No trial for SD couple in underage drinking bust
• HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) -- A former chairwoman of the Harrisburg School Board and her husband will not go on trial next week over accusations that they allowed dozens of teenagers to drink alcohol last spring at a pre-graduation party on their property.
• Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman says a key witness in the case against Michelle and Brian Schirado is at a critical stage in his military training, and that pulling him to testify would harm his military career.
• The charges against the couple are dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could be refiled in the future.
• More than two dozen teens were cited last May for underage drinking at the Schirados' rural home. Defense attorneys say they are confident the couple would have been exonerated at trial of charges related to those citations.
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SD officials hold workshops on fixing shelterbelts
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Agriculture Department is holding workshops in northwestern South Dakota on how to renovate shelterbelts.
• The free workshops will provide information on how to evaluate shelterbelts and plan improvements. Information will include replacing or removing selected trees and shrubs.
• John Hinners of the Agriculture Department says drastic drops in temperature, heavy snow, high winds and drought can damage and kill trees in shelterbelts.
• The workshops will be held Feb. 12 in Buffalo and Bison, Feb. 13 in Dupree and Faith, and Feb. 14 in McIntosh and Timber Lake.
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Spring wheat prices down 52 cents from December
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department says spring wheat prices for January are averaging $8.06 per bushel, a decrease of 52 cents from the previous month.
• The South Dakota office of the National Agriculture Statistics Service says the preliminary winter wheat price of $7.96 is down 35 cents from last month but up $1.38 from last January.
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