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Groton Daily Independent
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 190 ~ 14 of 40
News from the
Monday’s Scores
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
By The Associated Press
Dell Rapids 76, Garretson 36
Great Plains Lutheran 53, Waverly-South Shore 39 Harrisburg 63, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 53
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 52, Chamberlain 48
Standing Rock, N.D. 83, Mobridge-Pollock 66
Dakota Valley Conference Tournament
First Round
Arlington 80, Estelline 34
Colman-Egan 59, Elkton-Lake Benton 39
Dell Rapids St. Mary 70, Lake Preston 68, 3OT Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 46, Deubrook 41 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Freeman vs. Lyman, ppd.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Canistota 58, Freeman Academy/Marion 36
Groton Area 45, Langford 32
McCook Central/Montrose 58, Chester 31
Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 46, Chamberlain 43
Philip 40, Wall 39
Potter County 63, Northwestern 47
South Border, N.D. 55, Herreid/Selby Area 39 Waverly-South Shore 55, Great Plains Lutheran 30 Wilmot 64, Tri-State, N.D. 57, OT
281 Conference Tournament
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 44, Wolsey-Wessington 38 Sunshine Bible Academy 53, James Valley Christian 43 Wessington Springs 59, Iroquois 21
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Corsica/Stickney vs. Mitchell Christian, ppd.
Pipeline protester’s elderly exploitation case dismissed
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have dropped a second charge against a Bismarck woman accused of abusing and exploiting her elderly mother during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Authorities last week dismissed a charge of felony exploitation of a vulnerable adult against Kathleen Bennett, saying the case had become too dif cult to prove, The Bismarck Tribune reported . A defense attorney said Bennett’s mother died a few months ago.
Bennett, 59, was accused of leaving her 82-year-old mother with dementia tied to a chair in a protest camp in North Dakota while she attended demonstrations in December 2016. Protesters were trying to block construction of the oil pipeline, which is operated by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners.
Bennett’s mother was taken to a hospital during a blizzard. Hospital staff said she was frail and mal- nourished.