Tuesday,  May 15, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 306 • 23 of 37 •  Other Editions

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be anxious to make them part of their team," Jochum said.

Drinking party busted at SD school official's home

• HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) -- The chairwoman of a South Dakota school board says she didn't know more than two dozen teenagers were drinking in her back yard last weekend.
• Lincoln County authorities say they cited 25 young people Sunday

night at the home of Michelle Schirado (shur'-AH-doh). Schirado is head of the school board in Harrisburg, south of Sioux Falls.
• Police say the teens were 17 and 18 years old.
• Police say Schirado answered the door Sunday night when they were checking a tip about an underage drinking party. The teens had built a bonfire in the back yard as part of a high school graduation celebration.
• Schirado says she doesn't condone underage drinking, and she didn't provide the party booze.
• Lincoln County Sheriff's Lt. Chad Brown says Schirado hasn't been charged.

ND, SD govs want flag tribute for slain police

• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The governors of North Dakota and South Dakota are requesting a flag tribute for law enforcement officers who have died on the job.
• North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (DAL'-rim-puhl) is ordering state government

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