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• • "I have worked tirelessly for the last nine years for the citizens and am disappointed not to have an opportunity to continue my service," she said.
• • Voters in Sioux Falls also favored rezoning land for a new Wal-Mart store that has been opposed by some neighborhood residents, but they rejected a new outdoor pool at the city's Spellerberg Park, after a campaign by a group pushing for an indoor pool.
• • Voters in Mobridge approved a special tax to fund a new pool in that city, according to the American News in Aberdeen. In White Lake, residents voted to support a city-operated day care, according to The Daily Republic newspaper in Mitchell.
• • Bridgewater-Emery School District voters approved an opt-out of the state property tax freeze to raise more money for the district, while voters in Gregory rejected an opt-out proposal, The Daily Republic reported.
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• • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Seeding of spring wheat has begun in South Dakota, but farmers in most areas of the state have not yet started spring planting.
• • The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that there were nearly six days suitable for fieldwork over the past week. Many farmers are busy getting planting equipment ready and spreading fertilizer on their fields.
• • Both topsoil and subsoil moisture in the state is rated 85 percent adequate to surplus.
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