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busses.
• She said the bus system is especially helpful for older residents, who account for about one-third of the adult passengers.
• "I think it has just showed them they have independence," she said, noting that buses are wheelchair-accessible and drivers will pick up the disabled at their home.
• "It's like curb side pickup without the curb," she said
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota has been awarded a $5.9 million federal grant to continue research into the possibility of a state-run health insurance exchange.
• But Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the state will continue to wait for the outcome of the lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul before deciding whether to pursue a state-run exchange.
• The state applied for the United States Department of Health and Human Services grant in March 2012.
• South Dakota has not decided whether to pursue a state-run health insurance exchange.
• Daugaard says receiving the grant does not change its plans.
• The governor says the best case for South Dakota would be if the Supreme Court overturns the bill in its entirety. He says if that doesn't happen.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's winter wheat production is forecast to be down 14 percent from last year.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its May Crop Report that the forecast for 2012 is 57.2 million bushels, down from 66.8 bushels in 2011.
• The 2012 winter wheat yield is forecast at 44 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from last year.
• But harvested acreage is estimated at 1.3 million acres, down 290,000 acres from 2011. And planted acreage at 1.35 million acres is down 18 percent from the previous year.
• Across the country, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.69 billion bushels, up 13 percent from 2011.
• Quarterly milk production in South Dakota totaled 492 million pounds, up 7 per

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