Rapid City man arrested at Canistota in horse case
• CANISTOTA, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern South Dakota have arrested a Rapid City man convicted of neglecting horses.
• Donald Harwood and his wife, Terry Harwood, were sentenced Oct. 9 at a hearing they didn't attend.
• Warrants were issued for their arrest and on Wednesday Donald Harwood was found at a farm near Canistota.
• He's being held at the jail in Sioux Falls.
• The Pennington County Sheriff's Office seized 69 horses in January 2013 on the leased Rapid Valley property of the Harwoods. Many of the animals had not been fed or given water.
• A jury in August convicted the Harwoods on nine counts each of inhumane treatment of an animal. He got five years in prison and she received a one-year jail sentence.
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Boy under state's care in Custer died of infection
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A death certificate says a virus killed a 17-year-old boy at the state-run juvenile corrections program in Custer.
• The document says Brady Folkens died Dec. 21 from lymphocytic myocarditis associated with Parvovirus B19.
• The Department of Corrections says that's a common viral rash infection in children for which there's no treatment.
• Folkens developed symptoms at the State Treatment and Rehabilitation Academy and was seen by on-site medical staff before being taken to the Custer Regional Hospital.
• He was flown to Sioux Falls so he could be seen by a specialist but died at a hospital, with his family present.
• The DOC says a report by the independent juvenile corrections monitor found no evidence of abuse or neglect.
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SD bill: Teachers can discuss intelligent design
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lawmakers are considering a measure that (Continued on page 17)
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