Wednesday,  January 16, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 181 • 22 of 37 •  Other Editions

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• Rapid City Central JV 42, New Underwood 34
• Rapid City Christian 60, Oelrichs 32
• Scotland 64, Irene-Wakonda 34
• Sioux Falls Christian 61, Garretson 29
• Sioux Falls Lincoln 76, Huron 25
• Sioux Falls O'Gorman 49, Brookings 32
• Sioux Falls Roosevelt 59, Yankton 28
• Sioux Falls Washington 59, Watertown 24
• St. Thomas More 75, Lead-Deadwood 28
• Todd County 65, Little Wound 59
• Wagner 60, O'Neill, Neb. 21
• Wakpala 85, Aberdeen Christian 48
• Webster 72, Tiospa Zina Tribal 44
• West Central 36, Dell Rapids 28
• Winner 60, Bennett County 45
Panhandle Conference Tournament
Edgemont 32, Hay Springs, Neb. 31

Requests for concealed carry permits up in SD

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Secretary of State Jason Gant says he has seen a "significant increase" in the number of requests for permits to carry a concealed weapon in recent months.
• Gant says more than 3,000 concealed pistol permits have been requested in the first 11 days of 2013.This far outpaces 2012's tally of about 18,000. In 2011, nearly 15,800 permits were requested.
• Gant says the total number of active permits in the state as of Jan. 11 is more than 65,000.
• The shooting last month at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school that left 26 dead has helped spark a national debate on gun control. This in turn has been cited as the reason behind a national surge in gun sales and concealed weapons permits.

Zimmerman confirmed as head of SD Veteran Affairs

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate has voted unanimously to confirm Larry Zimmerman as the state's first secretary of Veterans Affairs.
• Zimmerman was previously the state command sergeant major in the South Dakota Army National Guard.

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