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eral times. Officers later found a one-pot meth lab in the house.
• Thomas was charged with aggravated assault on law enforcement, manufacture of a controlled substance and other charges.
• Attorney information was not immediately available.
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SD pipe-making plant to supply ND oil industry
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A Texas-based pipe maker has started construction on a manufacturing plant in Rapid City.
• WL Plastics Director Mike Dahl says the South Dakota plant will help supply North Dakota's oil industry. The plant will employ about 40 people.
• WL Plastics also has facilities in Texas, Kentucky, Utah, Wyoming and the Canadian province of Alberta, Canada.
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Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials
• The Associated Press
• Aberdeen American News. Oct. 25, 2012
• All information needed when voting
• The secretary of state is charged with making sure the election process runs smoothly in the state.
• On that count, Jason Gant failed in one significant way this cycle.
• Gant did not put "pro" and "con" statements about measures on the statewide election ballot. Circuit Judge Mark Barnett said South Dakota law directs that the secretary of state shall perform that duty.
• Sen. Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City, sued the state for not including the "con" statement on the ballot for Constitutional Amendment P, which requires South Dakota's governor to propose a balanced budget.
• Amendment P was one of four constitutional amendments that did not include a "con" statement. The "pro" statement for Amendment P was submitted by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
• Gant's defense was a line in state law that said statements from proponents and opponents should be included "if any can be identified."
• In this case, Gant clearly didn't work very hard to identify the opponents.
• Gant says he sent 51 letters to state officials, including some in the Legislature.
• The secretary of state has done many things right during his tenure, including access to information on a website that is intuitive for anyone in the state to use.
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