The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball polls for the week of Jan. 6 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses.

Boys 

Class AA
1. Mitchell (15) 5-0 75 1
2. Lincoln 5-0 60 2
3. Brandon Valley 4-1 44 5
4. Harrisburg 3-1 17 RV
5. Spearfish 5-0 11 RV
Receiving votes: Washington 9, O’Gorman 7, Jefferson 1, Tea Area 1.

Class A
1. SF Christian (14) 4-0 74 1
2. Hamlin (1) 3-1 56 2
3. Dakota Valley 5-0 43 3
4. RC Christian 7-0 35 4
5. Lennox 4-1 8 T-5
Receiving votes: St. Thomas More 5, Clark/Willow Lake 2, West Central 1, Vermillion 1.

Class B
1. Castlewood (11) 4-1 69 1
2. Dell Rapids St. Mary (4) 5-0 64 2
3. Viborg-Hurley 5-1 47 3
4. Leola/Frederick Area 5-0 27 T-5
5. Howard 5-2 6 T-5
Receiving votes: Wessington Springs 5, Dupree 5, Gregory 2.

Girls 

Class AA
1. O’Gorman (14) 4-0 74 1
2. Washington (1) 6-0 60 2
3. Brandon Valley 4-1 46 3
4. Stevens 6-1 30 4
5. Spearfish 3-2 6 5
Receiving votes: Brookings 4, Aberdeen Central 3, Harrisburg 2.

Class A
1. SF Christian (13) 7-0 71 1
2. Vermillion 5-1 51 2
3. Wagner 5-0 41 4
4. Mahpiya Luta (2) 6-0 35 5
5. Hamlin 4-1 18 2
Receiving votes: Dakota Valley 8, Elk Point-Jefferson 1.

Class B
1. Centerville (15) 7-0 75 1
2. Parkston 6-0 58 3
3. Lyman 4-0 44 4
4. Ethan 4-1 27 RV
5. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 3-2 5 2
Receiving votes: Andes Central/Dakota Christian 4, Dell Rapids St. Mary 3, Corsica-Stickney 3, Harding County 2, Colman-Egan 2, Castlewood 1, Kadoka Area 1.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A 67-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection to a deadly shooting in Sioux Falls the day after Christmas.

Sidney Robert Rollings has been charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

On December 26, police responded to the area of 11th Street and Sneve Avenue around 8:45 a.m. for a report of a victim with a gunshot wound to his leg.

The victim, who has been identified as 38-year-old Michael Christopher McDaniel of Sioux Falls, was lying in the roadway when officers arrived. He died on the scene.

According to court documents, a trail of blood from the victim led investigators to Rollings’ apartment.

As investigators reached Rollings’ door, Metro Communication received a call from Rollings, who said that he had “pulled out a gun and it went off and hit him.”

When investigators knocked, Rollings answered and allowed police to search his apartment where the weapon was located.

Rollings told investigators the shooting was accidental and that he thought the safety was on when he was waving it back and forth and it went off, striking McDaniel.

Rollings was taken in for an interview where he told investigators he met McDaniel on a dating app a few days prior.

Rollings said the victim had come to his residence on December 22nd with the intention of having intercourse and injecting Methamphetamine. He claimed that McDaniel had been kicked out of his residence and began moving his items into Rollings’ residence the next day. McDaniel also continuously took Rollings’ pickup.

Rollings claimed that during his stay, McDaniel would make comments about previous prison fights he had been in and showed Rollings a shiv he made. According to court documents, this made Rollings concerned and he described the victim as “unpredictable and volatile.”

On December 26, Rollings said that McDaniel was gathering clothing from a dryer in his bedroom when Rollings grabbed the firearm and began waving it and telling McDaniel to leave. When the gun suddenly went off, Rollings didn’t initially believe the victim when he said he had been shot.

McDaniel gathered his belongings and ran from the apartment. Rollings said he called 911 when he saw the victim lying on the road. During this call, Rolling said “I don’t know what’s wrong… Looks like he’s bleeding, came out of this apartment building.”

Rollings admitted to investigators he did not initially plan to notify dispatch of his involvement, but when realized the blood trail led to his apartment, he realized admitted what he did was the right thing to do.

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RAPID CITY, S.D. – All eyes are on the southern Midwest, as the system that brought several inches of snow to the Black Hills area continues to move southward, strengthening along the way. A mix of heavy snow, ice, and blizzard conditions has caused widespread disruptions to utilities and infrastructure, leaving nearly 100,000 people without power.

Blizzard warnings were issued for eastern Kansas and are still in effect for northwest Missouri. Winter storm warnings still extended from Missouri all the way to Washington D.C. and areas of southeast Missouri through western Kentucky are currently in an ice storm warning until Monday morning. Ice accumulations are expected to range between ¼” and ¾”. Official reports of snowfall in the region are as high as 13 inches with more expected.

NewsCenter1 spoke with Jared Maples, a forecaster from the National Weather Service office in St. Louis, MO, to get a first-hand look into the conditions there.

“What we are dealing with is a system that tracked generally west to east from the Central Plains as it crossed the Rockies,” said Maples, “Sleet has been compacted to the roadway. Just that really chunky, crusty stuff that is freezing there. When you get above 2 inches of sleet, it almost becomes undrivable at that point.”

The heavy snow and ice caused treacherous driving conditions, leading to numerous accidents and road closures. Interstate 435 in Kansas City was particularly affected,

with a tractor-trailer captured on video sliding off the icy roadway

. Missouri Department of Transportation snowplows were also impacted, with at least one overturned due to the slick conditions. Kansas City International Airport temporarily shut down airfield operations Saturday afternoon due to rapid ice accumulation.

Ice has been accumulating to trees with official reports showing fallen limbs 8 inches in diameter, giving South Dakotans a stark reminder of the ice storm that hit Sioux Falls in 2013. Nicknamed “Icepololypse,” that storm resulted in an estimated 900 fallen trees and 25,000 fallen branches.

“When they’re in those wooded areas, you do start to hear that cracking sound,” Maples continued, “That is the sound of tree limbs coming down. If your house is near a tree that is susceptible to that, be wary that that could be one of those risks that are posed with this ice or amount of weight that is on trees.”

This storm will continue to move east, bringing snow to areas of Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, mixed precipitation and freezing rain to Kentucky, Virginia, and Washington D.C., and severe thunderstorms with tornado potential from Mississippi to Georgia.

For updates on local weather, be sure to download the

NC1 weather app

Per grew up in Sioux Falls and graduated from South Dakota Mines. He found his passion for weather reporting by the impact it has on the community, both in how people work and how it brings people together through severe weather preparation. He also has a passion for preventing health issues with Air Quality Index awareness. Per can be found enjoying outdoor activities in the Black Hills when the weather allows.