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tle," Cotter said. He declined to comment on the latest arrests except to say the defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty.
• In October, a dozen people tied to a ring that imported meth from Washington state into eastern Montana was broken up. The defendants have all pleaded guilty to federal charges.
• Since July, authorities in North Dakota have charged 26 people with crimes linked to a conspiracy to sell heroin and other drugs on an Indian reservation in the heart of the oil patch. That ring had connections to a national drug trafficking organization seeking to make inroads in the Bakken, authorities said.
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Police say man arrested in Sioux Falls killing
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police say they've made an arrest in the weekend killing of 56-year-old woman.
• Kari Anne Kirkegaard was found dead in her bathtub with the water running on March 16.
• Police on Friday said they arrested 40-year-old Christopher Dean Kryger on three counts of first degree murder, two counts of rape and two counts of burglary.
• Kryger is being held on $1 million bond. Attorney information was not immediately available.
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South Dakota's governor launches re-election drive
• By DIRK LAMMERS
• Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he has made tough choices during his first term leading South Dakota, cutting state spending by 10 percent to turn a $127 million post-recession structural deficit into a state budget with a surplus.
• The move in 2011 didn't come without controversy, as Democrats said education and health care should have been exempt from such cuts. But Daugaard said something had to be done.
• "You can't spend money you don't have," he said. "In my first budget, I did what any family or business would do. I cut expenses."
• Daugaard on Tuesday asked voters for four more years at the helm, officially launching his re-election campaign with an announcement in Sioux Falls. He scheduled similar events later in the day in Rapid City and Pierre.
• The governor, who previously spent eight years as Gov. Mike Rounds' lieutenant, (Continued on page 21)
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