Snowfall tapering off in eastern South Dakota
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A winter storm that moved into eastern South Dakota is tapering off.
• National Weather Service meteorologist Kerry Hanko says the Sioux Falls airport accumulated 5.1 inches of snow through Friday morning, but the heaviest amounts in the region were recorded nearly 90 miles south toward Sioux City, Iowa.
• The official total there was 8.7 inches, but reports of 10 to 11 inches have come in from the area.
• Hanko says eastern South Dakota might see another half inch of accumulation before the snow lightens to flurries.
• The Weather Service's Sioux Falls office is still waiting on reports from some other areas of South Dakota.
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Police: Officer shot man trying to attack police
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City police say a man is in critical condition after an officer shot him outside the public library when he tried to attack them with a butcher knife.
• Police say they responded to the library about 6 p.m. after multiple callers reported that a man in his early 20s had thrown a rock through a library window and was in possession of a large knife.
• They say that when the man aggressively attempted to attack responding officers, Officer Jerry Moore fired several shots to stop the attack. Moore is a 25-year veteran of the department.
• The officers were not injured.
• The investigation has been turned over to the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.
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SD Senate committee hears bill on arming teachers
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota Senate committee is looking at a bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.
• The measure was passed earlier by the House. The Senate State Affairs Committee planned to hold a public hearing on the bill Friday.
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