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Historic train depot back in Fort Pierre
• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A historic train depot is back home in Fort Pierre.
• KCCR and KGFX report that the train depot returned to the town after being used as a storage building on a Mud Butte area ranch since the 1960s.
• The depot was built in 1906 and used by the Chicago and NorthWestern Railroad system. It was moved to the ranch after Shirley Miller had purchased it. Miller recently gave permission to send the depot back to Fort Pierre to be used as a tourist and historic attraction.
• A foundation has been built for the structure along Highway 83.
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Dodgeball tournament to benefit family member
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls Christian High School will host a dodgeball tournament next month to raise money for a former student whose family was killed in a car accident.
• Northwestern College sophomore Brittany Vollmer lost her parents and two siblings, 13 and 16, in a February traffic accident on Interstate 90. She's a 2011 graduate of the high school.
• Her parents, Jim and Julie Vollmer, were both North Dakota natives.
• The Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/ZsAJO3 ) that the tournament will be held April 8 at 6 p.m. in the school gym for high school and college students, parents, faculty and board members. Teams will have eight members with substitutes allowed. The team fee is $20 and spectators will pay $2.
• Registration is due April 5.
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SD State guard Wolters back in national spotlight
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters has always been a quiet Midwestern kid who leads by example.
• But it's hard to avoid the spotlight scoring 53 points in a game.
• Wolters' high school coach Randy Jordan says there's no player he'd rather see (Continued on page 19)
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