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done by the FBI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Sisseton Tribal Police Department," Wright said outside the courtroom.
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Saturation patrols will fight DUI during rally
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The Pennington County Sheriff's Office plans to conduct saturation patrols to crack down on drunken driving during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota.
• The patrols will be conducted from Friday until Aug. 10.
• Authorities say deputies will be looking for drunken drivers and drivers who are not wearing seatbelts as part of an effort to reduce traffic accidents and injuries.
• The sheriff's office says anyone who plans to go out drinking should have a designated driver or plan to call a cab.
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SD lawmakers approve shorter bobcat season
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers have approved a state panel's decision to shorten next winter's hunting and trapping season for bobcats in the western part of the state.
• Rules passed by state agencies cannot take effect unless they are approved by the Legislature's Rules Review Committee. The committee has now approved the bobcat season set by the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
• Because of questions about how many bobcats live in western South Dakota, the commission decided to shorten next winter's season by two weeks in an effort to limit the number of cats that will be taken. The season will run from Dec. 26 through Feb. 15.
• A limited season also will be held in five southeastern South Dakota counties, where each hunter or trapper can take just one bobcat.
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Cave restrictions take effect to protect bats
• DENVER (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is letting people visit caves in national forests and grasslands in the Rocky Mountain region again, but there are restrictions as officials work to halt a disease that has killed 5.5 million bats since 2006.
• The agency issued a closure order in 2010 to keep white-nose syndrome from spreading. So far, the disease and the fungus that causes it haven't been confirmed in the region, which covers Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.
• As of Thursday, people can visit the region's caves but have to register first. (Continued on page 16)
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