• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota was offering hotel rooms to nearly 500 students for a second night Tuesday after a water pipe break in frigid temperatures forced the evacuation of a dormitory.
• The break Monday night at the campus in Vermillion was attributed to a frozen water line, with the temperature dipping to 7 degrees overnight.
• Though crews had cleaned up the water from the rupture in Coyote Village, power still needed to be restored to the dorm. The broken pipe is over an electrical room, and crews were trying to get the necessary parts Tuesday to restore power, said university spokeswoman Tena Haraldson.
• Some 160 students were taken to the student center and given hotel rooms on Monday night. Other residents of the dorm likely hadn't yet returned from the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend or were staying with friends, Haraldson said.
• School officials were anticipating that a higher number of students would need temporary housing Tuesday night.
• The university was providing food at the hotels Tuesday evening. The students are still expected to attend their classes, but the school was offering a shuttle to get the students to and from campus, Haraldson said.
• Kimberly Grieve, USD's dean of students, thanked the students for their patience and cooperation.
• "This is certainly a tremendous inconvenience, no matter what time of day, but students affected by the water pipe break have been great," Grieve said in a statement. "Their cooperating helped keep everything under control as we were able to find lodging for all who needed it in just a matter of a couple of hours."
• Coyote Village, which opened in 2010, has 175 units with 550 beds, including two- and four-bedroom options for students. The complex sits just south of the DakotaDome and houses 494 residents.
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