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SD man writes book on lagging interest in Midwest
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota historian's latest book indicates the Midwest has largely disappeared as a topic of historical study.
• Jon Lauck (lowk) grew up on a farm near Madison and now is an adviser to Sen. John Thune.
• His book "The Lost Region" suggests the Midwest is important to American history and there was a time when it was studied extensively.
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• 1 person killed on snowy road north of Sioux Falls
• RENNER, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota authorities say an accident on Christmas Eve caused by the snow killed at least one person a few miles north of Sioux Falls.
• Officials with the Minnehaha County Sheriff's office say a vehicle slid on the snowy road and was hit by another vehicle near the Renner Corner Tuesday afternoon.
• One of the vehicles was on fire.
• Since the snow started falling in the Sioux Falls area, authorities have responded to several crashes.
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South Dakota inmate elves make toys for needy kids
CARSON WALKER, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota prison inmate Michael Sanders won't spend Christmas this year with his own five children in New Jersey, but he does find satisfaction in making toys for other kids while serving a burglary sentence.
• "I've been making cars. I made a few (toy) cribs, a few tool boxes. A lot of cars, a lot of trucks. A couple of airplanes. A carousel or two. A big duck," said Sanders, 44.
• "Who wouldn't want to make a kid happy?" he asked.
• More than 1,700 such wooden toys, puzzles, jewelry boxes and other gifts made at the prisons in Sioux Falls and Springfield were distributed to law enforcement agencies and charitable organizations that, in turn, give them to underprivileged children across the state.
• "Where do you find handmade toys anymore?" said Maj. Thomas Riggs with the Sioux Falls Salvation Army, one of the agencies involved.
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