Sioux Falls sees 6th armed robbery in 11 days
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Police in Sioux Falls are investigating the sixth armed robbery in the city in 11 days.
• Authorities say a man armed with a knife walked into the Mercato convenience store shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday and stole two bottles of liquor. No one was hurt.
• Police do not think the robbery is connected to other recent holdups.
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Man gets prison for running Waterloo drug ring
• CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A 37-year-old man from Chicago has been given more than 27 years in federal prison for running a drug ring in Waterloo.
• Prosecutors say Dwayne Appling was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Appling must serve 10 years of supervised release after he leaves prison. He'd pleaded guilty in August to two drug charges.
• Prosecutors say that between 2007 and March 2010, Appling and his accomplices distributed heroin throughout the Waterloo area. Prosecutors say Appling's organization involved more than 30 people.
• Court records say Appling left Waterloo when questioned after drug raids in March 2010. He was arrested in November 2012 in South Dakota, living under another name.
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Panel debates extending SD lawmakers' term limits
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers are considering a proposal that would lengthen term limits for members of the state Legislature.
• A Senate or House member currently can serve no more than eight consecutive years, or four two-year terms, in a chamber.
• A proposed constitutional amendment would extend term limits to 12 consecutive years in a chamber, or six two-year terms. If the Legislature passes the measure, voters in the November election would be asked to change the South Dakota to allow the extended term limits.
• The House State Affairs is scheduled to debate the measure Friday.
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