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• Mowing the right of way can begin June 15 in Gregory, Lyman and Tripp counties.
• The department says if someone who is not the abutting landowner wants to mow the right of way along an interstate highway, that person needs to apply for a permit and include a waiver signed by the abutting landowner.
• The Transportation Department can mow medians and areas within the rights of way prior to July 10 to control noxious weeds and provide safety to motorists.
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8 after-school programs in SD get grants
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Eight after-school programs have been awarded grants to provide educational opportunities for students.
• The South Dakota Department of Education grants range from $50,000 to $150,000 per year. The grants are funded for five years based on annual reviews. The money goes to support tutoring, homework help, music, arts, sports and other after-school activities.
• The programs receiving funding this year are Belle Fourche School District, Boys and Girls Club of Watertown, Dupree School District and Huron School District.
• Also receiving grant money are the McIntosh School District, Mitchell School District, Sioux Falls Volunteers of America and the Stanley County School District.
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Birth control shots could alter life in poor areas
SUE MANNING,Associated Press Writer
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were covered in mange and parasites. Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they survived be eating each other. And dog bites were 20 times worse than the national average.
• Because animals are such an important part of Indian history and culture, tribal leaders called spay and neuter expert Ruth Steinberger. In the next eight years, they worked together to sterilize 7,000 dogs, moving 1,500 of them to other parts of the country for adoption.
• Many U.S. tribes still rely on roundups to manage dog overpopulation, but two tribes in the West are going to take part in an experiment this fall using shots of a different kind.
• Veterinarians plan to catch and inject 300 wild female dogs with a birth control vaccine that has worked on white-tailed deer, wild horses, wallabies and ferrets.
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