Around Town
Student Written One-Act Plays Showing This Weekend
USD’s Theatre Department is hosting their annual Ron L. Moyer One-Act Play Festival. The one act plays that are performed this year are Unfortunately, Unbearably, Undeniably Scottish by Johanna Ziegler, The Inexplicable Chaos Factor of Mia Gregory by Emily Hageman, Best Friends 4 Ever by Em De Zafra and Kiddo by Johanna Ziegler. Grace Engstrom, […]
Vermillion Commission Seeks Student Representative
Vermillion’s Human Relation Commission is seeking a student appointee for the upcoming school year. The Human Relations Commission was established six years ago, focusing on preventing discrimination and advocating for Vermillion residents who have experienced discrimination. The commission works alongside the Vermillion City Council to settle cases where residents may have experienced discrimination related to […]
Shakespeare: “A Vital Part of the Community”
To be or not to be; to attend or not to attend. The South Dakota Shakespeare festival is the thespian event that takes place in the Vermillion community over the summer. The festival started back in 2011 by Greg Huckabee, Scott Mollman and Chaya Gordon-Bland, who were all professors at USD at the time, to […]
South Dakota Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Some Hemp-Derived Products
The South Dakota House of Representatives voted almost unanimously to accept Senate changes to an act to prohibit the chemical modification of industrial hemp. These changes to HB 11125 were concurred to on Feb. 29. The bill would ban Delta-8, Delta-9, and THC-O products that were made legal by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, […]
“Never Forget the Names,” Students March for Missing Indigenous People
On Thursday, February 16, USD students, faculty and staff joined the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) and the Native American Cultural Center for a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person march. There are 132 missing people listed on South Dakota’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse. 71 of the persons listed are Native American or Alaskan Native. Attendees […]
Heavy Snow and Freezing Temperatures Topple a New Semester
Over the course of the last two weeks, Vermillion has been hit with multiple feet of snow and subzero temperatures. This blast of winter weather has caused many problems for students, faculty, and staff on USD’s main campus. The first day of classes for the Spring 2024 semester was scheduled for January 8. However for […]
Vermillion High School Hosts Veterans Day Service
On Saturday Nov. 11, members of the Vermillion community came together to honor and celebrate the sacrifices made by veterans and their families at the annual Vermillion High School (VHS) Veterans Day Service. The planning for this honorary event begins taking place in August and has been taking place annually for well over a decade. […]
KKK History Explored at Local Library
The Vermillion Library held an event on Nov. 1 called the “‘…Strengthening Our Democracy by Remembering Our History’: Shining a light on the KU Klux Klan in South Dakota.” The adult service supervisor at the Vermillion Public Library, Kendra Brewer, said the whole point of this presentation was to inform people about the history of […]
Vermillion Businesses and USD Organizations hosts a Community “Trick or Treat” Event
On Friday Oct. 27, multiple downtown Vermillion businesses and USD student organizations celebrated Halloween by hosting a community wide “trick or treat” event in downtown Vermillion. This event was mainly catered to children and families, but was open to participants of all ages at no cost for attendance. Some of the businesses that volunteered at […]
Virginia Man Arrested in Vermillion Last Week
On Oct. 18, the Vermillion police alongside the U.S. Marshal Service, the FBI, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Clay County Sheriff’s department took a suspect into custody. These law enforcement organizations were in the area to locate the suspect who had a warrant out for his […]