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Lawrence County considering new jail in western SD
• DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) -- The Lawrence County Commission has started discussing the possibility of building a new jail.
• Commissioner Bob Ewing says the current jail in the northern Black Hills city of Deadwood is deteriorating. He has urged other commissioners to start considering building a new jail or renovating an existing building into a jail.
• The Black Hills Pioneer reports (http://bit.ly/R1ziDB ) that there is no formal planning effort under way, but Deputy State's Attorney Bruce Outka says the county should start considering the issue because it takes a long time to plan a jail.
• The current jail was built in 1974 and has 52 beds for inmates. Officials say the jail population ranges from 35 up to the 52-inmate maximum.
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SD harvest advances with good weather
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's row crop harvest advanced substantially again last week, with nearly all the soybeans harvested.
• The U.S. Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that 98 percent of the soybean crop was harvested, up from last year's pace and well ahead of the five-year average.
• The harvest of corn for grain was about 90 percent complete at week's end, up from 78 percent a week earlier and far outpacing the five-year average of 22 percent.
• Cattle conditions were rated at 65 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair and 5 percent poor.
• Very little precipitation fell statewide.
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SD woman charged with allegedly driving into house
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota woman has been arrested for driving while intoxicated after allegedly driving off the street and hitting a parked boat and a house in Rapid City.
• Rapid City Police say 31-year-old Alexis Cepak of Rapid City is also charged with aggravated eluding, resisting arrest, ingesting and failure to report an accident.
• Authorities say witnesses reported that after the Sunday afternoon crash into the boat and house, the driver of the black pickup drove away and parked at an elementary school. When an officer approached the vehicle, the driver took off again but was eventually arrested after driving through a chain-link fence and hitting a parked (Continued on page 26)
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