Some convicts now have to wait six months to serve their sentences.
Voters recently overturned a county commission vote to raise property taxes for a jail expansion. Friday, May 4 Pierre - The South Dakota Supreme Court says former Aberdeen Mayor Tim Rich and former City Attorney Tom Tobin committed fraud and deceit in a land transaction between the city and a developer in 1995. The justices said a circuit judge must determine what Rich, Tobin and others owe the city and subsequent purchasers of the land. Thursday, May 3 Pierre - South Dakota is developing an online test to determine whether students are meeting new education standards. Students in three grade levels will be tested in math, science, language and social studies using a computer system that links all schools.