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Ballot measures South Dakota voters could see this fall

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – South Dakota voters will vote on one measure this fall, with eight more potentially added. When out and about, a petitioner may approach you to sign a petition to get one of those questions added to this fall’s ballot.
Of those, 8 include an amendment to establish the right to abortion, an amendment, and a measure to drop the tax on anything sold for human consumption, such as food. And an initiated measure to repeal the already established medical marijuana program.
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Dakota Spirit & Sanford Pentagon host more than 1800 kids at 24th Valentine’s Classic

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – There’s never any shortage of activity at the Sanford Pentagon in February and March.
This weekend belonged to the athletes who so often are on the sidelines cheering on the teams involved in March Madness.
The Dakota Spirit hosted their 24th Annual Valentine’s Classic Cheer & Dance Championship with teams from a five state region converging on Sioux Falls. There were also guest performances from the University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University cheer teams as well.
It wasn’t just for high schoolers either with kids from preschool through middle school making up the more than 1800 who participated over the last two days, showing just how much the event has grown.
“When we first started our very first year was at Sioux Falls Christian. Lots of these teams that are here from South Dakota, in dance and cheer world, they will go down to Disney World in April and May and showcase at both Worlds and the Summit.” Dakota Spirit Program Director Joanna Naatjes says.
Teams Eclipse and Apollo will indeed travel to Nationals next week in Atlanta.
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South Dakota State clinches Summit League title

KANSAS CITY — South Dakota State clinched yet another women’s Summit League basketball title on Saturday, as the Jackrabbits’ 80-60 win over Kansas City upped their conference record to 14-0 on the season (24-3 overall) and out of reach of the rest of the league’s members.
It was the 61st consecutive win in Summit League regular season play for SDSU, and clinched them the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
It’s the Jacks’ fifth consecutive regular season league title and 11th since 2008.
The win over the Kangaroos followed a somewhat familiar pattern, as SDSU struggled to gain separation early but pulled away late for a comfortable victory.
UMKC outscored the Jacks 21-16 in the second quarter to go into the half down just three to SDSU at 39-36, but the Jacks stretched the lead to nine by the end of the third and then pulled away in the fourth.
Brooklyn Meyer had a monster game for SDSU, scoring a career-high 34 points in her first game after getting held to four in last weekend’s win over USD. The junior post was 13-of-16 from the floor and 8-of-14 at the line to do her offensive damage.
Haleigh Timmer had 16 points, hitting four of her team’s six 3-pointers, while Paige Meyer had 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds. The Jacks had assists on 22 of their 30 made field goals and committed just six turnovers. Paige Meyer moved into fifth place all-time in school history in assists, including No. 1 all-time in the Division I era.
Alanya Contreras had 24 points for UMKC (11-18, 7-7), while Emani Bennett added 14.
The Jacks wrap up the regular season at home, hosting Denver on Thursday and St. Thomas on Saturday.
Matt Zimmer is a Sioux Falls native and longtime sports writer. He graduated from Washington High School where he played football, legion baseball and developed his lifelong love of the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, he returned to Sioux Falls, and began a long career in amateur baseball and sports reporting. Email Matt at mzimmer@siouxfallslive.com.
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