Thursday 5/16
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The man accused of stealing an expensive bracelet from an Aberdeen jewelry store has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old Maykel Correoso also was fined $104 and ordered to make restitution. Correoso stood accused of walking into a Riddle's Jewelry store in Aberdeen last November and snatching a $30,500 bracelet.
(Information in the following story is from: The Madison Daily Leader, http://www.madisondailyleader.com)
MADISON, S.D. (AP) — A suspect in break-ins on the Dakota State University campus in Madison has waived extradition from Minnesota. Michael Graham will be brought back to South Dakota to face burglary and grand theft charges stemming from several break-ins last month. He was arrested this month in Minnesota after Moorhead police identified him as a suspect in a campus incident in that city.
(Information in the following story is from: The Daily Republic, http://www.mitchellrepublic.com)
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — A record-setting amputee athlete from South Dakota has died after losing a second battle with cancer. Twenty-three-year-old Hunter Bork died Tuesday at a Vermillion hospital. Bork lost his left leg to cancer shortly after high school and used a prosthetic leg while competing for Dakota Wesleyan University. In 2011, he set an American high jump record at the U.S. Paralympics competition.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota officials say nearly 160 school sites across the state will have increase Internet bandwidth this summer. Telecommunications manager Pat Snow says the works is part of an effort to double K-12 bandwidth every two to three years. The upgrade allows additional capacity for online applications, assessments and distance learning.
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