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• Prosecutors say the charge stems from an incident in November 2012 in which Wright argued with someone at his residence and ended up hitting and running over the victim several times. The victim suffered fractures in his left ankle and pelvis, which required surgery.
• Wright faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000. Sentencing is set for April 1.
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Memorial fund created for homicide victim
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A memorial fund has been established to help the family of a Sioux Falls man who died in an apparent homicide.
• Police say 50-year-old Crescencio Conde-Vargas was killed with a wooden bat early Saturday morning. Twenty-two-year Robert Bass, of Sioux Falls, has been charged with second-degree murder in the case.
• A fund has been created at Wells Fargo for funeral and burial costs. Donations can be given in his name.
• The victim's daughter, Nancy Conde, tells KSFY people she doesn't even know have already started to donate money.
• The Argus Leader reports that Conde-Vargas' funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Sioux Falls.
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Corps praised for averting Miss. River shutdown
JIM SALTER,Associated Press
JIM SUHR,Associated Press
• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Shippers who have idled towboats and lightened barge loads as the Mississippi River shrinks from drought credit the waterway's stewards for so far averting their worst fear: a potentially crippling shutdown of the artery used to move everything from corn and grain to construction materials and petroleum.
• Barge operators still are being squeezed financially because of restrictions on the waterway. But "the Army Corps of Engineers has done a great job of pulling rabbits out of their hat" by scrambling to rid one crucial river stretch of treacherous bedrock while strategically releasing water from lakes into the Mississippi to raise the river, said Rick Calhoun, president of Cargo Carriers, Cargill Inc.'s shipping arm with 1,300 barges.
• "We believed it was an oncoming crisis, and by hook and by crook it hasn't gotten as bad as we thought," he added. "That's great news."
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