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UND, USD to resume football rivalry in 2016, 2017
• GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- The University of North Dakota and University of South Dakota football teams plan to renew their rivalry in 2016.
• The Coyotes will travel to Grand Forks on Sept. 17, 2016, for the 94th meeting between the two teams. The schools will square off in Vermillion on Sept. 16, 2017, completing the home-and-home series.
• North Dakota is a member of the Big Sky Conference. South Dakota plays in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. UND leads the all-time series 59-29-5. The schools haven't met on the gridiron since 2011, when they were in the Great West Conference.
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Suspect shot by SD officers expected to recover
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a man shot by law officers following a chase in southwestern South Dakota is expected to recover.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley says two Pennington County deputies and a Highway Patrol officer chased suspected drunken driver Travis Ross on Monday afternoon and shot him when he brandished a rifle.
• Ross was taken to a Rapid City hospital. The Rapid City Journal reports that he was not listed on the hospital directory on Tuesday.
• The state Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into whether the officers were justified in shooting Ross, who the Journal says has a history of drunken driving arrests. Jackley said Ross has an active warrant for violating parole on a felony drunken driving conviction.
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Sioux Falls dips into reserves for storm cleanup
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Sioux Falls City Council is taking $8 million from the city's reserve fund to cover most of the cost of cleaning up from a three-day snow and ice storm in April, while officials debate whether to accept federal aid.
• Reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency could replace much of the money taken from the city's reserve fund, which has about $40 million. However, some city officials believe other disaster-stricken areas of the country, such as tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., could use the money more.
• "There's a concern among some people that what happened on April 9, which was terrible for Sioux Falls, but most certainly wasn't a disaster as people used to think of disasters, because this boiled down to mostly collecting tree branches," (Continued on page 25)
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