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The tide may be turning on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with a decline in new cases nationally and regionally and with South Dakota’s Board of Regents seeking a more “normal” fall semester on USD’s campus. In response to this, USD student organizations, Vermillion businesses and local government leaders are looking to bring back what they said has been lost in the past year.
The local response to the pandemic over the past year has been driven largely by the USD administration and the Vermillion City Council.
Kevin O’Kelley, assistant vice president of research compliance at USD and member of USD’s COVID-19 Task Force, said the university’s response over the past year was guided by CDC guidelines and student health.
Before the event had even started, the Vermillion Polar Plunge had already raised $15,000 for Special Olympics athletes.
John Cole is the assistant director for the law enforcement torch run for the state of South Dakota and also a police officer for the Vermillion Police Department. Cole helps out with events across the state, but his hometown, Vermillion, is where he ran the Polar Plunge Saturday.
This is Vermillion’s 12th annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics athletes across South Dakota. This event helped 100 athletes locally and 2,700 statewide.
Usually the event takes place in February, but due to COVID-19 it was pushed back until April 10.