• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Sioux Falls convenience store on Christmas.
• Authorities say the incident occurred at the Get N Go store on Arrowhead Parkway at 11:32 p.m. Tuesday.
• A man allegedly came into the store armed with a knife and demanded money from the clerk.
• Police say the man fled the store with an undetermined amount of cash. No injuries were reported.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota family has won a free home in a drawing entered by more than 5,000 people from eight states.
• Elaine Keester of Scenic says she and her husband entered the drawing at Iseman Homes in Rapid City. They won a new double-wide trailer that has about 1,400 square feet of living space, two bathrooms and a patio.
• She tells KOTA-TV (http://bit.ly/W0T3Jv ) that she considers the new home a Christmas present. The couple's current home is more than 40 years old and was damaged by a small tornado about a year ago.
• Keester says the new home might not be installed until spring because the home site is located down about 15 miles of thin, winding road.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Wednesday is the final day for residents to view the decorated Christmas trees in the South Dakota Capitol.
• The annual Christmas at the Capitol holiday display is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. CST.
• Representatives of organizations and communities who decorated the more than 90 trees will return to Pierre on Thursday to take them down.
• The tradition draws thousands to the Capitol each year.
• The featured tree in the Capitol rotunda is a 35-foot blue spruce decorated by Girls Scouts-Dakota Horizons, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

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