• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Kayak Challenge ends Sunday in Sioux City, Iowa, a day after the kayak and canoe racers left Yankton.
• This year's race was tied to Friday's dedication of the Missouri National Recreational River Water Trail at Riverside Park in Yankton.
• The U.S. Interior Department added the MNRR to its list of national water trails last November. Those designated trails are routes that can be used for both recreation and travel.
• The Yankton Press & Dakotan reports (http://bit.ly/1kdYDJq ) it's one of 14 water trails nationwide.
• Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, of Yankton, and South Dakota Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen were among those who took part in the dedication.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Thousands gathered on the campus of Northern State University in South Dakota on Saturday for a memorial service to honor longtime college basketball coach Don Meyer, whose friends said his legacy of compassion for others would surpass even his accomplishments on the court.
• Meyer, one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history, died Sunday of cancer at his home in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He was 69.
• He led his teams into the playoffs 19 times and compiled a 923-324 record during his 38-year career, most of which he spent at Lipscomb in Tennessee and at Northern State. The native of Wayne, Nebraska, overcame a near-fatal car accident in 2008 before closing out his career after the 2010 season at Northern State with a 13-14 record -- only his fourth losing season.
• Mark Ovenden, a local sportscaster and friend of Meyer's, opened the service. He, and everyone else who spoke, focused on Meyer's role as a mentor to those around him.
• "Don was a great coach -- we know that. His accomplishments have been well documented. But he was even better at the things that most of us didn't notice in life: living the right way; doing things the right way," Ovenden said.
• Meyer's former players talked about how their coach had helped shape their lives

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