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• Sheldon said his family invested in heavy equipment to move the drifts of sand 4-feet-deep the river left behind, but it is going to be a long recovery.
• "We just want to be compensated for the damage," Sheldon said.
• Scott Olson, who farms near Tekamah, Neb., said he feels fortunate that he's been able to resume growing crops on most of the 500 acres that flooded in 2011, but the soil remains depleted and will take years to recover.
• Olson said he joined the lawsuit and helped recruit farmers his family had sold farm equipment to over the years because he wants the land to remain productive farmland.
• "I'd like to pass my land and my heritage down to my children," Olson said. "With the direction this river is going, if it continues to be an ongoing flood over the years, I won't have much to pass down to them."
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SD Senate ensures legislative term limits remain
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate has killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would have extended the term limits that apply to state lawmakers.
• Senators on Wednesday voted 23-12 against the measure.
• Senate and House members can serve no more than four consecutive terms in a chamber, for a total of eight years. But a lawmaker can run for another chamber after being term-limited in one.
• The bill would have allowed voters to support or oppose expansion of those limits to six consecutive terms or 12 years in a chamber.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard had said he would have voted for extended term limits.
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SD Senate panel approves statewide texting ban
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A statewide ban on texting while driving was endorsed Wednesday by a South Dakota Senate committee as part of a continuing battle between supporters of two competing measures.
• The State Affairs Committee voted 5-4 to approve a measure, passed earlier by the House, which would make it a petty offense carrying a $25 fine to text behind the wheel. Law enforcement officers could issue tickets for texting while driving only after stopping drivers for some other traffic offense, and local government could not have texting bans that differ from state law.
• Some who spoke at Wednesday's hearing said they prefer a Senate-passed bill, (Continued on page 20)
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