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drink.
• That's what Don Hotalling, superintendent for South Dakota's Stanley County School District, wanted his students to do after they were sent home early Wednesday afternoon because some classrooms are not air-conditioned. The problem will be solved next year when a new building is finished.
• "With 106 degrees forecast for today, we knew it really was going to be miserable for some of the students," Hotalling said. "With the humidity and the heat, it's very uncomfortable."
• Stanley County eighth-grader Madison Bogue was happy her Fort Pierre school ended the day early.
• "It's really awesome. It's better than sitting in there all day," the 13-year-old said.

• Schools tried to keep buildings cool with fans and by setting lights to low. Students were encouraged to drink water and given Popsicles. Hotalling said some students still complained of headaches Tuesday.
• On the Rosebud Indian Reservation in south-central South Dakota, tribal workers were sent home early Wednesday afternoon because of the heat, tribal spokesman Alfred Walking Bull said.
• "It's pretty extreme," he said.
• Walking Bull said emergency services are on alert for elderly tribal members in case they get too hot. The tribe usually provides air-condition units and fans to elderly and low-income tribal members during the summer months, he said.
• Terry Woster of the state Department of Public Safety said emergency management officials had received no requests for assistance.
• After a summer that has been much warmer than usual, most South Dakotans seemed to take the soaring temperatures in stride.
• "This is my kind of weather," said retiree Steve Wegman of Pierre, who planned to ride his motorcycle Wednesday.
• Even with the heat, winter was on the mind of Jayne Parsons, a wellness consultant in Pierre. She said she's ready for fall but knows winters can be tough.
• "When it's 30 below, I'll have to remind myself this wasn't so nice either," Parsons said.
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