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Groton Daily Independent
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 069 ~ 11 of 36
News from the
SD Lottery
By The Associated Press
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
Hot Lotto
03-07-12-24-30, Hot Ball: 10
(three, seven, twelve, twenty-four, thirty; Hot Ball: ten) Estimated jackpot: $10.2 million
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $70 million
Powerball
08-14-32-58-67, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 3
(eight, fourteen, thirty-two, fty-eight, sixty-seven; Powerball: seventeen; Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: $83 million
Mother of man killed by South Dakota of cer sues city
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The family of a man killed during a struggle with a South Dakota police of cer has led a federal lawsuit against the city.
The Argus Leader reports the lawsuit led on behalf of the estate of Curtis Meyer requests a jury trial and seeks unspeci ed damages. Meyer’s mother, Hon Kasselder, also named former Mitchell police of cer Russell Stevenson in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that Meyer’s civil rights were violated. The police department declined comment.
Stevenson shot and killed the 37-year-old Meyer in 2015 during a struggle for the man’s gun after Stevenson responded to a noise complaint. State Attorney General Marty Jackley found Stevenson was justi ed in using lethal force.
Jackley’s report said Meyer was legally drunk and had been making suicidal statements the night of the shooting.
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Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com
Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials By The Associated Press
American News, Aberdeen, Sept. 6
Candlelight vigil shines spotlight on violence against Native American women
Too often, too many and too sad.
There was recently a nationwide night of candlelight vigils to remember missing or murdered Native
American women.
Aberdeen and Mobridge were among the locations.
Sometimes it feels as if most of society doesn’t care, or care enough, about missing or murdered Native
American women.
No woman deserves such treatment. Only respect, regardless of race, creed or color.
Patryc Jordan, a Northern State University student from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, said the