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tercepted on the rst play to seal the win.
Western Illinois trailed by 17 at the break last year before coming back to win 35-34. The Leathernecks
scored 27 in the second half this time but could not overcome the margin.
WIU’s Jaelon Acklin caught a school record 19 passes and had a career-best 343 yards receiving with
three scores. ___
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Discussions may lead to fat bike trails in Black Hills
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Wintertime fat-tire bicyclists in South Dakota could have their own designated snow trails to ride if recent discussions are realized.
There aren’t any designated, permanent fat-tire snow trails in the Black Hills National Forest, the Rapid City Journal reported. Some winter bicyclists have used snowmobile trails that are off limits, causing ten- sion among some riders.
Black Hills National Forest Supervisor Mark Van Every said those tensions ared during meetings he at- tended last winter during the Governor’s Snowmobile Ride.
“I can assure you there are some concerns, and one of the biggest concerns is safety for the snowmobiler and the biker,” Van Every said during a Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board meeting Wednesday.
Van Every said representatives of several trails and recreation groups recently discussed the issue with state and local land managers. They identi ed some forest roads and trailed in ve areas in the Northern Hills and Bear Lodge districts that could be groomed for use as fat-tire bike trails.
Fat-tire bikes, which have surged in popularity in recent years, have oversized tires to lessen their ground pressure and allow riders to get across soft terrain such as mud and snow. The activity is discouraged in designated snow-skiing areas, but some grooming for fat-tire bikes has been allowed in part of the Big Hill Trails area on a temporary basis.
Fat-tire biking is allowed elsewhere in the Black Hills National Forest, but Van Every said riders increas- ingly want groomed trails for a better experience.
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Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com
Report: More rental housing needed in Yankton
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — The city of Yankton is in need of more housing despite years of fast-paced de- velopment.
At a recent work session hosted by the Yankton City Commission, Scott Knudson of Community Partners Research presented an updated housing study, saying “there was a feeling that we needed to look at new information.”
“A lot of it had to do with signi cant housing development that has taken place since (2013), but it also gave us a chance to take a look at updated demographic information,” Knudson said.
Knudson noted that this year the city has been on pace to permit more than 50 single-family units. The city hasn’t reached that amount since 2006, before the housing market collapsed, the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reported. Home values have also gone up, with the median price jumping about $15,000 from 2015 to 2016.
“That was a pretty big one-year jump,” Knudson said. “I’d like to see the 2017 information come in to see if it’s now stabilized or it’s continuing to go up, but it did indicate to us that there’s fairly strong demand for existing houses.”
But Knudson said the city still facing an issue with rental occupancy. According to the study, there’s a less than 1 percent vacancy in market-rate housing.
“That was actually lower than what we found in 2013 — and it wasn’t high in 2013,” Knudson said. “De- spite some expansion in supply, unit absorption had been strong.”