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sentenced to 90 days in jail.
• Mark Grabowski of Livingston County's Hartland Township was sentenced Thursday in Circuit Court in Howell. The 53-year-old earlier pleaded guilty to unlawful retention of a child by a parent.
• Grabowski told the court that he took his son to protect him. Judge David Reader told Grabowski: "What you did was just wrong."
• Authorities say Grabowski took his 11-year-old son out of state in August without the permission of the boy's mother.
• The FBI found Grabowski and his son following a wide-ranging search on Sept. 7 on a hunting ranch in Platte, S.D.
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SD Legislature works on budget at end of session
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers are working to pass a state budget as the main run of this year's legislative session comes to an end.
• The budget is the biggest remaining issue facing the Legislature.
• The Joint Appropriations Committee hoped to finish work on the $4.1 billion spending plan by midday so the House and Senate can pass it later Friday, the final day of the session's main run.
• The lawmakers will return to the Capitol for a final day on March 25, when they will consider any vetoes issued by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
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Dept. of Labor issues warning about SD bank
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation is warning people that a bank operating on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is not licensed, chartered or regulated by the Division of Banking.
• State Division of Banking Director Bret Afdahl says Free Lakota Bank lists its address as a post office box in Pine Ridge, but the bank has no physical presence there. The bank does not have FDIC insurance.
• The Oglala Sioux Tribe says the bank is not licensed or connected to the tribe.
• A phone number for Free Lakota Bank was not immediately located. A company representative did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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