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Gilbertson has appointed Judge Scott Myren as the next presiding judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
• Myren will take over as the administrative head of the circuit following the retirement of Judge Jack Von Wald in January.
• Myren has served as an administrative law judge, a magistrate judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit and as a circuit court judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit since 2004.
• The Fifth Judicial Circuit consists of the northeastern counties of Brown, Campbell, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, Spink and Walworth.
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Victims of double-fatal head-on crash identified
• MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol has identified two people killed in a fiery head-on collision on state Highway 37 near Mitchell.
• The patrol says 82-year-old Donald Geidel, of Dimock, was driving a pickup truck, and 23-year-old Sara Claggett, of Tripp, was driving a van that drifted into Geidel's lane. Both drivers died. Claggett's 2-year-old daughter was hospitalized in Sioux Falls with life-threatening injuries.
• Witnesses say a man who came upon the accident used a knife to cut a seat belt and remove the girl from the burning van.
• The crash happened about 4 p.m. Wednesday. Smoke could be seen from several miles away.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. INTERPOL ISSUES ALERT FOR 'THE WHITE WIDOW'
• A suicide bomber's widow named Samantha Lewthwaite is sought in connection with a 2011 bomb plot as rumors swirl that she also took part in the Kenya terror rampage.
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• 2. PACT REACHED TO RID SYRIA OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• Now, for the international community, equally difficult work begins to make sure the stockpiles are destroyed, a process that could take years.
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