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Commission filings show She also loaned her campaign $20,000 and is reporting just under $15,000 cash on hand at the end of the year.
• Robinson is a Rapid City native who spent 25 years in the Army.
• Noem is in her second term as South Dakota's lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Couple ordered to pay $1.3M for false wool claims
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota judge has ordered an Iowa couple to pay more than $1 million over wool loan deficiency payments received for sheep they didn't own.
• The U.S. attorney's office says Howard "Jack" Aleff and Reena Slominski, of Knoxville, Iowa, submitted 132 false claims for their business, L & J Wool & Fur.
• As a result, they got nearly $304,000 from the Farm Services Agency in Iowa and South Dakota.
• They earlier pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States and were sentenced to probation, fined $60,000 and ordered to repay that amount in restitution.
• U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann in Aberdeen has now entered an additional civil judgment of $1.38 million.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. PUTIN HOPING TO TELL WORLD THAT RUSSIA IS BACK
• If ceremony opening Sochi Olympics doesn't reshape country's global image, it should at least be a good show.
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• 2. WHY THIS MONTH'S EMPLOYMENT REPORT IS EAGERLY AWAITED
• Economists hope January jobs number will tell them whether U.S. economy is really slowing -- or continuing to strengthen.
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• 3. WHO IS MOST CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS OF NEW HEALTH LAW
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