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but are not yet complete. Other landowners are appealing lawsuits filed against them by TransCanada to fight the company's condemnation of their land.
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SD woman sentenced for distributing drugs
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls woman has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Tuesday that 22-year-old Brittany Lee King was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for the charge. She pleaded guilty in August.
• Prosecutors say King obtained methamphetamine in Montana and conspired to distribute it in Sioux Falls.
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USDA awards funds to tribal colleges in Dakotas
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Several tribal colleges in North and South Dakota are receiving federal grants to make campus improvements and provide opportunities for outreach.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that $3.3 million will go toward tribal colleges as part of the Rural Development Tribal College Grant program.
• Each of the college awarded grant money will receive more than $158,000 for improvements. The money will be used to construct buildings, buy new equipment and upgrade classrooms, among other things.
• In North Dakota, the USDA awarded grants to Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College, United Tribes Technical College, Fort Berthold Community College and Sitting Bull College.
• In South Dakota, grants were awarded to Sisseton Wahpeton College, Sinte Gleska University and Oglala Lakota College.
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Sioux Falls police search for bank robbery suspect
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Police are searching for a man they say robbed a Sioux Falls bank.
• Authorities say the man demanded cash from a teller at a Wells Fargo bank branch inside a drug store shortly before 7 p.m. Monday. He did not display a weapon or make mention of one, though he kept one hand in a pocket.
• The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of cash. No one was hurt.
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