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Journalist, foundation leader Jack Marsh retires
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Longtime journalist and Freedom Forum executive Jack Marsh has retired.
• He most recently was president of the Al Neuharth Media Center at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
• Marsh turned 65 in April and will continue to live with his family in Sioux Falls. He plans to do consulting and volunteer.
• Marsh worked as a reporter, editor and publisher at six Gannett newspapers, including six years as executive editor of the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls.
• He left Gannett in 1998 and joined the Freedom Forum, a non-partisan foundation based at the Newseum in Washington.
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SD governor's mansion open to tours in June
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's office has announced that tours of the governor's mansion will resume in June.
• This is the fourth season of tours and begins June 4. They will take place every Wednesday in June, July and August at 1 and 2 p.m.
• Volunteers, including First Lady Linda Daugaard, will lead tours of up to 30 people.
• She says the mansion belongs to all South Dakotans and she invites all, "to enjoy this special home."
• She says some special items will be on display for the state's 125 anniversary.
• Tickets for the tour are free, but must be collected in advance from the Pierre Chamber of Commerce.
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Mayer honored as SD prosecutor of the year
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Deputy Attorney General Robert Mayer has been honored as South Dakota's prosecutor of the year.
• The South Dakota State's Attorneys Association has given the award annually since 2002.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley says Mayer has been prosecuting crime for more than 30 years throughout the state and has worked tirelessly to seek justice and ad (Continued on page 45)
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