Around Town
Restoration underway for historic downtown mural
Patty Armstrong isn’t an artist by trade and she isn’t a painter, but she’s picking up a brush to help restore one of downtown Vermillion’s historic landmarks. Armstrong is one of many volunteers this week who’s helping to bring life and color back to “Missouri Weave” – a nearly 40-year-old mural stretching across the exterior […]
Sororities using smartphone app as precautionary safety tool
Two USD sororities are utilizing a safety smartphone application to protect its members as a precaution against dangerous situations when walking home late at night. SafeTrek, which is available free to all USD students, is an app that summons emergency responders to users who find themselves in need of assistance. Bridget Wilds, a member of […]
Final plans for Vermillion pool near completion
City officials say plans for a new pool in Prentis Park are almost ready to be made into reality. All finalized designs will be completed before Thanksgiving, Vermillion Parks and Recreation Director Jim Goblirsch said. Goblirsch said he’ll be getting bids on the pool’s play features this week, while bids for the pool construction as […]
Organization hopes to be ‘greenest little city in South Dakota’
For the past year, a group of Vermillion residents has taken it upon themselves to promote sustainable practices within the community. “Greening Vermillion” is a nonprofit environmental organization whose goal is to become a resource for all “green” events, news and activism in the city. “When anybody wants to look up something about Vermillion that […]
Closed restaurants’ liquor licenses sitting in limbo
Rumors of a liquor license transfer within the City of Vermillion have not reached City Hall, Vermillion City Manager John Prescott said. “We have not had anybody submit paperwork to either transfer a license or to add a new license,” Prescott said. “We don’t have any of those pending before the city.” In January, Maya […]
New dollar store opens on Cherry Street
As Dennis Whipple and Sarah Stewart unpacked merchandise and staged it on shelves and hangers in preparation for the opening of their dollar store, Whipple came across a handful of selfie sticks and questioned some of the product selection of his new store. “When I saw that, I said, ‘We’ll never sell this,’” he recalled. […]
Email warns Greeks of possible assault, robbery
The Greek Life community at USD is rallying together after being alerted by email of a possible assault and robbery that occurred early Friday morning. According to the email, which was sent to sorority and fraternity leaders Friday afternoon by Lambda Chi Alpha President Nicholas Bratvold, a member of Bratvold’s fraternity was walking in an alley between Plum and […]
Vermillion Cup Club provides students, community with discounts around town
The Vermillion Cup Club is giving new meaning to red cups on a college campus. Free to all University of South Dakota students and their families, the cups provide discounts when brought to any participating Vermillion business. First-years and their families received cups on Move-In Day and cup distribution for upperclassmen began Aug. 25 at the Muenster University Center […]
Car crashes through vacant storefront, driver taken into custody
A car crashed into a vacant storefront on Cherry Street on Sunday evening, resulting in the driver of the vehicle being taken into police custody. Shannon Draper, chief of the Vermillion Fire Department, said the cause of the crash at the University Plaza strip mall was “medical in nature” and firefighters arrived on scene to […]
Vermillion movie experience to be ‘reimagined’
University of South Dakota and Vermillion leaders have come together to save the town’s two movie theaters. In the age of Netflix, the movie-going experience has changed for many college students. Often, it’s sitting in a dorm room and streaming a movie. The Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association wants to change that. “I do think there is a […]