Former South Dakota Governor and Congressman Bill Janklow has died of brain cancer.

The 72 year old Janklow left a lasting mark on South Dakota politics by serving four terms as governor.

He was elected to the U.S. House in 2002, but later resigned after causing a fatal traffic accident in 2003.

The combative Republican was credited with saving railroad service in the state, attracting credit card banks to South Dakota, and connecting classrooms to the Internet.

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is requesting that all flags in South Dakota fly at half-staff, effective immediately, until Janklow's interment, which is expected to be sometime next week.

Associated Press

 SIOUX CITY SCHOOL OFFICIALS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A HAZING INCIDENT INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM.

DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON ALISON BENSON SAYS NORTH WRESTLING COACH JOHN TORNO HAS RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL AFTER HAVING BEEN ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY FOUR STUDENTS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED ONE OF THEIR TEAMMATES IN DECEMBER. THOSE STUDENTS FACE MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT CHARGES.

BENSON SAYS THE DISTRICT HAS REVIEWED POLICY WITH ALL THREE CITY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS...AND NORTH'S PRINCIPAL HAS DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT WITH THE SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM.
   

Sioux City police are investigating a shooting that left one injured.

The 30-year-old man was shot in the leg during an argument with someone in a passing car
Tuesday night.

Police say the man was walking near Dale Street Park on the city's north side when a car with an unknown number of people in it pulled up and began arguing with him.

Police say someone inside the car then shot the victim before fleeing the scene.

The suspect was last seen in a new white Chevy Impala. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for what police say were non-life threatening injuries

The fight over a Texas company's plan to build a $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota is moving to court.

The state Board of Minerals and Environment recently issued a revised air quality permit for Hyperion Resources that also extended the deadline for starting construction until March 2013.

Opponents have asked a circuit judge to overturn the board's approval of the permit.

Circuit Judge Mark Barnett will hold a hearing in the case Thursday. 

The proposed refinery would process 400,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands crude oil each day into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and liquid petroleum gas.

Hyperion says the project would be the most environmentally sound refinery in the nation.

Opponents say the new permit does not do enough to cut air pollution.