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consultant and was paid without approval of the local's executive board. It said local funds were used to subsidize the club's continuing losses without disclosing it to the executive board or membership.
• A Teamsters hearing panel appointed by Hoffa will review the allegations involving Local 120 within 60 days. If the claims are upheld, the Slawsons will not be allowed to return to leadership positions at Local 120, Caldwell said.
• Teamsters Local 120 represents employees from several industries, but it might be best known as a local for drivers, freight handlers and warehouse workers. The local also has offices in Mankato; Fargo, N.D., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Des Moines and Dubuque, Iowa.
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SD player of year among 3 to sign with Creighton
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Creighton has signed three men's basketball players to national letters of intent.
• The Bluejays landed commitments Wednesday from 6-foot-9 forward Zach Hanson of Pierre, S.D.; 6-6 guard Darian Harris of Springdale, Ark.; and 6-10 forward Toby Hegner of Berlin, Wis.
• Hanson was named South Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior at Riggs High School in Pierre after averaging 17 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks a game. Hanson is a two-time all-state pick and enters his fourth year on the varsity ranked third in school history in rebounds and seventh in scoring.
• Harris averaged 23.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.7 rebounds for Shiloh Christian High School last season.
• Hegner averaged 16.9 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks for Berlin High.
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Tribal president to speak at Chadron State College
• CHADRON, Neb. (AP) -- The newly elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is scheduled to speak at Chadron State College in Nebraska.
• Bryan Brewer of Pine Ridge, S.D., will speak at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Student Center ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.
• Brewer narrowly defeated incumbent tribal president John Yellow Bird Steele in last week's election.
• Brewer was born and raised in Pine Ridge and graduated from Oglala Community School in 1965. He earned a degree from Black Hills State University in 1976, and served on a construction battalion in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.
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