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Griffan Callahan came off the bench to score 15 points Saturday and South Dakota State took advantage of 20 turnovers by Central Michigan in an 80-72 victory.The Jackrabbits (5-7) shot worse from the field (38.2 percent to 47.3 percent) and the free-throw line (81.4 percent to 93.3 percent) than Central Michigan, but made up for it by scoring 23 points off turnovers compared to just 10 for CMU.
PIERRE
The gap in South Dakota's current state budget can be fixed by taking $15.8 million from several funds that hold excess money, the governor's budget director said.Using the money to balance the current budget will not hurt those funds' ability to cover their obligations, state budget director Jason Dilges said.
SIOUX FALLS
A couple were charged in federal court in Sioux Falls with faking the husband's death to collect on life insurance. A woman, 39, and her 45-year-old husband pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The wife was free on bond while the husband was being held without bond.Authorities said the woman claimed that her husband had died after eating bad oysters during a family vacation in Malaysia in 2003. She eventually settled the insurance case with two insurance companies for $2 million.
SIOUX FALLS
Two South Dakota car dealers who sued General Motors in May after it sent letters ending franchise agreements have informed the federal court that they are dropping their case against the Detroit automaker.A Sioux Falls law firm representing Springs Auto Inc. of Wessington Springs and Yankton Motor Co. of Yankton on Friday informed the U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls that the action could be dismissed.
SIOUX FALLS
The preparations and distractions are easier to manage when its your fourth straight trip to the NAIA championship. Sioux Falls coach Kalen DeBoer says that doesn't make the winning any easier for the defending champions.The top-ranked Cougars (14-0), national champions two of the past three years and currently on a 28-game winning streak, will face Lindenwood (13-0) on Saturday in Rome, Ga.
PIERRE
A former South Dakota lawmaker convicted of raping his two foster daughters has sent news organizations what he claims is a copyright notice that seeks to prevent the use of his name without his consent.A letter and an accompanying document labeled "Common Law Copyright Notice" said former state Rep. Ted Alvin Klaudt is reserving a common-law copyright of a trade name or trademark for his name. It said no one can use his name without his consent, and anyone who does would owe him $500,000.
BROOKINGS
Lorenzo Keeler had 21 points and Kyle Odister added 17 as Cal Poly defeated South Dakota State 73-66 Tuesday night.Keeler hit 3 of 6 3-pointers and Odister hit 2 of 5 from behind the arc. Will Donahue added 13 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Mustangs (3-5).
SIOUX FALLS
Last week's snowstorm in eastern South Dakota further slowed the already-late corn harvest.The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the corn harvest advanced only 9 percentage points over the week, to 82 percent complete. That compares with 99 percent on average.
SIOUX FALLS
Some South Dakota farmers say tougher banking regulations in response to last year's financial crisis are making it more difficult for them to get operating loans.Hayes rancher Todd Mortenson, past president of the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, says ranchers who borrow money to buy livestock are being required to put more cash down.
SIOUX FALLS
The Southeast Development Foundation in Sioux Falls is getting a $500,000 grant from the federal Economic Development Administration.The money will be used to replenish a revolving loan fund, which will provide new low-interest loans to businesses hurt by flooding in 2008.
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