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• "They're one of the most successful teams in the league," Black said. "They're blowing the roof off the building every single night, and that's something that kind of intrigued us."
• Alex Kyrias, the NAHL's director of communications, said the league has thrived locating teams both in suburban outlying areas of bigger cities and in smaller cities such as Aberdeen, Brookings, Minot and Bismarck.
• "They're smaller, they're tight-knit," Kyrias said. "The team in those markets is usually in the forefront and the fan base is very loyal."
• Olson said fans new to junior hockey will enjoy attending Blizzard games.
• "They're going to see a fast-paced, very competitive physical game," he said. "It's

going to be a very entertaining game to watch."
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An orchard of fruit trees has been planted on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation as the result of a national program.
• The Communities Take Root program lets people vote online to decide which communities get fruit orchards. The program is sponsored by Dreyer's Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation.
• The orchard was planted in July in Ziebach County, which the U.S. Census Bureau says has the nation's highest poverty rate.
• Byron Buffalo, a minister in Bridger, applied to have the orchard planted in the community. He says the 30-tree orchard is part of a cooperative that also offers residents a vegetable garden and chicken coop.
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• KADOKA, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota corporation is one of 16 recipients of a federal grant to spur economic development.
• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the Jackson-Kadoka Economic Development Corporation is receiving a $99,000 grant. The money will be used to establish a revolving loan fund to assist small and emerging businesses.
• The money comes from a Department of Agriculture grant aimed at assisting small businesses as a way to spur economic development and create or save jobs.
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