• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota transportation officials are correcting speed limit signage on a short section of Interstate 90 near Box Elder.
• The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1uxrOs0 ) that the stretch has a reputation as a speed trap, with frequent traffic stops made by officers who sit in the median of the highway where the speed limit changes from 75 to 65 mph.
• Local defense attorneys say drivers have been stopped by authorities for going as little as three miles over the 65 mph limit, and some drivers have ended up in prison after they were found with illegal drugs.
• The state Transportation Commission recently learned of the mistake, and moved quickly to correct what a state official called a "clerical error" that occurred a decade ago.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a 5-year-old child nearly drowned in floodwaters caused by heavy rains at a park in Sioux Falls.
• Authorities say the child was playing early Sunday night at Spencer Park and fell into temporary pond. The child was completely submerged and pulled from the water and given CPR by a citizen.
• Police say when officers arrived, the child was alert and crying. The child was transported to a hospital and was listed in stable condition.
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• COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) -- Col. John Nichols will take over as the new wing commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base on July 11.
• Nichols will succeed Col. Jim Sears, who has been wing commander since July 2012.
• Sears is going to San Antonio, Texas, where he will serve as chief of officer assignments at Randolph Air Force Base.
• Nichols, a senior pilot with more than 2,000 flight hours, is deployed overseas but commands the 18th Operations Group at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

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