KTALK AM 1340 NEWS – 03/08/2010
LOCAL WEATHER / NEWS / SPORTS
Today: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, high near 49. North wind between 6 and 11 mph.
Tonight: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, low around 32. North wind between 8 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, high near 40. Breezy, with a north wind between 22 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precip is 50%.
Tuesday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, low around 26. North wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday: Snow likely before 11am, rain and snow likely. Cloudy, high near 34. North wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precip is 60%.
Wednesday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, low of 23. North wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 42.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.
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RAPID CITY SD - The political season has started here in Rapid City; the City Finance office has Election Packets for those who want to run for five of the ten City Council seats. Petitions with the signatures of at least fifty persons registered to vote in the candidate's own ward are due at the City Finance office by the end of the business day on March 30th. Election Packets are available for School Board seats in Area Three, and Six at the School Business office on the 3rd floor of the CSAC building. Call City Finance at 394-4143, or the School Business Office at 394-4026 for more information.
PIERRE SD - The state's Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate "cash for clunker" program has now begun, and runs from right now through the end of the available money. The South Dakota Bureau of Administration is offering stimulus money from the Department of Energy to provide rebates for specific types of new and more efficient home appliances. New washing machines have a $100 rebate; new dishwashers are $75, water heaters are $125, and a new refrigerator or a freezer is $150 each. Rebates are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. For details and filing requirements go to "ApplianceRebate.sd.gov" for more details.
RAPID CITY SD - The Ronald McDonald Care-Mobile is on the road again with a residency all this week at Youth and Family Services in Rapid City. The Care-Mobile supported by Black Hills McDonalds Restaurants has brought more than $3.5-million in dental care to low income children since 2004. The program is sponsored by McDonalds and by Delta Dental. For more information call Youth and Family Services this week.
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RAPID CITY SD - The field is set for the state girls basketball tournaments beginning Thursday in South Dakota.
Rapid City Stevens beat Mitchell 58-48, while Sturgis fell to Huron 50-48 to round out the field at the Class AA Tournament in Huron Thursday.
At the "AA" Tournament, game one has Aberdeen Central vs Sioux Falls O'Gorman, game two has Lincoln vs Washington, game three is Stevens vs Roosevelt, and Thursday's nightcap has Central vs Huron.
At the "A" Tournament in Aberdeen, Day One has Sisseton vs Dakota Valley, Pine Ridge vs Stickney Mt Vernon, Elkton Lake Benton vs Mobridge Pollock, and Tri Valley vs Clark-Willow Lake.
At the "B" Tournament in Watertown Thursday, first round matchups have Newell vs Highmore Harrold, Summit vs Wall, Castlewood vs Freeman, and Viborg vs James Valley Christian.
RAPID CITY SD - A set of Regional playoffs will fix the field at the upcoming three boys basketball tournaments, beginning March 18th. Tuesday night, Rapid City Stevens travels to Aberdeen Central, while Sturgis plays host to Mitchell in the 2-Double-"A" playoff; Central and Huron clinched their berths with wins on Friday.
Over in 1-AA, O'Gorman and Lincoln clinched berths on Friday, so it's Roosevelt vs Yankton and Brandon Valley vs Watertown to round out the AA field.
In Class A Regionals in the west, St Thomas More meets Red Cloud in the Region 8-A final at the Civic Center Tuesday at 7:30; Winner takes on St Francis at the gym in Fort Pierre Tuesday night in Region 7-A.
In Class B, White River takes on Wall at 6PM Tuesday at the Civic Center.
RAPID CITY SD - The Rapid City Rush hockey team split in weekend games on a road trip to some Southern Conference rivals. Friday night the Rush had a shut out against the Tulsa Oilers, winning 3-0 in Tulsa; then Saturday the Rush fell 7-3 to the Texas Brahmas in North Richland Hills Texas. The road trip continues Tuesday as the Rush visit the Odessa Jackalopes. Next home action for the Rush come up Friday and Saturday, as the Rush host the Allen Americans.
Three Rush players have been nominated in the announcement of candidates for five C-H-L season awards tobe given at the end of the season. Les Reaney is nominated for the Most Valuable Player award; he's the leading Rush scorer and 4th in the entire league with 78 points in 56 games. Danny Battochio is nominated in two awards, Most outstanding Goaltender and Rookie of the Year; and defender Jamie VanderVeeken is one of five nominees for Most Outstanding Defenseman.
SUNDAY N-B-A SCORES
Denver Nuggets 118 Portland Trail Blazers 106
Philadelphia 76ers 114 Toronto Raptors 101
Orlando Magic 96 Los Angeles Lakers 94
Detroit Pistons 110 Houston Rockets 107
Boston Celtics 86 Washington Wizards 83
OK City Thunder 108 Sacramento Kings 102
SUNDAY HOCKEY
Detroit Red Wings 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4
Pittsburg Penguins 2 Boston Bruins 1
Vancouver Canucks 4 Nashville Predators 2
Calgary Flames 5 Minnesota Wild 2
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Atlanta Thrashers 0
Buffalo Sabres 2 New York Rangers 1
Philadelphia Flyers 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1
Edmonton Oilers 2 New Jersey Devils 0
Montreal Canadiens 4 Anaheim Ducks 3
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MILLEDGEVILLE GA - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is facing a new accusation of sexual misconduct, less than a year after a lawsuit was filed against him by a woman who claims he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel and casino. In the new charge, a 20-year-old student has charged that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her Friday at a nightclub in Milledgeville, Georgia. Police have not as yet described the nature of the alleged assault, and Roethlisberger has so far not been criminally charged. Roethlisberger also hasn't been charged in the Lake Tahoe case. He has strongly denied the rape accusation in that case and claimed counter-damages in the lawsuit.
ATLANTA GA - Contact from Carl Edwards that sent Brad Keselowski flipping was deemed to be deliberate, near the end of Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kurt Busch won Sunday's race, while Edwards will face fines and sanctions. The bump by Edwards is thought to be payback for contact from Keselowski that wrecked Edwards in a previous race. The top ten Sprint Cup event finishers Sunday, in order, are Kurt Busch, then Matt Kenseth in 2nd, Juan Pablo Montoya 3rd, Kasey Kahne 4th, Paul Menard 5th, A-J Allmendinger 6th, Brian Vickers 7th, Greg Biffle 8th, Kevin Harvick 9th and Scott Speed 10th. Pole sitter Dale Earnhardt Junior finished 15th.
NEXT EVENT: The Food City 500, on the short track at Bristol Tennessee on March 21st. Race time is 11AM on Fox Television.