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Officials say shad boost Lake Oahe forage base
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota fisheries biologist says stocked shad appear to be helping provide food for Lake Oahe walleyes in South Dakota and North Dakota.
• Mark Fencel (FIHN'suhl) says about 1,800 adult shad were stocked in the reservoir last year and another nearly 1,700 were stocked this spring in sites in both states.
• Fencel told the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission that that the shad apparently spawned successfully because anglers report finding small shad in the stomachs of walleye they catch.
• The shad were stocked in an effort to boost the baitfish population in Lake Oahe after a lot of smelt were flushed through Oahe Dam in the 2011 flood.
• Fencel says the smelt population appears to have recovered somewhat from last year.
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Lake County Sheriff's Office getting car cameras
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Lake County Sheriff's Office is getting more than $32,000 to buy digital video camera systems for their patrol cars to help with drug investigations.
• South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the money is being awarded out of the Drug Control Fund, which helps local law enforcement in drug control and apprehension.
• Jackley says the fund allows agencies to combat controlled substance abuse by funding local programs with monies seized from drug arrests.
• Lake County Sheriff Tim Walburg says the county, like so many others, has limited funds available for purchases. Walburg says the award will help the office update its technology.
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State Fair Grandstand tickets go on sale June 24
• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- Tickets for this year's South Dakota State Fair Grandstand will go on sale June 24.
• Artists performing at the Grandstand include Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, (Continued on page 16)
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