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51.5 percent. The District of Columbia had a higher percentage of women than all the states at 52.6 percent.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Twenty minimum-security prisoners and three staff members from the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls are continuing to help with cleanup from last week's severe storms
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard authorized the inmates to help out in Wessington Springs Thursday morning. Earlier in the week he ordered fifty minimum-security prisoners and five staff members to help out in the flooded town of Canton.
• A tornado damaged dozens of homes and businesses in Wessington Springs on June 18.
• The inmate crews are being supervised by the South Dakota Office of Emergency Management.
• Daugaard was visiting Wessington Springs Thursday to see the recovery progress and hold a briefing with reporters.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakotans should be cautious of callers claiming to be with local utility companies and threatening to turn off their electricity.
• The scam artist says accounts are past due and without immediate action the utilities will be shut off.
• Jackley says people who receive such a call should hang up and call their local utility company directly to ask about the status of their account.
• He says people who have fallen victim to the scam should contact his office's Consumer Protection Division at 1-800-300-1986 or consumerhelp@state.sd.us.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources is meeting electronically Thursday to discuss the state's water project priorities and funding, as well as taking steps to acquire more bonds.
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources staff will request authorization to seek investment banking services to acquire the bonds needed to match federal dollars for state projects with local governments, a process that happens every

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