• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A surge of arctic air is bringing dangerously cold temperatures to the Dakotas, but the cold snap isn't expected to last long.
• The National Weather Service has posted wind chill advisories and warnings throughout the two states, with wind chills in the next couple of days expected to drop to as low as 55 degrees below zero in some areas. Wind chill is a measure of air temperature and wind.
• Forecasters say prolonged exposure to such extreme cold can lead to frostbite and hypothermia, and can be deadly.
• The weather is expected to warm by the weekend, with daytime high temperatures Saturday and Sunday reaching into the 30s and 40s in some areas, and even into the upper 50s in southwest South Dakota.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Northern Hills Drug Court is holding its 15th graduation ceremony to recognize the latest graduates to complete the program that keeps offenders out of prison if they complete a rehabilitation program.
• Circuit Judge Jerome Eckrich of Sturgis will deliver the keynote address in Rapid City at a Feb. 5 ceremony for four people. Officials say more than 30 people have graduated from the alternative sentencing program since it started in 2007.
• The program allows convicted offenders with drug problems to avoid prison if they complete extensive treatment, pass frequent drug tests and undergo intensive supervision.
• The state is expanding existing drug courts and creating others to improve rehabilitation and cut prison costs.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota website design to recruit out-of-state workers will be featuring various communities across the state.
• State Labor and Regulation Secretary Pam Roberts says that since Dakota Roots was established in 2006, more than 15,000 people have registered and 2,675 people have relocated to South Dakota and entered the workforce.

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