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man's fiancée had died a few days earlier after exhibiting many of the same symptoms. Rodents shed the virus in their urine, droppings and saliva. That material can be stirred with tiny dust particles and inhaled.
• Hantavirus is not spread through person-to-person contact, and rodent control is important to preventing the spread of the disease, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
• Through 2011, there were 587 reported cases of the disease in the United States, including 16 in South Dakota and 12 in North Dakota, according to the CDC.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A fundraiser to come up with the final $14,000

needed for a July 4 fireworks display this year in Sioux Falls is halfway to its goal.
• The Grand Falls Casino Resort began the fundraiser May 25 by giving its resort club members $10 in free play if they donated $10 to the Jaycees 4th of July Celebration Fund.
• The Argus Leader reports that as of June 3, the fund had nearly $7,200 donated by more than 650 people.
• KELO-TV reports that Minnehaha County Commissioners kicked in

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