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FBI searching for man who fired at Idaho trooper
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The FBI's Minneapolis Field Office is searching for a man suspected of firing at an Idaho State Police trooper during a chase early Saturday and later kidnapping a woman who was dropped off unharmed in eastern Montana. • The Kootenai County sheriff's department in Idaho obtained a $1 million warrant for the arrest of 57-year-old Mitchell Lee Walck on a kidnapping charge after investigators say the 62-year-old woman he reportedly kidnapped was released unharmed in Glendive, Mont. • Walck was last seen driving the woman's 2005 silver Subaru Forester with Idaho license plate K230050. • The FBI says Walck may be traveling through North Dakota, South Dakota or Minnesota. • Walck is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to call law enforcement. •
Standoff in Sioux Falls ends with man in custody
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A man has been taken into custody following a standoff in central Sioux Falls that forced authorities to close streets and locked down at least one school. • Local media report that the man was taken into custody shortly before 6 p.m. Monday. • The standoff started several hours earlier in the 400 block of North Indiana Avenue near Sixth Street. • Police spokesman Sam Clemens says officers initially responded to a call about a suicidal person that turned into someone being barricaded. The man had been by himself and had a gun. • Students who normally walk home from Whittier Middle School had been kept inside until police said it was OK to release them. •
Scholarship honors slain Sioux Falls salon manager
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A scholarship is being established in memory of a Sioux Falls salon manager who was shot and killed outside the business in September. • Authorities say 24-year-old Amanda Connors was killed while trying to protect an (Continued on page 22)
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