Friday,  March 22, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 246 • 20 of 35 •  Other Editions

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• "It was just difficult to get in the lane, and they did a good job on pick-and-rolls just kind of staying with me and trapping me a little bit," Wolters said. "Brayden really got us going first half. He was our only source of offense."
• Carlson kept the Jackrabbits in the game, and Hardaway picked up the slack for the Wolverines with 12 first-half points, all on 3-pointers.
• "I was frustrated at halftime and we were only down four," Nagy said. "We just were playing so poorly offensively. I thought defensively we were doing what we wanted to do, but, you know, I was frustrated with our team at half just because it just felt like we were soft offensively."

Gov. designates new state park at Blood Run site

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed legislation Thursday creating South Dakota's first new state park since 1972.
• The legislation establishes a 615-acre state park at the Blood Run nature area along the Big Sioux River southeast of Sioux Falls.
• It's the state's 13th state park.
• Blood Run was designated a national historic landmark in 1970. The area along the Big Sioux River bordering Iowa was used by thousands of Oneota Indians into the early 1700s. The area includes a large oak forest, rolling hills, flood plains, riverside bluffs and burial mounds.
• "This site is culturally significant, and it's extremely important to preserve it for future generations," Daugaard said. "The residential area around Sioux Falls continues to expand, and setting aside this land as a state park will protect its natural beauty and provide an excellent educational opportunity about a site that was a peaceful Native American trading and ceremonial center for hundreds of years."

SD tribes file lawsuit against social services
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota routinely violates the federal law governing foster care and adoptions for American Indian children by holding improper hearings after children are removed from homes, two tribes allege in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
• The Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux Tribes, along with three Native American parents, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Rapid City, alleging the state is violating the Indian Child Welfare Act. The lawsuit is part of an ongoing dispute about Native American children in foster care in South Dakota.

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