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sage to beer suppliers that they aren't welcome in the area. She said the recent increase in law enforcement appeared to be more about protecting the beer companies than Native Americans who loiter around the alcohol stores in Whiteclay.
• "To us, it only verifies that Nebraska is protecting their dollars," she said. "To me, that's really shameful. Other times, (law enforcement) is nonexistent in Whiteclay."
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911 hang-up leads police to 4 pounds of pot
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A hang-up call to 911 helped lead Sioux Falls police to a hotel room containing four pounds of marijuana.
• Police say they were called to the Staybridge Suites at about 3 a.m. Sunday. After officers checked out one room to no avail, Police Spokesman Sam Clemens says they smelled marijuana coming from another room. He says an officer also spotted a man jumping out of the hotel window.
• Police say that inside the room was marijuana, about $4,500 and a wallet that included ID. Twenty-year-old Justin Urquhart was arrested about an hour later.
• Police say that they found another $7,000 in the suspect's pocket when he was arrested. He faces several drug-related felony charges.
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Thomas Geu named dean at USD School of Law
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota has announced that Thomas Earl Geu has been named dean of the School of Law.
• Geu was appointed interim dean at the school in 2011. He came to USD in 1989 as a professor of law.
• Geu is an elected member of the American Law Institute and is active in the State Bar of South Dakota.
• He grew up on a farm and ranch in western Nebraska and received his law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1983 and a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1980.
• He has worked for judges with the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals 7th Circuit Court.
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AG releases results of sobriety program
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- About 120 people have taken nearly 125,000 sobriety tests using an ignition interlock device as part of South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program since it became available for use in October, South Dakota's attorney general (Continued on page 20)
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