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UNDATED (AP) A winter weather advisory is posted for the Black Hills through mid morning and for northwest South Dakota this afternoon and tonight. Rain is expected throughout much of the rest of the state.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A trucking company denies in a court filing that one of its drivers was using a wireless device when a company truck rear-ended a motorcyclist at Sioux Falls. The cyclist is suing the company in federal court.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A 51-year-old Plankinton woman has been ordered to repay $5,000 and spend a year behind bars for illegally receiving Social Security benefits. Prosecutors say Debbi Lynne Schock received benefits for three minor children who no longer lived with her.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) A 44-year-old Mission man will serve more than three years in custody for attacking a Rosebud man with an ax.

Rodney Thin Elk pleaded guilty in federal court to assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 41 months of incarceration.



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