• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Bond has been set at $20,000 for a Sioux Falls man accused of holding his girlfriend in his apartment for weeks and beating her multiple times.
• Fifty-two-year-old Guy Lundgren made his first court appearance on Monday on charges including aggravated kidnapping and assault. He did not enter a plea. He could face life in prison if convicted.
• Police allege Lundgren held the 44-year-old woman in his apartment for more than 20 days and beat her, causing bruises and a broken eye socket.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota legislative committee has endorsed a measure that would extend the time between primary elections and runoff elections.
• Deputy Secretary of State Patricia Miller says the change is needed to comply with a federal law requiring that ballots be sent to military and overseas voters at least 45 days before an election for a federal office.
• South Dakota law requires a runoff between the top two vote-getters if no candidate gets at least 35 percent of the votes in a U.S. Senate, U.S. House or gubernatorial primary. Current law sets that runoff election three weeks after the primary.
• The House State Affairs Committee voted unanimously Monday to approve a bill setting runoffs 10 weeks after a primary. South Dakota has not had such a runoff for decades.
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