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threats can be neutralized.
• Warrener said cases on American Indian reservations are a priority for North Dakota and South Dakota. He said he would work with tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to address issues there.
• Warrener, a native of Rock Tavern, N.Y., began his FBI career investigating violent street gangs and counterintelligence issues. Since then, he has held many positions and worked cases from narcotics to counterterrorism. He's been supervisor of the New Mexico Joint Terrorism Task Force, and was an assistant special agent in charge in Kansas City, managing national security and intelligence programs.
• He has a law degree from the University of Oklahoma.
• The 54-year-old faces mandatory retirement in three years, and believes he'll fin

ish out his career in Minnesota.
• "I think I'm a good fit," he said. The Minneapolis office is "very diverse. You have everything here."
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources says low flows, high water temperatures and elevated ammonia levels contributed to hundreds of fish that died and washed up along the Big Sioux River.
• The department says its investigation showed the ammonia levels in the river would not have normally been toxic to the fish. But combined with the stress from the low flows and high temperatures in the water, the ammonia level was enough to kill the fish last week.
• The temperature of the Big Sioux River reached 90 degrees last Friday, lowered to 72 on Saturday and was back up to 90 by Tuesday. River flows had dropped to 28 cubic feet per second on Friday on parts of the river. River flows normally average 250 cubic feet per second.
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• STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol and Highway Safety officials are reminding motorists and bikers to drive safely ahead of next week's annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
• Lee Axdahl with the State Office of Highway Safety says there have been 11 fatalities involving motorcycles so far this year. South Dakota saw 14 motorcycle fa

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