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Travel on Gravel to LifeLight |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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WORTHING, S.D. (AP) - Travel might be a little rocky this year for people going to LifeLight, the three-day Christian music festival that brings hundreds of thousands of people to the Sioux Falls area each Labor Day weekend.
The festival has been held the past 12 years at various Sioux Falls locations. Organizers have found a permanent site on a farm near Worthing, where the event will be held for the first time Sept. 3-5.
Thousands of vehicles will have to travel the last couple of miles over gravel roads. Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Johnson says some motorists might not be familiar with that type of driving surface. He urges people to slow down and use common sense.
Festival Director Julie Klinger doesn't anticipate problems because she says having so many vehicles on the roads will keep down speeds.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Flood Problems in SF, Area |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Heavy rain in southeast South Dakota has led to problems in the Sioux Falls area.
The National Weather Service says as much as 4 1/2 inches of rain has been reported. That has led to flooding of streets and roads, and water and sewer backup in some home basements.
Sioux Falls Public Works officials said Friday morning they had been forced to discharge untreated wastewater into the Big Sioux River when a lift station at Interstate 229 and Cliff Avenue failed due to flooding. The city notified state environmental officials and were implementing a river monitoring plan.
The city said the untreated wastewater would not affect drinking water, but residents were advised to stay out of the river.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Church Arson Trial Delayed |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - Trial for a teenage boy accused of setting a Yankton church on fire began this week but was delayed indefinitely when a subpoenaed witness failed to appear.
St. John's Lutheran Church sustained $2 million in damage in the April 2009 blaze the day before Palm Sunday. Members of the congregation numbering 1,250 worshipped at Mount Marty College during the year of rebuilding.
The boy, who was 14 at the time, has not been identified because he is a juvenile. His trial is not open to the public.
If he is found at trial to be a delinquent child, he could be imprisoned until he is 21, be fined or lose his driver's license.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Store Chain CEO Killed in Crash |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - The chief executive of a Wisconsin-based gas station and convenience store chain was killed and his wife was injured in a motorcycle crash in southwestern Montana.
Gallatin County deputy coroner Dan Springer identifies the man who died as 55-year-old David Erickson of Lakeland, Minn.
Trooper Erick Fetterhoff says Erickson was northbound on Bridger Canyon Road just after 4 p.m. Wednesday when his bike drifted off the road, went over an embankment and hit several rocks. Erickson's wife, who was a passenger, suffered minor injuries.
David Erickson was CEO of Erickson Oil Products Inc./Freedom Valu Centers based in Hudson, Wis. The private, family owned company has 65 stores in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Michigan.
Neither alcohol nor speed were factors in the crash.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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State Shares in Drug Settlement |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive about $155,000 from a national settlement with a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson over allegations the company illegally marketed an anti-seizure drug.
The settlement states that the subsidiary, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, schemed to improperly market the drug Topamax for uses not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The subsidiary agreed to pay $75 million to settle claims.
Jackley says shares of the settlement are allocated to the states and the federal government based on their joint funding of Medicaid.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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State Shares in Drug Settlement |
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Friday, July 30 2010 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive about $155,000 from a national settlement with a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson over allegations the company illegally marketed an anti-seizure drug.
The settlement states that the subsidiary, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, schemed to improperly market the drug Topamax for uses not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The subsidiary agreed to pay $75 million to settle claims.
Jackley says shares of the settlement are allocated to the states and the federal government based on their joint funding of Medicaid.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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