), and then raised in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago by her father, grandmother and Aunt Kate after her mother died when she was just 3 months … Read Article
Lillian Blanche Amundson, 102, of Vermillion, passed away on May 7, 2013, at Sanford Vermillion Care Center in Vermillion. A visitation was held from 6 to 7 p.m., with a rosary at 7 p.m., on Sunday, May 12, 2013, at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Vermillion. A funeral mass was … 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
