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Installation of sanitary sewer will mean two weeks of detours for Russell Street traffic between West and Western Avenues

Detours Ahead on West Russell Street

If Russell Street is part of your daily commute, some changes are coming, and while they won't be permanent, you're going to notice.

The Sioux Falls Public Works Department says during the week of October 14 through the 19, westbound Russell Street between West Avenue and Western Avenue will be closed so crews can install a sanitary sewer line across Russell

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Yankton School Superintendent Joe Gertsema Faces DUI

We don't know yet what will happen in the case of Yankton School Superintendent Joe Gertsema.

Dr. Gertsema was stopped early Sunday near Vermillion and arrested for driving under the influence.

No, I've never been arrested for drunk driving, and given that I drink non-alcoholic beverages, there shouldn't be any such encounter in my future

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A grant from the U.S. EPA will help provide for cleaner school buses in Sioux Falls.

Cleaner School Buses Coming to Sioux Falls

Cleaner-running school buses are coming to Sioux Falls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency says the Sioux Falls School District is getting $450,000 to buy what the EPA says are cleaner school buses that will reduce emissions of air pollution and thus protect the health of children

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Police say a liquor compliance check in Sioux Falls Tuesday evening turned up two violations.

Two Violations in Liquor Sting

Sioux Falls police say a compliance check of off-sale liquor businesses on Tuesday evening turned up two violations.

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Ruling Clears Way for Moeller Execution

Donald Moeller was sentenced to death for the kidnapping, rape and murder of nine-year-old Becky O'Connell of Sioux Falls.

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30+ Years for Penn State Abuser

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky still says he's innocent of child sexual abuse, but a jury says otherwise.

And now he will spend at least 30 years in prison, and he would have to be nearly 100 before he can possibly get out

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Authorities in Florida say a man died after he won a cockroach-eating contest.

Contest Winner Dies After Eating Roaches

This would be funny if it didn't have to be so serious, and maybe you've heard about it.

Seems a 32-year-old guy in Florida entered a roach-eating contest. That's right, a roach-eating contest.

And he won, but he didn't live long to savor the victory, so to speak

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Some U.S. cities are allegedly trying to rid themselves of homeless people by making certain activities by the homeless a crime.g

Criminalizing Homelessness

I saw a story about some cities that are trying to solve their homelessness problems by essentially making it a crime to be homeless.

Oh not in so many words.

They're just writing tickets for people who do what many homeless people tend to do, like smoke in  park, for example

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Boo, Humbug?

The retail stores have had their Halloween merchandise on the shelves and in the aisles for weeks, and in many outlets you can't walk past a display without a motion sensor setting off an ersatz goblin or witch to screeching or worse

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The State of Idaho wants to give its governor's residence back to the family who donated it, but the family doesn't want it.

“We Don’t Want It–We Unloaded It On You!”

I saw a story this week about the official governor's residence in Idaho.

Seems the house is a money pit and the state wants to give it back to the family who donated it.

But the family doesn't want it back

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