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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Dakota has been named a circuit judge.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Tuesday that Mark Salter of Sioux Falls will be the new judge in South Dakota's Second Judicial Circuit.
• Salter replaces William J. Srstka, who is retiring.
• The Second Circuit includes Minnehaha and Lincoln counties.

• In a news release, Daugaard said Salter has a strong record in private practice and in the public sector.
• Salter has worked at the U.S. Attorney's Office since 2004. He has been the chief of the office's appellate division since 2009. Before that, he worked at a private practice in civil and business law. Salter also is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
• Salter says he is honored to accept the appointment.
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• SIOUX FALL, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities are searching for a parolee who fled from the minimum-security unit of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
• Corrections officials say 22-year-old Zachary Linco was in a program to transition him back to the community. He had been paroled last year after serving time for escape in Meade County.
• Authorities say Linco ran from the prison unit Tuesday morning.
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