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Johnson notes that for several years Lawrence was the only criminal investigator in the reservation at a time when the area saw an increase in teen suicides.
• The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation straddles the border between North and South Dakota.
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• New district ranger to be presented at Fort Pierre
• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Fort Pierre Ranger District has scheduled a public gathering to formally introduce its new district ranger.
• Officials say attendees will be able to interact with the new District Ranger Daniel N. Svingen. The meeting is scheduled for Monday at the district's office in central South Dakota.
• Svingen has been serving as acting district ranger since May. He has worked for several agencies in 10 different states during his career.
• Officials say Svingen is an expert in grassland and ecological resource management including timber, range, wildlife and fish. He was the wildlife program manager on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands for more than a decade.
• He has a master's degree in wildlife biology from the University of Wyoming.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Department of Health has awarded 20 additional beds to nursing facilities in western South Dakota.
• The South Dakota Department of Health says the 20 beds going to two Rapid City nursing facilities are the first awarded under a 2012 law.
• The state has had a moratorium since 1998 that prohibits the construction of new nursing homes unless they are replacement facilities. The moratorium has also prevented existing nursing homes from adding more beds. But a law approved in 2012 has given the department the ability to identify areas that are in need of additional beds and transfer them there from other places.
• The beds will be divided between Golden Living Prairie Hills and Golden Living Bella Vista.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls is holding a basic maintenance and car care seminar for families of recently deployed military personnel.

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