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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Sanford Health and Medcenter One have completed a merger.
• The two organizations say in a news release that it was completed after North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN'-juhm) signed off on a review.
• That was the last remaining government review necessary.
• Sanford is based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D. Medcenter One is based in the North Dakota capital of Bismarck.
• Medcenter One will now operate under the Sanford Health Name. All Medcenter locations will continue to provide care, and all staff will remain.
• The transition process is expected to continue over the next year.
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Pierre man guilty of killing hawks on his property
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Pierre man has been found guilty of four counts of unlawfully taking migratory birds.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 69-year-old Charles M. Ross has been convicted following a federal court trial in Pierre.
• Prosecutors say Ross told employees at his lodge to shoot any hawks they saw in an effort to protect the pheasants released on his property and hunted by commercial clients.
• Ross faces six months in prison and a $15,000 fine.
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Fireworks banned in Pennington County
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Fireworks and open burning have been banned within Pennington County as the fire danger reaches an extreme level.
• The Pennington County Board of Commissioners passed an emergency resolu (Continued on page 22)
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