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meeting for people to meet the new president.
• President Kay Schallenkamp has served in the position since July 2006. She announced that she would retire in October.
• Four finalists for the position recently visited the campus.
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Maryland man gets 10 years in Sturgis sex sting
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- One of nine men accused of trying to pay for sex with underage girls at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• Federal prosecutors say 44-year-old Michael Francis Fox Jr., of Owings, Md., also must register as a sex offender and forfeit his 2007 Suzuki vehicle.
• He and the other men charged responded to online classified ads placed during last year's Sturgis rally.
• Prosecutors say Fox was arrested Aug. 4 for trying to obtain sex with a 12-year old girl.
• He was convicted of attempted trafficking with respect to involuntary servitude and forced labor.
• Prosecutors say five of the men have pleaded guilty, one was found guilty by a federal jury and the three are awaiting trial.
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Proposed Wal-Mart store faces legal challenges
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A proposed new Wal-Mart Supercenter in Sioux Falls is facing a second legal challenge.
• Sioux Falls voters on April 8 approved an ordinance clearing the way for the store. But some homeowners in the area want a judge to bar the city from issuing a building permit until after their allegations of misleading ballot wording are addressed in court.
• Meanwhile, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case brought by the Save Our Neighborhood group last year. Members maintain the city improperly annexed the land set aside for the store. An attorney for the city told the court the landowner voluntarily wanted the land annexed.
• Wal-Mart has said it has made several changes to make the planned store a better fit for the neighborhood.
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