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that an 8-year-old girl who died at a Rapid City hotel accidentally drowned.
• The Rapid City Police Department and Pennington County Sheriff's Office are continuing to investigate the Saturday death of Jasann Dubray, of Parmalee. Her body was pulled from the hotel pool.
• The girl's mother, Lisa TwoEagles, has told KEVN-TV that she was in her room at the time getting ready to check out, and her two older daughters, ages 10 and 13, were with Jasann.
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SD Indian community losing supporter in Johnson
• PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) -- Members of South Dakota's American Indian community say they will lose a strong supporter when U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson steps down.
• The 66-year-old Democrat announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of his third Senate term next year. He has been known during his nearly three decades in Congress as an advocate for Native Americans. Many people believe it was the Native American vote that gave Johnson the edge to defeat Republican John Thune in 2002, according to the Rapid City Journal.
• State Sen. Jim Bradford told the Journal that news of Johnson's decision spread quickly across the Pine Ridge Reservation.
• "I think this is a real blow to Indian people, a big loss," the Pine Ridge Democrat said. "Tim's always been real well-received down here, and he was one of our strongest proponents."
• People on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation said that Johnson, who was a U.S. representative for 10 years before he became a senator, sometimes would make a personal visit to check on the projects he helped authorize. Tribe Vice President William Kindle told KELO-TV of a time when Johnson helped restore federal money that had been cut from the tribe's housing authority.
• "We're going to miss Tim. You know, you can't work 27 years with a person and not feel a void there when they leave the position," he said. "He's been real beneficial with us. We've just worked hand in hand with him."
• Rosebud Sioux Tribal member Ralph Eagleman said he voted for Johnson every time the Democrat was on the ballot.
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