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South Dakota State.
• Cody Larson will have to sit out a year unless the NCAA grants him a waiver. SDSU can't start that process until Larson is actively enrolled, which likely will happen early next month.
• The 6-foot-9 Larson was a standout at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls. He went on to Florida but eventually lost his scholarship and left the team.
• Off-court issues factored into his problems at Florida. He and another player were accused of breaking into a car, which violated his probation for an incident in high school in which authorities say he shared prescription pills with a teammate.
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Man found dead in Rapid City ditch identified
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities have identified a man found dead in a drainage ditch in Rapid City.
• The Rapid City Police Department says employees at a car dealership discovered the body of 65-year-old James Tracke late Monday afternoon. Tracke's last known address was in Pine Ridge.
• City police and the Pennington County Sheriff's Office said it appeared that Tracke had been dead for several days.
• Authorities say preliminary autopsy results don't show any trauma that might have caused his death. Full autopsy results will be complete in 2-3 weeks.
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Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials
The Associated Press
• Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, May 19, 2013
• What was going on at the library?
• For the second time in three months, the Rapid City Public Library is reviewing its security policy. On Monday, the library's Board of Trustees voted to add a police liaison officer.
• After a Feb. 21 shooting of a man with a knife outside the downtown library, the library added full-time private security. The man who was shot had just been escorted out of the library when he advanced on police while waving a knife.
• Now the library is supplementing private security with a Rapid City Police Department liaison.
• Why? Neither the library board nor city officials will provide details.
• There are hints that there were concerns about security at the library.
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