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town Rapid City on Wednesday when he asked the man for a cigarette, and he said no.
• Another man was cut on his back when he tried to intervene.
• Police say the two victims suffered minor injuries.
• Steele ran away after the alleged stabbings, but he was caught by police. They say Steele also threatened someone else during the incident.
• Steele is being held without bond on three charges of aggravated assault and one charge of drug possession.
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• BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) -- Badlands National Park's first-ever Astronomy Festival continues Saturday.
• The event includes hands-on activities and workshops, including model rocket building and launching, photography and night observations.
• Guest speakers include NASA Astronaut Story Musgrave, Dakota Lapse photography Randy Halverson whose time-lapse videos of South Dakota's night sky have gained national attention and nuclear physicist Peggy Norris.
• All events will be in the area around the Ben Reifel Visitor Center.
• The event started Friday and lasts through Sunday.
• For more information, visit www.badlandsastrofest.org.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Health Department reports that 26 more people have been found to have West Nile disease, bringing the total number of cases in the state so far this year to 67.
• State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says mid-August is historically the peak time for the onset of West Nile virus cases in South Dakota, so more cases are expected.
• So far, only one death has been reported from the mosquito-borne disease in the state this year.
• Since the first case in 2002, South Dakota has reported more than 1,800 West Nile cases, with 27 deaths.
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