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• Minneota/Lincoln HI, Minn. 53, Estelline 48
• Wilmot 46, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 37
• Girls Basketball
• Potter County 61, Sunshine Bible Academy 44
• Holiday Classic
• Kimball/White Lake 35, Jones County 34
• South Central 41, Colome 32
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Rosebud tribe: Double homicide being investigated
• ST. FRANCIS, S.D. (AP) -- The Rosebud Sioux Tribe says authorities are investigating a double homicide on the reservation in south-central South Dakota.
• The tribe says all known potential suspects have been apprehended. No other information was released.
• KSFY television reports that the initial report was for a missing person, and Rosebud police found two St. Francis men dead in a residence.
• The FBI is involved in the investigation.
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New year brings changes in SD probation system
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota is making big changes in the way it handles offenders placed on probation, as part of an extensive overhaul of the state's criminal justice system designed to avoid construction of new prisons.
• Most offenders released on probation will be able to reduce their sentences through good behavior. Those who violate the terms of their probation will face penalties tied to the severity of their transgressions.
• The probation changes are part of a law passed in 2013 by the South Dakota Legislature that aims to handle more nonviolent offenders through intervention and programs instead of incarceration. Key provisions are designed to reduce parole violations and new crimes.
• Most of the new law took effect July 1, but many of the changes dealing with the court system were delayed until Jan. 1 to give the South Dakota Supreme Court time to pass new rules dealing with probation.
• Similar provisions have been in place since July for inmates released on parole, and the Department of Corrections reported that about three-quarters of the parolees earned time off their sentences in the first four months.
• Most offenders placed on probation will be able to earn 30 days off their sen (Continued on page 15)
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