Monday, 1.2.12 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net 10 the midwest PRESS DAKOTAN NEWS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] S.F. Fire Leads To Discovery Of A Meth Lab Powerball SIOUX FALLS (AP) — One of the first fires of the new year has led to the discovery of an apparent meth lab in Sioux Falls. KSFY TV reports that Sioux Falls Police and Fire Rescue were called to a fire about 6:45 a.m. Sunday. The fire was quickly extin- S.D. Backed Price Hike Early guished, but investigators then found components used in making meth in the apartment. Officials said it appears the fire was started BY KRISTI EATON AND DALE WETZEL “Because jackpots drive sales, hjem, who regulates the lottery, decided the state as a result of the meth manufacturing process. Associated Press would fight the increase. Police officers collected evidence at the scene. They said arrests we saw the move to the en- North Dakota was one of 10 states that wanted are expected in the future. SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota was one of the hanced Powerball game as a to keep the $1 ticket. Twenty-two states, including One resident of the apartment was treated for minor burns at a early states in favor of the Powerball lottery’s de- South Dakota, backed the higher price, according hospital. cision to double its ticket price from $1 to $2. The way to increase lottery revenues to Charles Strutt, director of the Multi-State Lot- reason? Higher price tickets mean larger prizes. for the state.” tery Association, an Iowa-based organization So says Norm Lingle, director of the South which administers the game. Daugaard Expects Debate On 1-Time Funding Dakota Lottery. NORM LINGLE The change will have some advantages, Miller PIERRE (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he expects the South “Because jackpots drive sales, we saw the said. The game’s minimum jackpot will rise from Dakota Legislature will extensively debate his proposals to use one- move to the enhanced Powerball game as a way $20 million to $40 million, and the prize for match- time money for some programs in next year’s budget. to increase lottery revenues for the state,” Lingle Until the state’s last budget year, which ended ing the five “white” numbers will quintuple, from The governor wants to increase state spending on school dis- said in an email to The Associated Press. June 30, Powerball has raked in more than half of $200,000 to $1 million. A ticket buyer who tricts, higher education, state employee salaries and health care. But The Dakotas were split on the increase: North North Dakota lottery players’ annual wagers. That matches the red Powerball number will win $4, in- much of that increased spending would be one-time additions that Dakota fought the price hike because its lottery changed in 2011, when the game accounted for stead of $3. would not be built into ongoing spending. officials worried the move could reduce ticket 42.8 percent of the state’s $23 million in lottery The $100 million jackpot threshold, which typ- Daugaard tells KCCR Radio in Pierre he expects lawmakers will sales by more than one-third. sales. ically gooses ticket sales, should be reached more discuss whether it’s appropriate to use one-time funds. “At this point, we’re uncertain what it’s going South Dakota gamblers spent $15.7 million on quickly with the more expensive tickets, Miller The governor says lawmakers seem to like his plan to give state to do,” North Dakota Lottery Director Randy Powerball tickets during the 2010 budget year, said. Miller said of the price rise, which takes effect Jan. which is the most recent data available, said Kelly Players who don’t want to spend $2 on one employees a 3 percent across-the-board raise next year, but some ticket may switch to Mega Millions, which will still question his proposal to give state workers a one-time bonus equal 15 in North Dakota, South Dakota and the 40 other Thompson, a South Dakota Lottery spokes- states where the game is offered. woman. offer $1 tickets, he said. to 5 percent of their salaries this year. “We’ve heard some good feedback,” Miller The lottery’s 2010 annual report says South A $2 Powerball ticket “will add to our product said. “But there are some others who are really Dakota gamblers wagered a total of $687.7 million mix,” Miller said. “It does give us some diversifica- NE Nebraska Needs Welders, Companies Say not in favor of it.” on lottery games during the year. Of that sum, tion.” During the North Dakota Lottery’s last budget $642.2 million was bet at video lottery terminals, Sioux Falls resident Todd Burns said he buys COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — There’s a growing shortage of welders year, which