• JEFFERSON, S.D. (AP) -- Three 19-year-old males who authorities say sneaked onto a dirt racetrack in the southeastern South Dakota town of Jefferson to turn some laps were injured when their car rolled.
• Union County sheriff's deputies and South Dakota Highway Patrol officers responded to the crash Sunday afternoon at the Park Jefferson Speedway. Authorities say two of the three males were thrown from the car when it went out of control and rolled, and all three were injured.
• They were taken to a hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, with undisclosed injuries -- one by medical helicopter and the other two by ambulance. Authorities did not identify them.
• The sheriff's office says the owner of the track has indicated he will not press trespassing charges.
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• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth for the region over the next three to six months.
• The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 58.2 in March, compared with 53.1 in February and 53.2 in January.
• Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he credits the index jump to "the strongest new-orders growth in two years."
• The survey of business leaders and supply managers uses a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor.
• The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Fort Pierre National Grassland will once again

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