Sioux Falls events center name announced
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The name of the new Sioux Falls events center has been unveiled. • Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether (HYOO'-thur) announced during a Thursday afternoon news conference that the $115 million events center will be called the Denny Sanford Premier Center. • Sanford Health, First Premier Bank and Premier Bankcard have secured the naming rights for the next 25 years as part of a $20.75 million deal. • The City Council must still approve the deal. • Construction on the events center has already started. A groundbreaking ceremony is set for Aug. 30. •
Presiding judge in Sioux Falls retiring next year
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The presiding judge in South Dakota's largest judicial circuit is retiring. • Sioux Falls-based Judge Kathleen Caldwell says she will step down from the Second Judicial Circuit bench next Jan. 8. She has been a circuit court judge since 1993 and the presiding judge in the Second Circuit since 2009. • Gov. Dennis Daugaard will appoint a successor, and Chief Justice David Gilbertson will name a new presiding judge. •
Judge orders that Sturgis bar sign be uncovered
• STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- A federal judge in California has ordered that black plas (Continued on page 24)
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