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• Station owner Gary Cone told KELO television that the suspect was calm but pulled a handgun and demanded cash.
• Cone says he told the suspect that he didn't want to do it, but he replied "Yes, I do," and said he wanted the money. He grabbed the cash and headed for the door.
• Cone says he's thankful that no one was hurt.
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Waubay taxidermist sentenced on wildlife charges
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A federal judge has given a Waubay taxidermist 2 years of probation with 8 months of home confinement for two counts of unlawful possession of migratory birds and one count of unlawful possession of endangered species.
• United States Attorney Brendan Johnson says the conviction stems from an incident in which 54-year-old Kevin Jorgenson received and possessed 535 migratory birds -- one merlin hawk and one sharp skinned hawk -- as well as one Western Great Lakes gray wolf, an endangered species.
• Johnson says none of the wildlife was properly tagged, as required by both federal and state law.
• The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department.
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SD Democrats urge quick expansion of Medicaid
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Democrats will push to have the Legislature quickly expand Medicaid to cover thousands of additional low-income residents, but Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard and GOP lawmakers say they need more time to study the potential costs.
• Senate Democratic leader Jason Frerichs said the Medicaid expansion, which is part of the federal health care law, would cover an estimated 48,000 South Dakotans.
• "It needs to be done, and we hope it will happen," said Frerichs, of Wilmot. "In most cases, these folks are not covered right now by some type of health insurance."
• But House Republican Leader David Lust, of Rapid City, said lawmakers must first find out who would be covered by an expansion and, most importantly, whether the federal government can afford to pay its share. Much of the next legislative ses (Continued on page 19)
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