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• AUGUSTANA, S.D. (AP) -- Augustana head women's basketball coach Dave Krauth has reached a milestone of 500 career wins.
• Krauth achieved the mark Saturday when his team beat Minnesota State 86-82.
• Rhianna Gullickson told the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1c5rqg6 ) that the team wanted the win for Krauth.
• "We were just really ready to go," said Gullickson, who had 16 points and six rebounds. "Getting the win for coach was a big motivator for us. You could feel it in shoot-around before the game. We wanted this one."
• All 500 of Krauth's wins have come with the Vikings. He has compiled a 500-217 record in 25 seasons.
• The Vikings captured the first conference title in school history last season under Krauth, who had posted nine straight 20-win seasons and 13 NCAA tournament appearances.
• The school said Krauth became the 20th coach in Division II women's basketball history with 500 career wins.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota National Guard says soldiers of the 235th Military Police Company have arrived in the United States after a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
• The military says the 124 soldiers arrived at Fort Bliss in Texas on Saturday night. The soldiers will spend about a week in Texas completing demobilization requirements before returning to South Dakota.
• No precise details of the unit's arrival to South Dakota were disclosed.
• The military says it was the third mobilization for the 235th since 2003.
• The unit provides security for U.S. military personnel, installations and facilities. The soldiers also guard prisoners of war and civilian internees.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Lower Brule man has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for abusive sexual contact with a minor.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 39-year-old Robert Stricker was sentenced on Thursday in federal court.
• Stricker pleaded guilty to the charge in September.

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