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• MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) -- The sweltering heat hasn't turned away visitors to popular attractions in South Dakota.
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial spokeswoman Maureen McGee-Ballinger says visitor numbers remained steady on Tuesday, when the temperature reached 98. This ties the record.
• She says memorial officials were reminding visitors to drink plenty of water and take breaks in the shade.
• About 20 miles away at the Crazy Horse Memorial, Ruth Ziolkowski (jew-uhl-KUFF'-skee) was celebrating her 86th birthday and the 136th anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn with a dynamite night blast on the mountain carving.
• Ziolkowski, who is Crazy Horse president, says many of the visitors seemed to ignore the sweltering heat and were busy enjoying their vacation.
• Rapid City reached 106 on Tuesday, shattering the previous record of 101 set in 1931.
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Utilities Commission said Wednesday, after farmers in the Dakotas lost $4 million selling sunflowers to Anderson Seed Co.
• Chairman Chris Nelson and Vice Chairman Kristie Fiegen are proposing changes to state law that would require grain buyers to provide a current financial statement when they apply for a license, one given under the penalty of perjury. Buyers also would be required to notify the commission if they fall out of compliance with the financial requirements for licensing, Nelson said.
• The financial statement that Anderson Seed provided for its license renewal in June-July 2011 was nine months old, he said.
• "There are some state laws that can be changed, that can be bolstered to give the Public Utilities Commission some better tools to detect deter financial conditions sooner than what we were able to with Anderson Seed," Nelson said during a teleconference Wednesday.
• The proposed bill would also revise the structure of bond amounts that companies must post to receive licenses. The PUC won a judge's approval to use the

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