PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Education Department says
six high schools were mistakenly left off the list for meeting
adequate yearly progress goals under the federal No Child Left
Behind law. A computer error that caused the mistake has been
corrected.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Sen. John Thune says he's received some
encouragement about running for president in 2012, but says he's
not thinking beyond the November election. The South Dakota
Republican says the GOP needs to win House and Senate seats this
year to restore the balance of power in Congress. He plans to
campaign for GOP candidates in other states.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Democratic governor candidate Scott
Heidepriem (HY'-duh-prim) says South Dakota needs to tackle what he
sees as the drain of state dollars into an Iowa casino being built
just a few miles from Sioux Falls. Heidepriem says as
governor-elect he would convene a task force to study options such
as building a competing casino that could help pay for a new events
center in Sioux Falls.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - It's more than seven years in prison for a
Sisseton man who pleaded guilty in a BB gun shooting that cost the
victim an eye. Prosecutors say Deserick Bird shot a BB gun at a
2009 house party, hitting another person in the face. That person
lost the use of his left eye.
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