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Groton Daily Independent
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tion after the May 1 emergency landing found a problem with ejection seat components that caused the stand-down.
Air Force spokesman Maj. Ethan Stoker says there are 62 B-1Bs in the fleet stationed at bases including Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Edwards Air Force Base in California, Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
Col. John Edwards, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth, says they’re working on the issue closely with experts across the Air Force.
Iowa authorities investigating death of infant girl
ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Police in northwestern Iowa are investigating the death of an infant from Estherville.
Estherville police said Friday that 11-month-old Jasmine Rodriguez Sebastian died Wednesday at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital two days after she was taken there for undisclosed reasons.
Estherville police, the Emmet County Attorney’s Office, the Iowa Department of Human Services and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating the girl’s death.
Police said no further information on the death would immediately be released.
1 of 2 men who escaped Nebraska jail found in South Dakota
RUSHVILLE, Neb. (AP) — A prosecutor says one of two men who escaped from a Nebraska Panhandle jail has been captured on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Chadron station KCSR reports that Hijinio (HEEN’-yoh) Garnette, of Gordon, was captured last week at a home in Kyle, South Dakota. He and Esdon Haukass (HAH’-kuhs), of Mission, South Dakota, escaped from the Sheridan County Jail in Rushville on March 26.
Sheridan County Attorney Jamian Simmons says Garnette is back in Nebraska and is due in a Rushville courtroom next Thursday to face charges of escape and theft. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could speak for Garnette. Simmons says she had no information on the whereabouts of Haukass.
The two escaped out a window after overpowering a jailer. ___
Information from: KCSR-AM, http://www.chadrad.com/
Authorities ID Sioux Falls motorcyclist killed in crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Sioux Falls man who died in a motorcycle crash in the city.
The Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Pete Swedeen lost control of his bike on Interstate 29 in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
Swedeen was thrown from the motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene.
Longtime warden of medium-security Yankton prison retiring
SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — The longtime warden of the medium-security Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield is retiring.
The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports that Friday is the last day on the job for Bob Dooley. He’s worked at the prison since it opened in the mid-1980s and has been the warden since the mid-1990s.
During his career, Dooley has overseen not only the Mike Durfee State Prison but also the Yankton Com- munity Work Center and the Rapid City Community Work Center.
A program was held at the prison on Thursday to honor him.
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Information from: Yankton Press and Dakotan, http://www.yankton.net/