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and another provision for more training on the issue.
• The water bill could also have a big impact on South Dakota. Lawmakers are pushing for a provision that would require earlier notification from the Army Corps of Engineers if they plan to release water in the event of a flood, and another provision that would stop the Corps from charging some South Dakota residents for access to water. Both are the subject of negotiations.
• The congressional delegation expects to be busy the rest of the year beyond just the legislation in negotiation.
• Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson, as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is playing an important role as Congress considers passing new sanctions against Iran. Thune said he is deeply engaged in budget negotiations and studying the issue of tax reform for next year. Noem said she will continue to push legislation she has introduced that deals with child trafficking.
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• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- A 26-year-old state prison inmate who failed to return to a minimum-security unit in Yankton is in custody after a standoff in Sioux Falls.
• Frederick Little was arrested on Saturday evening. He was supposed to return to the Yankton Minimum Unit from his work release job by 6:30 p.m. Friday but did not show up.
• Sioux Falls police Lt. Galen Smidt says officers responded to apartment Saturday afternoon on a report that an armed man was inside with a woman and two small children.
• The women and children left, leaving the man alone inside, and he surrendered after a couple of hours of negotiations.
• Little is currently serving a 10-year sentence out of Tripp County for grand theft and a 3-year sentence out of McCook County for 3rd degree burglary.
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