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• The devices are being added to South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program, which enables alcohol offenders to stay out of jail as long as they remain sober. The program also uses other testing methods, such as alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets and urinalysis.
• The ignition-locking devices should be available by fall, allowing for the training of prosecutors and judges this summer, according to Jackley.
• "The 24/7 Sobriety Program has proven to be an effective means to combat drunk driving in South Dakota," the attorney general said. "This offender-pay program takes the burden off taxpayers by keeping qualifying offenders out of jail yet holding them accountable for their actions."
• Then-Attorney General Larry Long started the 24/7 program as a pilot project in three counties in 2005. The Legislature approved the formal creation of the program

two years later. It is now used by 67 law enforcement and justice agencies in South Dakota. State lawmakers approved the addition of the ignition locking devices last year.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Game, Fish and Parks Commission has adopted an emergency rule on baitfish to help prevent the spread of troublesome Asian carp in the state.
• The rule bans the taking of bait from the East Vermillion River, West Vermillion River and Firesteel Creek below Lake Mitchell. It applies to both anglers and commercial bait sellers.
• The goal is to prevent bait dealers and anglers from inadvertently transporting young Asian carp to other waters.
• Asian carp are in the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam near Yankton and are spreading throughout the James, Big Sioux and Vermillion river basins in South Dakota. Spillways at Lake Mitchell and East Vermillion Lake act as barriers to upstream migration of the carp in Firesteel Creek and the East Vermillion River.
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• MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- A Somali man accused of killing the mother of his child and three other people in Minot last year has pleaded not guilty to murder in all of the deaths.
• Omar Mohamed Kalmio, 27, is accused of killing Sabrina Zephier, the 19-year-

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