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• REDFIELD, S.D. (AP) -- A Spink County man wanted for aggravated assault in connection with an incident involving a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper is in the custody of the local Sheriff.
• The Highway Patrol and Spink County Sheriff's Office took 46-year-old Randall Jungwirth into custody shortly after 12 p.m. on Wednesday after he was located in an abandoned trailer on a farm near Ashton.
• Spink County States Attorney Vic Fischbach had said earlier that Jungwirth was sought on a charge of aggravated assault after allegedly pulling a shotgun on a trooper who was checking on a stopped vehicle on a county road on Monday evening.
• The Spink County Sheriff's Office says it is unclear when Jungwirth will appear in court. He is in the Spink County Jail.
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USD, SDSU to compete in new rivalry series
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's two largest universities will compete in an annual athletic and academic competition, strengthening their rivalry and vying for a new traveling trophy.
• The South Dakota Showdown Series, announced Wednesday, will pit the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits against the University of South Dakota Coyotes in 17 men's and women's sports and also carries an academic component.
• The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council is sponsoring the competition, which will benefit Feeding South Dakota, a nonprofit that provides 450 organizations with food to distribute to families across the state.
• "Not everyone realizes how important rivalries are, both academically and athletically," said Jim Abbott, USD's president. "It's fun to be involved in a very positive situation, particularly when we can help feed South Dakota."
• USD in Vermillion and SDSU in Brookings sit 115 miles apart along the Interstate 29 corridor in eastern South Dakota.
• The showdown will feature a point system, with each school able to earn up to 24 points per year based on head-to-head competition and Summit League Championship finishes in 17 men's and women's sports. And if student-athletes maintain at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average, schools can earn three points.
• "Without academics, we wouldn't have student athletes," said SDUS president David Chicoine.
• On Nov. 17 in Brookings, the schools will renew a football rivalry that dates back (Continued on page 22)
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