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• The Black Hills Pioneer reports (http://bit.ly/1em9le7 ) that commissioners unanimously accepted the petitions signed by 203 people calling for the vote.
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Guitarist Slash to rock with Sioux Falls kids
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Rock guitarist Slash plans to take the stage later this month in Sioux Falls with kids from the local Boys and Girls Clubs.
• He'll appear Sept. 28 at Brennan Rock & Roll Academy with a student band that chose to play the Guns N' Roses version of the Bob Dylan classic "Knocking on Heaven's Door."
• Slash was the lead guitarist for Guns N' Roses before embarking on a solo career.
• Academy owner and Dollar Loan Center CEO Chuck Brennan met Slash earlier and told him about the music program.
• The student concert will feature three student bands that have been learning how to play instruments and rehearsing since the academy opened in April.
• The concert is not open to the public.
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Work to begin for $4.6M Rapid City soccer complex
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The Rapid City Council has approved a $1.7 million contract for the first phase of work at a future soccer complex in the northeastern part of the city.
• The work includes an extension of the city's water main, and irrigation and seeding of the $4.6 million, 12-field complex.
• The city has approved about $3.8 million for the project from sales tax revenue. A local soccer group will need to raise the rest privately.
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SD governor requests flags be flown at half-staff
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff through sunset Friday in honor of the victims of a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in the nation's capital.
• The request is in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Barack Obama.
• Authorities are still trying to figure out why a former Navy reservist opened fire inside a building at the Navy Yard on Monday, killing 12 people before being killed himself.
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