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•  The Supreme Court said Tornow misled people he dealt with in an official capacity, attempted to conceal a recording he knew had value as evidence to protect himself, used information obtained in his job to work against the city's interests, allowed his relationship with his daughter to interfere with his loyalty to the city and wrote a legal brief that disparaged a judge and a prosecutor.
•  "These acts were not isolated, foolish, negligent or done in the heat of trial; they were intentional and numerous," Chief Justice David Gilbertson wrote for the high court. "With all of the incidents, Tornow had sufficient time to reflect before engaging in conduct that was personally and professionally offensive and flagrantly disrespectful."
•  Court records show that Tornow had a phone conversation on May 18, 2010, with former city council member Kermit Staggers about the Ethics Board's handling of a case involving Staggers. Staggers later called requesting a recording of the conversation, incorrectly referring to it as the "May 17 conversation." Tornow told him there was no such recording, but he didn't inform Staggers that the reason was because the conversation actually occurred May 18.
•  The Supreme Court also considered an improper conversation Tornow had when his daughter fought city citations for speeding and failing to wear a seat belt. The city attorney's office could not prosecute the citations because Tornow worked there, so the case was referred to the county state's attorney's office. When his daughter's defense lawyer called, Tornow told the lawyer there was no agreement allowing the county to prosecute such a case. The case initially was dismissed, but was later prosecuted under state law.
•  In a hearing in May, Tornow told the Supreme Court he was "hypersensitive" about the confidentiality surrounded the Ethics Board proceedings and he believed the phone conversation with Staggers was a confidential work product. He said he now realizes he should have asked Staggers if he was referring to the May 18 conversation.
•  Tornow also told the justices in the May hearing he should not have talked with the lawyer representing his daughter in the traffic case.
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•  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A 62-year-old Martin man has been sentenced to five years in prison for having a sex with a 15-year-old girl more than 50 times in Bennett County in 2010 and 2011.
•  U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says that Chief Judge Jeffrey Viken sentenced Edwin Johnson in federal court for sexual abuse of a minor. Johnson was indicted

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