Parts of the Dakotas in for a snowy weekend
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Parts of the Dakotas are in for a snowy weekend.
• The National Weather Service has posted a winter weather advisory for central and east central South Dakota through Friday, and a winter storm watch for the north central and northeast parts of the state Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. Forecasters say some areas could get 4 inches or more of snow.
• KELO-TV reported Friday morning that some roads in western South Dakota already were getting slick.
• The weather service says accumulating snow and blowing snow also are possible in western and central North Dakota this weekend, and wind chills in the region could plummet to as low as 30 degrees below zero.
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Flags should fly at half-staff on Pearl Harbor day
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota officials say all flags should be flown at half-staff Friday in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
• President Barack Obama has called for flags to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset in recognition of the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.
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SD Mines students pay tribute to late president
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology are paying tribute to the late president of their university.
• Mines student will unveil a 5-foot by 8-foot charcoal drawing of the late President Robert A. Wharton during a student art exhibit Friday. Wharton died in September of complications from earlier cancer treatments. He was 60 years old.
• The drawing features Wharton scaling Antarctica's glacial peaks and was a collaborative effort among students.
• It will be hung in the east stairwell of the Classroom Building on campus.
• The public is invited to attend the art exhibit, which runs from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be served.
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