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• Officers who responded to a report of a reckless driver in a pickup truck early Tuesday eventually called off the pursuit when the driver turned off his headlights. Police say the truck eventually went over a curb, hit a tree, then continued on and crashed into two vehicles in a driveway before hitting a garage. Damage is described as extensive.
• The suspect was arrested on charges of aggravated eluding, driving under the influence, reckless driving and having no proof of insurance.
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Police: 3 face charges after Iowa car chase
• SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A Sioux City woman is accused of ripping and burning fake money during a police chase that started in South Dakota and ended in Iowa.
• Authorities say Alison Daugherty was one of three people in a vehicle traveling Monday night from North Sioux City into Sioux City. Police say passengers threw counterfeit cash out the window as it sped down Interstate 29.
• Daugherty and Shaun Wakefield, of Sioux City, face forgery charges.
• The Sioux City Journal (http://bit.ly/YSrCWM ) reports authorities say the driver, Brandon David Miller, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, crashed his vehicle into a parked car and two police cars, injuring a deputy. Miller faces several charges including reckless driving and assault of a peace officer.
• Records do not list attorneys for Daugherty, Miller or Wakefield.
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SDSU Extension wants precipitation report help
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- SDSU Extension is looking for South Dakotans to join a national network of volunteer precipitation observers to track rain, hail and snow across the state.
• State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'-dee) says the Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network is looking for people who enjoy measuring precipitation and are willing to report it on the Internet.
• Todey says that even with all of the weather technology available, climatologists need on-the-ground measurements from across the state to tell them what is really happening.
• SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist Laura Edwards says if people can say how many days they've gone without rainfall, it helps officials document drought conditions.
• Volunteers must be willing to take morning precipitation readings using a stan (Continued on page 24)
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