• MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- Local and state authorities are investigating the death of a baby at a rural day care in South Dakota's Davison County.
• The state attorney general's office says the death happened on Tuesday. The Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell confirmed to The Daily Republic that the infant was 3-month-old Brooklyn Howard, the daughter of Amy Ruml and Donny Howard.
• Relatives of Amy Ruml tell the newspaper that the family is struggling with the death and seeking privacy. The baby's funeral and burial are set for Saturday in Mitchell.

• The name of the day care has not been disclosed.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard says Beadle County has been awarded a grant of more than $126,000 for workforce training programs in the Huron area.
• Beadle County will work with other organizations to provide manufacturing employees with the skills they need to advance their careers.
• Manufacturers in the Huron area will provide training in blueprint reading, forklift operations, math for manufacturing, welding and power tool operations.
• The federal government funds the Community Development Block Grant program, and the Governor's Office of Economic Development administers it. Past grants have helped local governments construct or improve community buildings, water systems and sewer systems.
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• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded $8.3 million in contracts to restore the navigation channel along a nearly 120-mile stretch of the Missouri River in Iowa and Nebraska affected by last summer's historic flooding.
• The corps says the project is to repair a 300-foot-wide by 9-foot-deep channel between Sioux City, Iowa, and Rulo (ROO'-loh), Neb.
• Dikes and other rock foundations are used to create the channel and prevent erosion along the bank. Many were damaged by the high water.
• The repairs will take about 250,000 tons of rock and will involve cranes operating from barges. The project is in two sections -- from Sioux City to Fort Calhoun, Neb., and from Fort Calhoun to Rulo.

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