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• The Legislature passed a similar law in 2009, but that expired last year because former Gov. Mike Rounds and Daugaard never appointed any commissioners.
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SD governor signs cellphone ban for young drivers
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed into law a measure that prohibits beginning drivers from using cellphones when they're behind the wheel.
• The new law will ban young drivers from using cellphones or other electronic devices until they get unrestricted licenses at age 16.
• A law officer could not stop a beginning driver just for driving while using a cellphone, but could issue a ticket only after stopping a young driver for some other traffic violation.
• South Dakota joins 33 other states and the District of Columbia in banning cellphone use by novice drivers.
• The measure was suggested by a task force set up by the Legislature to find ways to reduce teen traffic crashes and the resulting injuries and deaths. The Legislature rejected three other task force proposals.
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Funeral held for 1 of 2 SD drowning victims
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A Vermillion teenager who drowned while trying to rescue her younger brother from an icy Sioux Falls river overcame the challenges of an autism disorder and grew into a girl who thought of others before herself, friends and family said during her funeral.
• Madison Wallace, 16, died in the Big Sioux River at Falls Park last Thursday trying to save her 6-year-old brother Garrett, who had fallen into the water but later emerged unhurt. Lyle Eagle Tail, 28, of Sioux Falls, also died trying to help.
• The meeting hall of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Vermillion was decorated with 1,000 origami ducks for Madison's funeral Tuesday night, all folded by other high school students, according to the Argus Leader. A memorial room displayed photos and certificates from her academic and extracurricular life, surrounded by flowers from several high schools in the region.
• A line of teenagers formed at another table, where friends wrote messages on slips of colored paper and placed them in a small box labeled "Treasured Memories of Madison."
• People who knew Madison described her as a quiet child who had a disorder (Continued on page 24)
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