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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say the golf coach of an eastern South Dakota school district has been indicted on rape and sexual contact charges.
• The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1kCWzuV ) reports that 37-year-old Jeffrey Loren Nolte faces two counts of rape and one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16 years old. The incidents allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2014.
• Nolte's attorney information couldn't be found. He's scheduled to be arraigned in March.
• Nolte, a high school math teacher, was arrested in January on rape charges involving two girls. He was released on bond.
• Lincoln County's prosecutor says the alleged incidents didn't involve students. The newspaper reports the Canton man's indictment pertains to one victim.
• The Oldham-Ramona School District superintendent says Nolte has been suspended. Nolte joined the district this academic year.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee has defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit legislators' terms in office.
• Lawmakers can serve four consecutive terms, or eight years, in the House or Senate. They can run for another chamber after being term-limited in one.
• The proposed provision would have kept legislators from serving more than eight years in each chamber in a lifetime.
• Supporters say incumbents have an advantage that discourages competition.
• Opponents say voters can choose not to re-elect incumbent legislators and many lawmakers limit their own time in office.
• Another proposed constitutional amendment to let legislators serve 12 consecutive years in a chamber has made it through the House. Gov. Dennis Daugaard has said he likely would vote for that if it appears on the November ballot.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota House has passed a statewide texting ban.
• Legislators have voted 53-17 in support of the measure. It would allow law en

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