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cautious as they travel South Dakota highways over Memorial Day weekend.
• Daugaard says the Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the start of the summer travel season in South Dakota, and traffic is likely to be heavier than usual.
• One person died and 42 others were injured in 137 highway crashes during the Memorial Day weekend last year. Statistics from the State Office of Accident Records show that 10 percent of the crashes were alcohol-related.
• Daugaard is asking motorists to follow speed limits, avoid distractions, make sure everyone in the vehicle is wearing a seatbelt and have a sober driver at the wheel.
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Body of missing 81-year-old South Dakota man found
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Pierre man who has been missing since the weekend has been found dead in a pasture in Jerauld County.
• Eighty-one- year-old LeRoy Nye, who suffered from dementia, was reported missing early Sunday after he left in the middle of the night without his medication while visiting family in St. Lawrence.
• Authorities say Nye's car had become stuck in the mud in a pasture, and he set off on foot. His body was found near a pond just west of Cottonwood Lake.
• A Civil Air Patrol pilot spotted Nye's car and ground crews reached the site Wednesday night.
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Corps study addresses Missouri River sediment
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a new study indicates that high discharge, short duration reservoir releases out of Fort Randall Dam could help flush fine sediment out of the Missouri River.
• The corps says it has been concerned about the buildup of silt and sand behind Gavins Point Dam since the dam was constructed during the 1950s.
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2003 recommended that the corps study the feasibility of hydraulic flushing to provide sand for shorebird habitat below Gavins to aid in habitat development.
• Corps staff and basin stakeholders will be looking at combinations of flow, timing and infrastructure modifications that could more effectively transport sand downstream. The second phase of the study is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.
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