By Mark Russell 
From: http://www.newser.com/story/166146/frozen-vultures-falling-from-sky-in-south-dakota.html
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LDCM satellite sees its birthplaces
Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States. It is appropriate, then, that the satellite’s early images include these views of the places that most contributed to its success: Greenbelt, Md.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.; and Sioux Falls, S.D. The images are considered engineering data—data that is helping scientists and engineers ensure that the satellite and its instruments are operating as designed.
Alice Cooper, Doors guitarist playing at academy
A pair of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers took the stage Thursday in South Dakota for the first show in a week of concerts benefiting a music academy for Sioux Falls Boys & Girls Clubs members.
Alice Cooper and guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors jammed with a who’s who of ’80s glam and metal to help christen the $3.6 million Brennan Rock & Roll Academy in Sioux Falls. Also performing: Joey Allen of Warrant, former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, and Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer of Kiss.
“These guys all know my songs, so I’ll be doing four or five of my songs, and then a couple of Doors songs,” Cooper told The Associated Press before the show.
He said he was looking forward to performing the late Jim Morrison‘s parts on “Break on Through (To the Other Side) and “Back Door Man.”
“I’m filling in for Jim tonight. I’ve done it many times,” Cooper said.
The all-star band also planned to perform some Kiss songs and a little Skid Row.
The $1,000-a-ticket concert is a fundraiser for the center, which is the brainchild of Sioux Falls native Chuck Brennan. Brennan, the founder of short-term lender Dollar Loan Center, based his idea on Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation in Phoenix.
Cooper said about 100 kids a night are flocking to his Solid Rock center, which opened about two years ago.
“If you take one kid out of a gang and get him involved in rock ‘n’ roll or get him involved in a guitar or bass or drums, you don’t just change that kid, you change the neighborhood,” he said.
The Sioux Falls academy has had the feel of an exclusive, intimate venue this week, but starting in April it will become the afternoon home for young people looking to learn or improve their skills in guitar, bass, drums, keyboards or vocals.
Lessons will be given in nine soundproof rehearsal rooms, five of which are wired to a professional mixing and recording studio. The four upstairs rehearsal rooms will honor Kiss, with each decorated as an homage to the band members’ characters: The Demon, Starchild, Catman and Spaceman.
Crews recover teen's body from icy S. Dakota river
Crews have recovered the body of a teenager who drowned in Sioux Falls after trying to save her 6-year-old brother from an icy river.
Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says 16-year-old Madison Leigh Wallace‘s body was found Friday afternoon.
Wallace jumped into the Big Sioux River at Falls Park on Thursday night after her 6-year-old brother either fell into the frothing water or became obscured by the gathering foam. Sideras has said Garrett Martin Wallace was not injured.
The body of a Sioux Falls man who jumped in to help, 28-year-old Lyle Francis Eagletail, has not been recovered.
Crews hunt for bodies of man, woman swept away while trying to save boy in icy South Dakota river
A man and a woman are presumed drowned after they were dragged away by a fast-moving, icy river in Sioux Falls as they tried to save a 6-year-old child.
Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras says emergency crews searching the Big Sioux River at Falls Park changed their focus from rescue to recovery early Friday.
Sideras says the woman was swept away by the frothing water as she tried to save the boy Thursday evening. The man jumped in to help and also disappeared. The boy emerged a short time later.
Sideras says the woman is related to the boy but is not his mother. Authorities have not released their identities.
Frontier Airlines Provides Travelers with Flexibility Due to Winter Storm
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Frontier Airlines Provides Travelers with Flexibility Due to Winter Storm
Airline allows passengers to change travel plans and waives change fees for travel to, from or through the Midwest, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Due to the expected impact of a winter storm, Frontier Airlines has enacted guidelines for travel to, from or through Allentown, Bismarck, Cedar Rapids, Chicago (Midway), Cleveland, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Fargo, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, Trenton and Washington D.C. This policy applies to customers scheduled to travel March 5-6, 2013, who purchased tickets on or before March 5, 2013.
Customers may make one itinerary change. Rules and restrictions regarding standard change fees, advance purchase, day or time applications, blackouts, and minimum or maximum stay requirements have been waived. Origin and destination cities must remain the same. Changes must be made by midnight, March 6, 2013. Travel to/from Allentown, Bismarck, Cedar Rapids, Chicago (Midway), Cleveland, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Fargo, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, Sioux Falls, Trenton and Washington D.C. must be completed by March 14, 2013. If customers would like to reschedule their travel after March 14, 2013, any difference in fares will be collected.
For more information or to check the status of a flight, please visit FlyFrontier.com.
About Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NAS: RJET) , an airline holding company that also owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Currently in its 19th year of operations, Frontier offers service to more than 80 destinations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The airline employs 4,500 aviation professionals, operating from its hub at Denver International Airport. For in-depth information on Frontier Airlines and to book tickets, visit FlyFrontier.com.
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Schools close as extreme cold grips upper Midwest
School districts across the upper Midwest are canceling classes as the region grapples with another day of extreme cold.
Dozens of Michigan school districts canceled classes. The wind chill made it feel like 35 below in the western Upper Peninsula early Tuesday morning.
The temperature in International Falls, Minn., near the Canadian border, was minus 30, headed to an expected high of 8 below. Schools there remained open, although others across northern Minnesota closed or started late.
Overnight temperatures in Sioux Falls, S.D., dropped to 9 below with the wind chill. Wisconsin authorities, meanwhile, are investigating whether exposure contributed to two deaths over the past three days.
Forecasters say waves of frigid Arctic air began moving over the region Saturday night. Temperatures are expected to rebound Wednesday.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox US News