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nies in a variety of ways.
• The U.S. Attorney's office says Hall also stole cash from vendors during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally meant for business and used company cash cards to pay for personal expenses.
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Woman gets prison time in drug distribution case
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A southeast South Dakota woman has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison in a drug distribution and money laundering case.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 29-year-old Thiphavanh Noy Khaleck had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
• U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced the woman to 130 months in custody.
• Authorities allege that Khaleck and five other people conspired to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana in Sioux Falls. Some traveled to California and Minnesota to buy the drugs.
• Authorities say Khaleck and a co-defendant conspired to commit money laundering by keeping the deposits and withdrawals of cash drug proceeds below $10,000 in an effort to avoid bank reporting requirements.
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Rhoden says he has skills to build coalitions
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A longtime state legislative leader seeking the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat says the person sent to Washington to represent South Dakota should have integrity, conservative values and a backbone.
• But state Sen. Larry Rhoden said those values will be wasted if the person doesn't have the leadership skills to build coalitions.
• "None of the former three mean much if they don't have the leadership skills and the abilities to bring people together and foster communication and work toward making changes," Rhoden said. "I believe that my background as majority leader in the House and the issues I've taken the lead on -- hard issues -- have helped me hone and define the skills that I possess."
• Rhoden, a 55-year-old rancher and custom welder from Union Center in sparsely populated western South Dakota, is one of five Republicans seeking the party's nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Tim John (Continued on page 19)
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