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• DALLAS (AP) -- Thunderstorms are moving across the Plains, bringing strong winds and tornadoes and prompting a high-water rescue of five children.
• Dallas police say emergency workers rescued five boys after they became trapped Thursday morning by rising waters. They were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
• Near Joshua, Texas, high winds destroyed a mobile home. Authorities say a mother and child were injured.
• Winds reached up to 70 mph Thursday afternoon in parts of Dallas, toppling large trees, tearing holes in warehouse roofs and peeling away the front wall of a church. Dallas Area Rapid Transit suspended light rail service along its northern routes until the storm passed.
• In South Dakota, the National Weather Service says quarter-size hail was reported. Several tornadoes were reported in Minnesota, but no major damage or injuries.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation is reminding the public that political campaign and ballot-issue signs can't be placed on state highway rights of way.
• Bill Nevin with the department's legal counsel says signs are showing up along the state's roadways as the election is nearing. The primary election in South Dakota is June 3.
• Nevin says the use of right of way is exclusive of official highway signage. He says all other signs will be removed.
• The department says ordinances regulating the sings within towns and cities do not have precedence over state jurisdiction.
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