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Man sentenced for embezzling from religion store
Thursday, September 9, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - An Iowa man who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $150,000 from a Sioux Falls religious goods store has been sentenced to six months in jail.
42-year-old Anthony Weber, of Lansing, Iowa, will face 10 years in prison if he fails to pay $151,873 in restitution and court costs over the next five years.
Prosecutors say Weber wrote himself checks from the business account of Hurley's Religious Goods in Sioux Falls, where he worked for his aunt and uncle for nine years.
Premier Bankcard reduces work force again
Thursday, September 9, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A credit card company is further reducing its work force in South Dakota.
Premier Bankcard President and CEO Miles Beacom says about 50 employees statewide recently were offered different positions within the company in areas of more demand such as collections, and half opted to take a severance package instead.
The move is the latest in a series of work force reductions at Premier Bankcard, which has centers in Sioux Falls, Dakota Dunes, Huron, Spearfish and Watertown. Several hundred jobs have been cut this year, mostly through attrition. Beacom says that after the latest reduction, the company employs about 2,200 people, down from about 2,600 at the end of last year.
Company officials blame financial regulation changes that went into effect earlier this year, making it harder to issue credit cards.
Lincoln County residents want flood study
Thursday, September 9, 2010
CANTON, S.D. (AP) - Lincoln County residents whose homes were flooded on July 30 are seeking answers from city, county and state officials.
About 100 homeowners gathered at the county courthouse Wednesday, seeking a study to help prevent flooding in the future.
Officials reminded the group that the five inches of rain that fell was unusual, but homeowners say the problem is that new development in Sioux Falls is funneling runoff their way.
Lincoln County leaders did not immediately decide whether to spend the money to study drainage issues.
SD flex-fuel vehicles test lower ethanol blend
Thursday, September 9, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The state of South Dakota's flexible fuel vehicles have switched to a lower ethanol blend after preliminary tests indicated that E-85 wasn't saving any money.
State pumps in Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Pierre that were carrying the 85 percent gas-ethanol blend are now dispensing E-30. Tests on the 30 percent blend will run through the end of the year.
The Bureau of Administration's Mike Mueller says the switch is part of a yearlong test to find the optimum blend of fuel that will provide the best mileage at the best cost.
Although E-85 was 23 cents per gallon cheaper than the standard 10 percent ethanol blend, tests showed that the 23 percent decrease in gas mileage negated the cost savings.
SD working on new pay system for hard-to-fill jobs
Thursday, September 9, 2010
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota state government is working on a new job classification system for hard-to-fill technical jobs.
The goal is to eventually be able to pay accountants, nurses, scientists, engineers and information technology staff salaries closer to those paid by private businesses.
State personnel commissioner Sandy Zinter says the state budget crunch means there's no money right now to move those technical jobs to higher pay levels, but the new classification system will allow those raises once state revenues recover.
Corey Landeen of the South Dakota State Employees Organization says the state needs to revamp its entire pay system and give raises to all state employees, not just those in the five technical professions.
More burglary arrests in Vermillion
Thursday, September 9, 2010
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - The Vermillion Police Department on Thursday said it had arrested three Yankton residents in their late teens after a second night of residential burglaries, vehicle burglaries and stolen vehicles.
A fourth suspect was being sought Thursday afternoon. Authorities say thieves entered at least seven occupied residences and stole valuables. Multiple vehicles were entered and two vehicles were stolen.
The incidents followed 11 vehicle burglaries the previous night. An 18-year-old was arrested in those break-ins, and police do not think there is a connection.
Lawmaker: possible parade legislation 'knee-jerk'
Thursday, September 9, 2010
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) - A state lawmaker from Mitchell says he thinks potential legislation aimed at improving safety in parades that have horses is a knee-jerk reaction.
Democratic state Sen. Frank Kloucek of Scotland says he plans to introduce a bill to require an outrider with every team of two or more horses in public parades. An outrider is a single horse and rider that helps keep a team under control.
Republican Rep. Lance Carson of Mitchell says horses occasionally get scared and react accordingly. He says adding another animal to the mix could make the situation worse.
The debate has intensified because three people were injured when two horses pulling a wagon were spooked and ran into Labor Day parade spectators in Wagner. But Kloucek says he was thinking about legislation before the Wagner incident.
Raided SD dog breeder files $5M federal lawsuit
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A Hurley dog breeder has filed a $5 million federal lawsuit against an animal rescue group and several Turner County officials, saying they illegally seized his dogs and puppies during a raid last fall.
Dan Christensen had been charged with 173 misdemeanor counts of inhumane treatment of animals after county officers and Second Chance Rescue Center of Sioux Falls raided his farm in September 2009.
But a judge in February ruled that the search warrants were illegally obtained, and prosecutors dropped all charges. The lawsuit filed last week says Christensen suffered mental anguish, emotional distress and the loss of his property and business interests.
Calls to the Turner County state's attorney and rescue center were not immediately returned.
Madison High School staffer gets viral meningitis
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
MADISON, S.D. (AP) - Madison High School officials say they are taking steps to prevent the spread of viral meningitis after a staffer was diagnosed with the disease.
Superintendent Vince Schaefer told the Madison Daily Leader that officials have disinfected a room at the school and made hand sanitizers available.
Schaefer says the school is fortunate that the disease was diagnosed as viral meningitis and not bacterial meningitis, a more serious disease that can cause brain damage or hearing loss.
Viral meningitis can result from exposure to the West Nile virus, which is carried by some mosquitoes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says viral meningitis is serious but rarely fatal. The symptoms typically last seven to 10 days
with the patient making a complete recovery.
Toddlers in car with pot put in protective custody
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A 38-year old Sioux Falls woman's twin toddlers were taken into protective custody over the Labor Day weekend after police say they caught a passenger in her car smoking marijuana.
Police arrested Tessa Bearrobe and 41-year-old Cora Lynn McBride on drug charges. Bearrobe also was charged with abuse and neglect of a child, driving with a suspended license and having an open container of alcohol.
Police say the children are 2 years old. Telephone listings for the women could not immediately be found.
Sioux Falls has rash of home burglaries
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sioux Falls police are urging residents to make sure their homes and garages are locked up overnight, after a string of burglaries.
Authorities say four occupied homes within a two-mile area were hit early Sunday. The Argus Leader says no items of great value were taken, but homeowners lost a laptop in another overnight burglary in another area.
Police suspect the crimes are connected.
Authorities say a cluster of homes with unlocked doors is an easy target for thieves.
Brown County official subject of state probe
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Brown County's director of equalization has been ordered to take ethics and administration classes after an investigation of her handling of agricultural land assessments.
The state Department of Revenue and Regulation ruled that Mary Worlie used an unethical assessment practice and was untruthful in telling landowners that large shifts in property assessments were the result of a new state system.
The Aberdeen American News says the investigation was done at the request of agriculture groups that questioned how Worlie implemented the new model. It does not order the land values determined by Worlie be changed.
The state says if Worlie fails to meet the requirements of the order, her certification will be revoked. Worlie declined comment. She can appeal. County Commissioners defend the process Worlie used. One landowner, former state legislator Al Waltman, has sued.
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