• WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- An overnight fire has destroyed an assisted living apartment complex in the eastern South Dakota city of Watertown.
• All 43 residents of the Sunchase Apartments made it out after the 41-unit complex caught fire late Tuesday. KELO-TV reports one person was taken to a hospital with what authorities said were injuries that were not life-threatening. Another person was treated at the scene.
• Officials say many of the residents are elderly. The Salvation Army is helping them find places to stay. Some pharmacies opened up overnight to make sure residents have medications.
• Resident Jon Strait tells KWAT radio that hallways were filled with smoke as residents made their way out. Firefighters had to deal with exploding oxygen tanks.
• The state fire marshal is being called in to investigate the fire's cause.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota officials say 229 state prison inmates earned GED credentials in the past state fiscal year, up from 167 the previous year.
• Inmates entering the state prison system who have no high school diploma are required to work toward a GED credential while incarcerated. The state Labor Department provides funding for inmates to receive classes in the General Educational Development program, which is recognized as the equivalent to a high school diploma.
• State Corrections Secretary Denny Kaemingk (Kay-MINK) says a high school education or GED credential helps inmates get jobs when they are released from prison.
• Officials say many inmates last year also completed courses in vocational training programs, commonsense parenting, financial issues, job search skills and moral development.
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