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Class B
• Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
• 1. Warner (9) 20-0 45 1
• 2. Arlington - 19-1 32 2
• 3. Chester Area - 18-0 29 3
• 4. Alcester-Hudson - 20-1 18 4
• 5. Hanson - 15-1 7 RV
• Others receiving votes: Parker (17-4), Elkton-Lake Benton (15-2).
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Public offices reopen in storm-ravaged Rapid City
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Public offices are reopening in Rapid City but schools remain closed for the day in the wake of the record-setting weekend snowstorm.
• Emergency officials say both city offices and Pennington County offices are opening Tuesday. Court operations also are resuming, though no jury trials are being held. Public schools and Western Dakota Technical Institute are staying closed.
• The city got nearly 2 feet of snow during the storm. Crews have been working since to get travel back to normal. The city's airport and all major roadways in the region had reopened as of Monday.
• Elsewhere in the Black Hills, utility crews are still working to restore electricity to tens of thousands of people.
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Cattle losses hampered by end of disaster programs
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Western South Dakota ranchers suffered heavy cattle losses in the last weekend's blizzard, and their recovery could be hampered by the expiration of government livestock disaster programs.
• Union Center rancher Gary Cammack says he lost about 70 cows and some calves, roughly 15 percent of his herd. But he is particularly worried about younger ranchers who lost up to half their herds. Cammack says livestock disaster programs have expired, but he hopes they can be reinstated soon.
• U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem of South Dakota says the pending farm bill would reauthorize livestock disaster programs retroactively, but Congress has so far not passed a new farm bill.
• A spokesman for Sen. Tim Johnson says ranchers could have to wait until a new farm bill is passed to get monetary assistance.
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