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cord of $259 million.
• Community Planning Director Brett Limbaugh tells the Rapid City Journal that the construction of a few major business ventures and several residential complexes was the main reasons for last year's high permit value. He also says Rapid City's economy continues to rebound from the nationwide recession.
• Officials in Sioux Falls last week announced that the value of 2013 building permits in that city set a record, at $588.2 million.
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New video surfaces in SD bicyclist-motorist spat
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A judge wants to review video evidence before deciding on a plea deal for a Sioux Falls man accused of swearing and honking his horn at a bicyclist and pushing him into traffic with his pickup.
• The case surfaced after bicyclist Joe Stiller snapped a photo of driver Joshua Schroeder last April and posted it on Facebook.
• The 39-year-old Schroeder has agreed to a plea deal in which reckless driving and simple assault charges will be dropped in exchange for him pleading guilty to following too closely. Defense attorney Jeff Larson says a gas station video shows that Stiller exaggerated what happened.
• The 50-year-old Stiller says the incident terrified him and he thinks the initial charges are appropriate.
• Judge John Schlimgen wants to review the gas station video.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. NJ GOVERNOR'S OFFICE LINKED TO TRAFFIC JAM SCANDAL
• Chris Christie denies involvement in a road shutdown apparently engineered to punish a Democratic mayor.
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• 2. OBAMA MAY DIAL BACK PHONE SURVEILLANCE
• The president is also considering restricting the NSA's monitoring of foreign leaders as part of proposed intelligence changes.
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