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• White River 48, Gregory 37
• Wynot, Neb. 71, Irene-Wakonda 43
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US attorney from ND to head Native American group
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The U.S. attorney from North Dakota has been appointed to lead a Department of Justice group that aims to improve public safety on American Indian reservations.
• Timothy Purdon has been named chairman of the Native American Issues Subcommittee. The group is made up of 30 U.S. attorneys and is responsible for making policy recommendations to Attorney General Eric Holder.
• Purdon replaces Brendan Johnson, the U.S. attorney for South Dakota.
• Sanford Coats, a U.S. attorney in Oklahoma, was appointed vice chairman of the group.
• Purdon says improving public safety in reservation communities in North Dakota has been a "top priority" since he took over as U.S. attorney, and he looks forward to working on Native American issues at the national level.
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Fired SD school janitor says US flag disrespected
• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota school official is defending the firing of a janitor who posted photos of a crumpled U.S. flag on Facebook, saying the custodian's dismissal has nothing to do with those pictures.
• Cesar Zakahi of Fort Pierre told several local media outlets that he posted the photos over the weekend to draw attention to the fact that a co-worker was disrespecting the American flag. Zakahi said the Stanley County School District fired him on Monday for posting the photos.
• Superintendent Don Hotalling confirmed Zakahi no longer works for the Stanley County School District, but he said it wasn't because of the photos.
• Zakahi said another custodian would crumple up the American and South Dakota flags and put them on a boiler after taking them down from an outside pole. Zakahi said he complained to the district superintendent and that he posted the photos online only after the other worker didn't change the way she handled the flag.
• "I told him he hadn't taken care of it yet. She's been doing this for two months and you guys won't do anything about it so I took the only means necessary to try to get her to stop doing it," Zakahi told KELO-TV.
• Zakahi was still within his 90-day probation period when he was terminated. He said he's not sure if he will pursue legal action.
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