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• Rhoden's challenge will force Rounds to spend money in a primary when he would rather save for the general election, Burns said, adding that Rounds is unlikely to adopt more conservative positions just to win a primary.
• Some Republicans had hoped Rep. Kristi Noem would run for U.S. Senate, but last month she announced she will seek re-election to the state House.
• The only Democratic candidate who has announced he's seeking the nomination for the U.S. Senate is Rick Weiland, an ex-staffer for former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
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Sioux Falls getting $1.2M grant for expansion
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Officials in Sioux Falls say they're receiving a $1.2 million federal grant to help spur an industrial expansion in northeast part of the city.
• The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration grant will be used to extend Bahnson Avenue from East 60th Street North to East Benson Road.
• City officials say Bahnson Avenue will run through the heart of Sioux Empire Development Park 8 and open up more than 270 acres of land for new development.
• Mayor Mike Huether says the award will help the city expand its local economy, open up more areas for development and improve the city's connections to interstate highways.
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SD man gets 50 years for causing fatal crash
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for causing a fatal wreck while trying to elude police in a stolen SUV.
• Judge Patricia Riepel on Monday gave 20-year-old Kyle Jones the maximum possible term for manslaughter, the most serious charge he pleaded guilty to in April. She said Jones' misbehavior in jail since his arrest factored into the severity of his sentence, noting that he put a corrections officer in a choke hold and had been involved in incidents involving razors and tattoos.
• "I think he has a long way to go for redemption," she said.
• Authorities said Jones was driving a stolen Chevy Suburban on March 1, 2012, when he ran head-on into a van at an intersection, killing Jade Thie, a 33-year-old married father of two young children. A police supervisor called off the pursuit moments before the collision because of unsafe speeds, which authorities said topped 80 mph.
• About 30 of Thie's friends and family members were in the courtroom Monday (Continued on page 21)
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