Latest Tea school bond vote likely to be recounted
• TEA, S.D. (AP) -- The debate over whether to upgrade facilities in the Tea School District continues, despite voters' rejection of three bond issue measures in less than a year.
• Results of the latest election on Tuesday likely will be recounted. A $9.9 million measure to add 14 elementary school classrooms and build a 614-seat performing arts center failed by just two votes, and three people have said they will sign the necessary paperwork to force a recount.
• School board members also say they will be discussing how to revise their building plans.
• Tea residents in close votes rejected an $11 million bond measure last September and a $10.5 million proposal in December.
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Teens arrested after crime spree in the Dakotas
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Two North Dakota teenagers face numerous charges after a crime spree that authorities say started in the North Dakota city of Fargo and ended in the South Dakota city of Sioux Falls, where they were arrested.
• Sioux Falls police say the 15-year-old boys allegedly stole a car in Fargo and drove to Sioux Falls, where they held up a convenience store last week. The teens then allegedly stole another vehicle after pointing a gun at a man on Monday. That evening, a 12-year-old girl reported that two men knocked on her apartment door, threatened her with a gun and took her cellphone.
• The teens were arrested after pointing a gun at a police officer and unsuccessfully trying to flee. Authorities later determined that the weapon was a BB gun.
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SD honoring fallen law enforcement officers
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that flags be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset in South Dakota in honor of fallen law enforcement officers.
• President Barack Obama has declared Thursday as Peace Officers Memorial Day. This week also is designated as National Police Week.
• Daugaard says state residents should honor the contributions and sacrifices (Continued on page 17)
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