Megan Glisar placed second in section A of the women’s high jump as the University of South Dakota track and field team finished competition at the Texas Relays on Saturday. Glisar, Auburn’s Maya Pressley and Texas’ Shanay Briscoe all tied for the top-mark of 6 feet (6-0), but Pressley won … Read Article
University of South Dakota pole vaulter Bethany Buell set a new career-best and USD outdoor record of 14 feet, 7 inches while winning section A of the women’s pole vault on Friday night at the Texas Relays. The mark is the best height in the nation so far this season. … Read Article
University of South Dakota men’s golf shot 300-308-301 – 909 and improved from 11th-place to a tie for seventh in the final round of the 41st Annual Beu Mussatto Invitational at the Harry Mussatto Golf Course in Macomb, IL, on Saturday afternoon. Sam Matthew led the final round charge, shooting … Read Article
Samuel Pearson, a senior at Vermillion High School, won the state Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition, Monday in Sioux Falls. Pearson will travel to Washington, D.C., to represent South Dakota at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals April 28-30. Pearson also won a $200 cash award, and his school will … Read Article
The Langston Hughes Project, a multimedia concert performance of Langston Hughes’ kaleidoscopic jazz, is coming to the University of South Dakota for an 8 p.m. performance on Tuesday, April 9, at Farber Hall inside of Old Main. The performance, “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz,” is Hughes’ homage in … Read Article
The South Dakota Oral History Center is finding a new home at the I.D. Weeks Library on the campus of the University of South Dakota. The center holds thousands of recorded interviews dating back to the 1950s that document personal experiences from the people who lived the history of the … Read Article
ABERDEEN, S.D. – According to a report presented to the South Dakota Board of Regents, the Governor’s Research Centers continue to meet their goals for accelerating growth of competitive research and strengthening South Dakota’s economy through emphasis on converting ideas to commercial endeavors. “South Dakota has traditionally lagged behind other … Read Article
PIERRE, S.D. – A new General Educational Development (GEDÒ) test will be released January 2, 2014, by the national GED Testing Service. The current version of the GED test expires December 31, 2013. All scores will expire if the tester has not taken and has not passed all five required … Read Article
Judge Romonda D. Belcher of Des Moines, IA, will help the University of South Dakota School of Law pay tribute to one of America’s most well-known Supreme Court Justices with a keynote address during the 2013 Thurgood Marshall Program at noon on Thursday, April 11 at the law school courtroom. … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Changes have to be made with antitrust laws to reverse the trend currently seen in many areas of agriculture, where production is controlled by the same few companies, who then use their stronghold to control the market price. This was the consensus reached during the South … 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
