South Dakota
Man taken into custody in Adams County, suspected in South Dakota homicide
ADAMS COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – The Decatur Police Department says it has brought a man into custody today believed to be connected to a homicide in South Dakota.
Decatur Police share they were informed on Feb. 14 around 10 a.m. of the presence of a US Marshal Task Force Officer in Adams County looking for 53-year-old Gregory E. Landers, suspected in a South Dakota homicide and believed to be in Decatur.
After being provided identification and a vehicle description by the task force officer, police say they were able to assist the task force officer in the search for Landers.
On Feb. 14 around 11 a.m. Decatur Police say they were able to locate the suspect vehicle in the parking lot of Walmart, conduct a traffic stop, and take Landers into police custody without incident. Officials say Landers was transported to the Adams County Detention Center where he will be held for South Dakota authorities.
The Decatur Police Department says it has no reason to believe there is any ongoing threat to the welfare and safety of the public.
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South Dakota
Flooding continues across Midwest; how ND DOT mitigates potential flooding problems
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Flooding has been devastating in parts of the Midwest recently, impacting the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota, leading to the closure of I-29 in parts of South Dakota and Iowa, and causing millions of dollars in damages to small towns and farms.
While rainfall for many in North Dakota has been above normal, flooding problems haven’t been widespread.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT) tries to prevent problems each year with proper planning for projects.
“Anytime there’s a project that impacts a stream crossing— so that can be a pipe, a box culvert, a bridge— we have to do the hydraulic design to ensure that the minimum opening is met. North Dakota state law has specific requirements of what design event these different types of crossings need to be built to, they are dependent on the roadway classification. So, for instance, our interstate is our highest priority, so it has a larger flood event that we design it to, to help ensure that there’s resiliency for that roadway,” said Lindsay Bossert, assistant bridge engineer at the ND DOT.
The DOT follows strict design standards, going above state law by planning for 100-year flood events, especially when bridges are involved.
“We have a lot of bridge replacement projects, those we have to design hydraulically to make sure that that opening size is large enough to accommodate these floods. So, a lot of those projects are going on right now,” said Bossert. “We’ve also done quite a bit of grade raises over the past few years. So, we have specific roadways that we see inundate, go underwater quite frequently. So, we’ve really tried to start bringing those above where we see that flood typically occur to ensure that those stay dry.”
I-94 recently flooded from heavy rain near Cleveland, west of Jamestown.
“We are now looking at the hydraulics of that, trying to figure out how high we would need to bring that road up in order to ensure that that flooding doesn’t occur again,” said Bossert.
Being able to rapidly respond to flooding situations starts with preparedness within each DOT district.
“They visit with their maintenance crews early spring, make sure they’ve got all their signs and barriers ready to go so that we can react quickly if we need to shut down a road. Once the spring melt starts occurring, we typically pay close attention to the water levels at that site. We use USGS stream gauges or cameras to kind of help us track those water levels,” said Bossert.
Safety comes first, so road closures do happen sometimes and damage inspections are required once the water recedes.
Flooding can also delay ongoing construction projects, so DOT contractors need to maintain positive drainage throughout the construction site to mitigate these problems.
Eastern North Dakota is generally the most problematic for flooding. River levels remain high there and across much of the Midwest, with a bit more rain to come before dry conditions are expected in the longer term.
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South Dakota
Bicyclist dies week after being struck by vehicle in Custer County
PRINGLE, S.D. — An 82-year-old bicyclist succumbed to his injuries more than a week after he was struck by a vehicle in Custer County.
Shortly before midday on June 27, authorities in Custer County were called to the intersection of U.S. 385 and South Dakota Highway 89, within city limits of Pringle, for a report of a bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol said an 82-year-old bicyclist was traveling northbound on Highway 89 when he failed to stop at a stop sign. The bicyclist was struck by a 2006 Chevrolet Impala that was traveling southbound on Highway 385.
The bicyclist was flown to an area hospital, where he died on July 3, more than a week after the crash.
The driver and passenger in the Impala, a 46-year-old female and a 21-year-old male, were not injured.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.
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