State/Local
Vermillion teens died in a car crash, cold case closed
Authorities announced Tuesday that the two Vermillion girls who went missing in 1971 died in a car crash.
Students, community members walk for March of Dimes
With the sun shining on the East lawn of the Muenster University Center, University of South Dakota students and Vermillion community members walked in Vermillion’s first March of Dimes April 12. With just over $1,500 raised from the walk, senior and president of USD’s Golden Key International Honour Society, which hosted the event, Catie Steir […]
City Council votes to co-sponsor Coyoteopoly, approves water tower logo
The Vermillion City Council voted to co-sponsor Coyoteopoly’s South Dakota Shakespeare Festival at Monday’s city council meeting. The SDSF will be held June 13-15 in Prentis Park, and the festival will feature a production of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Food vendors, workshops, a scholar’s roundtable and live music will be among the activities planned. […]
Waiters see promise in wage raise
For students living off tips earned waiting tables, there are good nights, bad nights and disastrous nights. The current minimum wage for waiters and waitresses is $2.13 an hour. If a White House initiative proposed in March were to come into effect, the minimum wage for tipped workers would be raised to $4.90 an hour, […]
USD prepares to host first local March of Dimes walk
Although members of the University of South Dakota’s Golden Key International Honour Society participated in a March of Dimes walk last year, the group is hosting its own local walk this year. Members of the student group walked in the Sioux City march last year, but because all of the funds raised went to the […]
Academic probation rates declining
The number of University of South Dakota students placed on academic probation is on the decline, said Stephen Ward, director of the Academic and Career Planning Center. BREAKOUT: According to USD’s website, “If a student’s cumulative grade point average falls below a 2.0, they will be placed on ‘Academic Probation.’ Student who are placed on […]
Producing sustainable agriculture, local farmer offers shares of fresh produce to community
With clear skies, the temperature hovering just above freezing and a light breeze signifies the beginning of busy season for Sam Heikes. Inside his greenhouse the temperature is set to 85 degrees. Leaves from the lettuce, spinach and other cold-tolerant plants are sprouting. Heikes operates a farm located less than a mile northeast of the […]
South Dakota Legislature passes texting and driving ban
Drivers in South Dakota will now be cited tickets for texting and driving after the State Legislature passed a bill making it a secondary offense. After weeks of negotiation, Senate Bill 142, banning texting while driving in the state, passed March 14 with a 52-18 vote in the House and a 28-7 vote in the […]
Vermillion works to retain USD students
The Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company (VCDC) is working on three ways to retain University of South Dakota students in Vermillion after graduation. With the addition of Eagle Creek Software Services, residential property Bliss Pointe and the Prentis Park master plan, the VCDC and Vermillion City Council are making improvements to make Vermillion an […]
Pressler: There is a poisonous paralysis between Republicans and Democrats in Washington
Sen. Larry Pressler served two terms in the U.S House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997 for South Dakota. He is coming back into the political spotlight of the state with his current run as an independent to fill the vacant senator position to be left […]