ended June 30, Powerball ticket sales which are ubiquitous in South Dakota. Powerball and Mega Millions tickets about once a in northeast Nebraska, which is driving up wages and benefits and plummeted 22 percent to $9.86 million. Miller at- Amber Wallenstein, a 31-year-old clerk at Free- week. increasing the competition for reliable workers. tributed some of the loss to competition from a dom Value Center in Sioux Falls, said that despite At $1 per ticket, it’s easy to convince himself The Columbus Telegram reports that the demand is expected to similar game, Mega Millions, which was intro- the national discussion about the price increase, that the money is pocket change, he said. rise by more than 6 percent between 2008 and 2018 in northeast Ne- duced in January 2010. she doesn’t think many people realize it’s coming. “The odds of winning right now are minuscule. braska. The lottery offers five multistate games — “When I mention it, they seem surprised,” said I play if I have an extra dollar with me,” Burns, 45, A Columbus wind turbine tower company, Katana Summit, last Powerball and Mega Millions, in which the odds of Wallenstein of Sioux Falls. “But they’ll still pay for said after checking to see if his Mega Millions tick- month had nearly 90 openings for welders and has been trying to re- winning are microscopic and the jackpots poten- it.” ets were winners at Freedom Valu Center, a con- cruit out of state. The company has raised its wages, overtime and tially huge, and Hot Lotto, 2by2 and Wild Card 2, North Dakota’s lottery advisory board split venience store and gas station in Sioux Falls. “At goal-based incentives to entice new workers. which have smaller payouts and more favorable last summer on whether to support raising the $2, it’s probably going to decrease the odds of me Teacher Gary Senff says that at Central Community College’s odds. Powerball price. Attorney General Wayne Stene- purchasing a ticket.” Columbus campus, interest in the college’s welding technology pro- gram has nearly tripled in the past couple years. Southeast Neb. Rollover Crash Kills Driver South Dakota Draws More Students Than It Loses PAWNEE CITY, Neb. (AP) — A 37-year-old man has died in the SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota attracts demic affairs for the South Dakota Board of Re- less expensive to attend school in South Dakota crash of a pickup he was driving early on New Year’s Day in south- more high school graduates from out of state to gents. than in Minnesota, he said. east Nebraska. attend college and technical schools than it “Each year, we do a better job of employing Turman said class sizes are declining in The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Jeffrey Krumme, of Jansen, loses to other states, and that could help fill cru- graduates in the state, wherever they come South Dakota high schools, so universities need crashed along Nebraska State Highway 8 about 1:25 a.m. just east of cial jobs in the future, officials said. from, and retaining those students to pursue fur- to attract students from out of state. the Gage County line in Pawnee County. The U.S. Education Department reports that ther degrees or take jobs in South Dakota,” Tur- The recruitment of out-of-state students is Pawnee County Sheriff Jayme Reed says in a news release that 2,134 students who graduated from high school man told the Argus Leader of Sioux Falls. also important because about a third of nonresi- Krumme was driving east when he lost control of the truck and it in other states in the 2007-2008 school year In 1996, South Dakota was losing about 175 dent students attending schools in South Dakota rolled, tossing him out. started in South Dakota postsecondary institu- more students to schools out of state than it stay in the state to start their careers, Turman Krumme was alone in the vehicle. The sheriff suspects speed was tions in the fall of 2008. That’s 570 more than the was bringing in, Turman said. The Board of Re- said. That beefs up South Dakota’s labor force, a factor in the crash, which is still being investigated. 1,564 South Dakota high school graduates who gents then decided to lower nonresident tuition he said. left the state to further their educations that and charge out-of-state students 150 percent of Turman said he believes South Dakota has year, the last for which statistics are available. what South Dakota resident students paid for tu- attracted more out-of-state students because Bags Of Soiled Adult Diapers Left On Streets With projections indicating that 41,000 jobs ition at state-run universities, and the migration universities are offering more graduate pro- will be created in South Dakota from 2008 trend began to reverse itself, he said.