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sex act with someone under the age of 16. Leonard must also be on supervised release for five years.
• Leonard pleaded guilty to the charge in December.
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Elderly woman dies in Sioux Falls house fire
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A woman has died in a house fire in Sioux Falls.
• Firefighters who responded to the blaze about 6:30 a.m. Friday found 77-year-old Margaret Steen on the home's main floor. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
• Steen was alone in the home.
• The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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2 SD men plead guilty to federal drug charges
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Two Sioux Falls men have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges that stemmed from a traffic assist involving a smoking vehicle.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says a Highway Patrol trooper stopped to help people in a vehicle sitting on the side of Highway 44 with its hood up and smoke coming from the engine compartment. The trooper found a cigarette pack stuffed with a plastic bag containing methamphetamine near the vehicle's air intake.
• Forty-year-old Alexis Salgado and 30-year-old James Menard pleaded guilty to drug possession this week. They each face up to 20 years in prison.
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Ellsworth training flights grounded to cut costs
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- B-1 bomber training flights are being grounded at Ellsworth Air Force Base in southwestern South Dakota as part of larger Air Force efforts to save nearly $300 million.
• The military is halting training operations for 12 active-duty fighter and bomber squadrons across the country. The Air Force is cutting 45,000 training hours from its operations between now and the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The move prompted by federal budget cuts does not affect active military operations.
• Ellsworth officials said in a statement that the training cutback will affect the 28th Bomb Wing's "combat readiness, aviator qualifications and currency on the B-1."
• "To mitigate these risks, Ellsworth leaders plan to maximize nonflying training opportunities both in the base's mission simulator as well as on the flightline through maintenance operations," the statement said.
• Bombers from the base that are deployed overseas in support of combat opera (Continued on page 20)
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