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dered to register as a sex offender.
• Authorities allege the St. Francis abused a woman in May 2012 during a party at a neighbor's house in Rosebud. Blue Bird was indicted by a federal grand jury in September of that year. He pleaded guilty on November 2013.
• Blue Bird's attorney information could not be found.
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SD college establishes trap shooting club
• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- Mount Marty College in Yankton has established the first collegiate trap shooting club in South Dakota.
• The school is gathering a 25-member team this month, Athletic Director Charles Iverson said. The co-ed team will practice and host local competitions at the Jim River Trap Range, with shooting to begin in March.
• "Our ultimate goal is to get our shooters prepared and qualified for a national competition by this time next year," Iverson said.
• The school said it expects students to show great interest in the club because hunting is one of South Dakota's largest industries.
• "The addition of this sport really made sense to us," Iverson said. "With hunting and outdoor recreation being so popular in the region, we knew there would be interest on the part of the students. "
• The school is using a grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative to set up the program. The team's coach will be Rick Kalsow, a trap shooting coach certified by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and a shotgun coach certified by the National Rifle Association.
• The college said the club will promote gun safety, and that a trap shooting course might be added to the curriculum.
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US Sen. Johnson endorses Robinson's House bid
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson is officially backing a Rapid City native who wants to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem.
• Johnson has issued a statement saying Corinna Robinson served honorably with the Army in Iraq -- a war he supported.
• Robinson spent 25 years in the Army and five years as a civilian with the Pentagon and the Iraqi Command. She is the only person so far to announce a bid to seek the Democratic nomination to run against Noem.
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