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drunken driving charge.
• A Highway Patrol trooper arrested 44-year-old Keith Allenstein in Minnehaha County on June 14. He has declined comment because the case is still proceeding. It's being handled by the state attorney general's office.
• City Attorney Dave Pfiefle (FYF'-lee) says Allenstein is continuing to serve in his position as legal adviser to the city police and fire departments. He says it's too soon to say whether Allenstein might face internal discipline.
• The South Dakota Bar Association will not launch an automatic review of Allenstein's membership because the charge is not a felony.
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• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Supporters of a $16 million development on the Missouri River in Fort Pierre say it can finally move forward after a public vote on part of the project, though opponents have not yet decided whether they'll continue battling against what they see as favoritism on the part of the city.
• Residents in the central South Dakota city affirmed a decision Tuesday by the City Council to approve a permit for a boat storage area at the proposed Riverwalk Landing. The 396-269 vote showed an approval rate of 60 percent, and the 42 percent voter turnout was the highest for a citywide election in at least seven years.
• Riverwalk Landing is to include a marina, restaurant and retail space. Supporters believe it will help the city by creating jobs, generating taxes and enhancing the area's quality of life.
• Mayor Sam Tidball said Tuesday's vote validates the council's actions on the project and its efforts to attract economic development to the area.
• "I think that the voters for the most part looked at this pretty seriously. I realize that some of them voted their emotions, and that's OK," he said. "The other thing is, of course, that in this election, it showed that the City Council and their development plans can go forward."
• Opponents believe the city is giving the riverfront project preferential treatment. They used referral petitions to bring to a public vote the council's actions to approve the boat storage permit but failed in efforts to refer zoning changes and a deferred $142,000 development fee.
• Diane London, who owns a restaurant in the area of the proposed Riverwalk Landing, led the opposition effort.
• "This took a lot of guts for her to stand up for her principles," said her attorney, McLean Thompson Kerver.
• Thompson Kerver said no decision has been made on whether to appeal a

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