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Cary Eades named USHL coach of the year
• GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Former University of North Dakota hockey player and assistant coach Cary Eades has been named coach of the year in the United States Hockey League.
• Eades led the Sioux Falls Stampede to a 45-17-2 record in his first season. The 45 wins set a team record. The Stampede also earned a team-record 92 points, 51 more than last season. It was the largest turnaround in USHL history.
• Eades spent nearly two decades as a UND player and coach and was a part of three national championship teams.
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Fort Pierre development might go before voters
• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Some people in Fort Pierre want residents to vote on breaks for a proposed $16 million riverfront development.
• A group is circulating petitions to refer to a public vote actions taken by the Fort Pierre City Council as part of its approval of the Riverwalk Landing project, which is to include a marina, restaurant and retail shops on the Missouri River.
• Referral effort leader Diane London says it's an issue of fairness. She says others who have bought lots and built businesses in the area aren't being given the same breaks by the city.
• One of the Riverwalk Landing developers, Glennis Zarecky, says she's disappointed by the referral effort. She says the project will benefit the city.
• Mayor Sam Tidball says he thinks the project would survive a public vote.
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SD tourism officials expect good summer season
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota tourism officials expect a good summer season despite high gas prices that are putting a slight damper on travel over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, generally considered the kickoff to summer.
• Travel nationwide is expected to drop about 1 percent from the 2012 holiday, according to Triple AAA.
• "Gas prices will have an impact. They have already cut into people's budgets," AAA South Dakota spokeswoman Marilyn Buskohl said.
• Gas prices across South Dakota have jumped by about 50 cents over the past month, and AAA expects about 1 percent fewer travelers this holiday weekend. But many of the expected 110,300 South Dakota travelers are expected to stay close to home.
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