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Cinco De Mayo Fiesta This Weekend

Chad McKenzie — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:31:02 +0000

If you're making plans for the weekend, the Cinco De Mayo Fiesta is Saturday at Falls Park.

Man Who Drowned Trying to Save Boy Remembered

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:11:30 +0000

RAPID CITY - A man who drowned while trying to save a 6-year-old boy from an icy South Dakota river was remembered for his kindness and infectious personality.

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Funeral Held for Falls Park Drowning Victim Madison Wallace

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:20:54 +0000

VERMILLION - Friends and family gathered in Vermillion to say goodbye to a teenager who drowned in Sioux Falls while trying to rescue her younger brother.

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Sioux Falls Officials to Discuss Falls Park Safety

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:50:32 +0000

SIOUX FALLS - Sioux Falls officials plan to review safety measures at Falls Park after the recent drowning deaths of two people in the Big Sioux River.

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Mom Says Son Who Died in River was 'Biggest Hero'

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:24:53 +0000

SIOUX FALLS - The mother of a man who died in an icy South Dakota river while trying to save a 6-year-old boy says she thinks of her son as "the biggest hero."

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Sioux Falls Emergency Official Urges Water Safety

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:23:00 +0000

SIOUX FALLS - Emergency officials in Sioux Falls are trying to raise awareness of water safety after two people drowned in the Big Sioux River last week.

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Fund Set Up for Teen Who Drowned Trying Save Brother at Falls Park

Crash — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:13:27 +0000

A fund has been set up for Madison Wallace, the Vermillion teenager who lost her life saving her little brother in the Big Sioux River in Falls Park Thursday.

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Lighting of Falls Rescheduled Due to Rescue Effort

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:43:20 +0000

SIOUX FALLS - The annual lighting of The Falls green to mark St. Patrick's Day in Sioux Falls has been rescheduled in light of a search effort for a man who is presumed dead after drowning.

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Drownings Didn't Have to Happen

Gene Hetland — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:29:42 +0000

The two drownings at Falls Park are a tragedy, and there's no doubt about it.

Two people trying to help rescue a six-year-old boy from the water, one of them the boy's 16-year-old sister, are lost

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