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Death of NSU football player labeled a suicide
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say the death of a football player at Northern State University in Aberdeen was a suicide.
• Sully County Sheriff Bill Stahl says 20-year-old Tate Senftner was found dead on New Year's Day in front of his parents' home in Onida. Stahl and County Coroner Mike Carlsen tell the American News that Senftner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
• The Capital Journal reports that Senftner was a standout high school football player, earning all-state honors during his junior and senior seasons at Sully Buttes High School. He was a sophomore at Northern State, where he played linebacker.
• NSU football coach Tom Dosch in a statement called Senftner "the epitome of a true student-athlete."
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Midwest economic index again rises slightly
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose again last month but still suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months.
• The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 49.5 in December, up from November's 48.0 and October's 46.5.
• Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says he's expecting only small regional increases in the job market.
• The survey of business leaders and supply managers uses a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor.
• The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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Johnson named biotech association exec director
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Joni Johnson has been named executive director of the South Dakota Biotechnology Association.
• Johnson most recently served as administrator of Poet's political action committee.
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