Tuesday, 1.21.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net the midwest NEWSROOM: RESS AKOTAN [email protected] P D PAGE 7 Arson Suspected In Sioux Falls Fire Nebraska | Decision 2014 SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The people who run the Co-op Natural Foods business in central Sioux Falls say they’ll re- build after a fire that appears to be arson. Domina Seeking Senate Seat No one was injured and nobody was in the building when it burned on Sunday. BY JOSH FUNK and refusal to work to- tor for the impeachment trials of for- The co-op says more than $100,000 in inventory was de- Associated Press gether as citizens cause mer University of Nebraska Regent stroyed. A small amount of money was taken and several our government to shut David Hergert in 2006 and former Attor- fires were set inside the building, which caused extensive OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha lawyer down.” ney General Paul Douglas in 1984. fire and smoke damage. David Domina is planning to run for U.S. Domina is a promi- Johanns decided not to seek re-elec- Board president Alex Halbach they’ll rebuild and re- Senate and give Nebraska Democrats nent lawyer who repre- tion. The race for his seat has already open at the current site or a new location. their first candidate for Republican sents Nebraska attracted four Republicans and one in- The co-op says it has about 2,500 members, but anyone Mike Johanns’ seat. landowners challenging dependent candidate. can shop at the store that does more than $2 million in Democratic Party Chairman Vince Domina the state law that al- The Republicans are Omaha banker business every year. Powers said Monday that Domina plans lowed the Keystone XL Sid Dinsdale, Omaha attorney Bart It has 18 full-time and part-time employees and its sup- to announce his campaign at the State pipeline to advance. Domina also won a McLeay, former Nebraska State Treas- pliers include 40 local farmers. Capitol on Tuesday morning. $1.26 billion judgment for cattlemen urer Shane Osborn and Midland Univer- Domina, 62, has been considering who accused a large slaughterhouse of sity President Ben Sasse. Jim Jenkins, a running since last fall. He says he hopes manipulating prices. central Nebraska cattle rancher, is run- Rollover Crash Kills NE Neb. Woman to help eliminate the dysfunction in Powers said that even though Dom- ning as a nonpartisan candidate, but he HOMER, Neb. (AP) — A passenger has died in the Congress by selflessly pursuing solu- ina hasn’t held elected office before, he previously identified as a Democrat. rollover crash of a vehicle on a county road four miles tions to problems. is well known from his legal career. Powers said he doesn’t expect there west of Homer in northeast Nebraska. “Our country is teetering. It does not “The key will be that the more peo- to be a primary for the Democratic The Dakota County sheriff’s office says the accident oc- feel stable,” Domina said. “We cannot ple meet Dave, the more people will nomination, so Domina will have a curred a little before 3 a.m. Sunday. The office says 28- have the strongest and most influential vote for Dave,” Powers said. “He’s spent chance to introduce himself to more year-old Tiffany Schmitt, of Homer, died after being nation on earth, and we cannot be se- his career solving problems.” voters this spring. ejected. The office says the driver, 39-year-old Russell cure at home or away if our divisions Domina served as a special prosecu- Roberts, also of Homer, and two other passengers were hospitalized. The crash is being investigated. South Dakota Sees Spike In Syphilis Cases Iowan Killed In Omaha Accident SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South The Sioux Falls cases in- sex. It’s like a spider web.” women to their fetuses. Dakota Department of Health volve mostly men, and the The Standing Rock Reser- Sioux Falls public health of- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has been killed and officials say the number of Corson County cases both vation straddles North and ficials said they would be look- an Iowa woman has been injured in an accident along In- syphilis cases reported in the men and women. Kightlinger South Dakota. ing at