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lived there decades ago.
• Board members said they would prefer to name the creek in honor of that black family, but no one knows the family's name.
• "We just can't find it," Vogt said. "People are still looking, but it does not appear to be an easy find."
• The 2001 South Dakota Legislature passed a law to start eliminating offensive names, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names has since changed the names of 20 places in the state. Another state law passed in 2009 listed 15 names that hadn't been changed and created the new state board to tackle the job.
• However, the federal board has deferred action on some name changes, partly because it said the state had not sufficiently involved the public in renaming creeks, gulches and other offensively named places. Most places are so small they do not appear on most maps, officials have said.
• The state board decided Tuesday to deal next with name changes in Shannon County, which includes a big part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. At least four places in Shannon County include the name "Squaw.".
• The panel plans to hold a meeting Dec. 4 somewhere on the reservation to get initial public comments on renaming those four places.
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Powerball ticket sold in Sioux Falls worth $10,000
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Powerball ticket sold in Sioux Falls is worth $10,000 in the Saturday drawing.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game's third prize. The odds of doing so are one in about 649,000.
• The winner has about six months to claim the money.
• Powerball is played in most states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot for the Wednesday drawing sits at $50 million.
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Dakota Wesleyan moves up in NAIA football poll
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Dakota Wesleyan has moved up six spots in this week's NAIA football coaches' poll to No. 19.
• The Tigers downed unranked Dordt 45-31 on Saturday. They travel to No. 4 Morningside of Iowa this coming Saturday.
• No other teams in the Dakotas were ranked in this week's poll, which saw no (Continued on page 25)
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