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and many applauded upon hearing the sentence. Many were dressed in yellow and green tie-dyed shirts depicting ears of corn, which they said was Thie's favorite shirt.
• "You, young man, have given us all a life sentence," Jade's father, Toby Thie, told Jones during the sentencing hearing.
• Jones apologized in court, saying "every day I have guilt." Defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued for a lighter sentence. Jones will be about 44 when he first becomes eligible for parole.
• Riepel sentenced Jones to a two-year suspended sentence for an aggravated eluding charge he pleaded guilty to and ordered him to pay more than $12,000 in restitution and more than $9,000 in legal fees, fines and court costs.
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2 pedestrians killed by minivan in southeast SD
• PICKSTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Two people have died after being struck by a vehicle in southeastern South Dakota's Charles Mix County.
• The Highway Patrol identified the victims of the Monday night incident as 46-year-old Robert Klumb, of Pierre, and 25-year-old Maegen Spindler, of Cazenovia, N.Y.
• Authorities say they were hit by a vehicle driven by 28-year-old Ronald Fischer Jr., of Lake Andes. The patrol says he was driving a minivan that failed to stop at a stop sign at a highway intersection near Pickstown and traveled into a private parking lot, where it hit the two people and two vehicles. Fischer was seriously injured.
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SD fines Nebraska-based insurance company
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Division of Insurance has levied a $325,000 fine against a Nebraska-based insurer for violating South Dakota laws and regulations.
• It is the largest such fine in South Dakota history, Insurance Division officials said Tuesday. It comes after a three-year investigation of Omaha-based Ability Insurance Co.
• Officials said state law requires the investigation report to remain confidential for a month. The Argus Leader newspaper has reported that Ability is accused of wrongfully denying claims for some long-term care policyholders.
• Negotiating an agreement on the penalty took a long time because of the nature of the violations and ownership changes within the company, the Insurance Division said.
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