grant funding to deal terstate 80 in eastern Omaha. state last year was the most in said people coming to Sioux Kightlinger said health offi- with disease outbreak preven- Omaha police say the accident occurred a little after 6 44 years. Falls and having anonymous cials are particularly worried tion. a.m. Monday where I-80 merges with Interstate 480 and State epidemiologist Lon sex are largely responsible for about the syphilis increase be- “If we know a disease is in U.S. Highway 75. Kightlinger labeled as “very the spread of the disease in cause unlike some other dis- the community, it provides us Police say 28-year-old Brian Pete, of Des Moines, Iowa, disheartening” an annual sum- the state, and Corson County eases where outbreaks can be an opportunity to drive an ed- had stopped and parked his car on the painted median of I- mary of infectious diseases in represents the disease going controlled by eliminating spe- ucation program,” Sioux Falls 80. Police say it was hit by a westbound sport utility vehi- South Dakota showing that 48 through a specific population. cific sources of contamination, public health manager Sandy cle driven by 26-year-old Sara Barker, of Council Bluffs, syphilis cases were reported “Somebody goes some- “there’s so much personal Frentz said. “It’s part of the Iowa. in 2013. place, gets syphilis and brings choice involved.” picture of overall community Pete was pronounced dead at the scene. Barker was “Through most of the it home,” he said. “They’re Left untreated, the disease health. How can we impact 1990s and the 2000s, we didn’t having sex with somebody at can affect the liver, nervous community health through taken to an Omaha hospital. have any or one or two cases home, and it’s not recognized system and brain, and it can prevention and education?” The accident is being investigated. in a year,” Kightlinger told the right away. That person has be transmitted by pregnant Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Driver Dies In SE Nebraska Crash The most reports of the sexually transmitted disease tŝůůLJŽƵƌĐŚŝůĚƚƵƌŶϱLJĞĂƌƐŽůĚ GIBBON, Neb. (AP) — A rural Shelton woman has died were in the Sioux Falls area, after her vehicle rolled on a gravel road in south-central the largest population area in Nebraska. the state, with 23 cases, and ŽŶŽƌďĞĨŽƌĞ”ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌϭ͕ϮϬϭϰ͍ The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office says the accident Corson County, where the was reported at 11:50 p.m. Sunday and occurred just Standing Rock Reservation is northwest of Gibbon. located. Standing Rock re- GĨƐŽ͕iutŝƐƚŚĞƚŝŵĞƚŽƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌĨŽƌ The Sheriff’s Office says the woman was driving east ported 14 cases. when her vehicle ran into a roadside ditch and rolled. She Xƌ`Žƌ`ŝŶĚĞƌŐĂƌƚĞŶŝŶzĂŶŬƚŽŶ͊ was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name hasn’t been Construction Of released, pending notification of relatives. 8ŽůůŽǁƚŚĞƐĞĞĂƐLJƐƚĞƉƐƚŽĞŶƌŽůů͗ An autopsy has been ordered. Pulse Plant On ϭ  ʹ  ƚƚĞŶĚXƌ`ͬ`ŝŶĚĞƌŐĂƌƚĞŶuƉĞŶDŽƵƐĞŽŶ Violations Found At Lincoln Frat House Hold For Winter dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ͕XĂŶƵĂƌLJϯϬĂƚĂŶLJŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞϰzĂŶŬƚŽŶĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say fire code viola-  ƐĐŚŽŽůƐĨƌŽŵϰ͗ϬϬƉ͘ŵ͘Ͳϲ͗ϬϬƉ͘ŵ͘‡ŝĐŬƵƉLJŽƵƌƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƚŝŽŶ tions have forced the banning of residents from a fraternity HARROLD (AP) — Organiz- ers say construction is behind ƉĂĐŬĞƚĂƚƚŚĞuƉĞŶDŽƵƐĞ͘GĨLJŽƵĐĂŶ͛ƚĂƚƚĞŶĚƚŚĞuƉĞŶDŽƵƐĞ͕ house at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. schedule for a plant near the Fire Capt. Jim Bopp says a suspicious liquid was found central South Dakota town of ƚŚĞƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƚŝŽŶƉĂĐŬĞƚĐĂŶďĞƉŝĐŬĞĚƵƉĂƚĂŶLJŽĨƚŚĞ in the Sigma Nu basement on Sunday afternoon, and there Harrold that will process pulse ϰĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂĨƚĞƌXĂŶƵĂƌLJϯϬŽƌĐĂŶďĞ was a haze throughout the house when firefighters re- crops such as lentils, field peas sponded to an alarm. and chickpeas. 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