Tuesday,  Sept. 24, 2013 • Vol. 15--No. 71 • 24 of 38

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Rapid City was reported just before 10 p.m. Sunday. Crews from more than a dozen agencies responded to the fire and brought it under control by 2 a.m. Monday.
• The U.S. Forest Service and state agencies were on scene to provide wildfire suppression.
• Paul Smith, incident commander for the Rockerville Volunteer Fire Department, said there no injuries to emergency responders or civilians were reported.
• Crews remained on scene Monday morning to help owners of the restaurant salvage any equipment that was not destroyed and prevent any hot spots from reigniting.
• Nearly 50 units from throughout the Black Hills battled the blaze, with some having to shuttle water to the scene.


Large trout stocked in Oahe tailrace in SD

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department recently stocked about 3,000 15-20-inch rainbow and brown trout in the Oahe tailrace.
• Fisheries biologist Robert Hanten says officials want to evaluate if a fall stock of larger trout will remain in the tailrace area and be available for anglers to catch throughout the year.
• The Oahe tailrace is about 5 miles northwest of Pierre, below the Oahe Dam powerhouse on the Missouri River.


Nebraskan must stand trial in Amber alert case

• CHADRON, Neb. (AP) -- A 36-year-old woman has been ordered to stand trial on a charge that she took her 13-month-old niece from the girl's Chadron home and fled to South Dakota.
• Court records say Aimy Dixon, of Chadron, is accused of felony false imprisonment. Prosecutors dropped two related misdemeanor charges. She has told authorities she'd been granted custody of her niece last spring.
• Authorities say Dixon and Jesse Morrison broke into the home on June 21, scuffled with two adults there and then fled to South Dakota. Authorities issued an Amber alert. The toddler was recovered unharmed a few hours near Hot Springs, S.D., as another couple was driving the girl back to Chadron.
• Records say Morrison has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors. He was given 30 days in jail and fined $500.

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