• ANDOVER, S.D. (AP) -- Fire has destroyed a building at the Taylor Honey Co. in the northeastern South Dakota town of Andover.
• Officials say the Sunday afternoon fire started in the engine of a fuel-powered pump that two workers were using. One man was treated at the scene for minor burns.
• Firefighters contained the blaze to the honey company building but a few homes nearby were evacuated as a precaution.
• The building contained beeswax, honeycombs and other items. Business owner Paul Taylor says the honey harvest has wrapped up and all of the company's honey had already been shipped out.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is urging military personnel to register soon to vote in the November election.

• Daugaard says the deadline to register to vote in South Dakota is Oct. 22.
• The governor says members of the military serve around the world to defend freedom, and one of those freedoms is the right to vote.
• Daugaard says military personnel and their family members should register to vote and apply for absentee ballots immediately. They can complete a Federal Post Card Application that lets them register and request an absentee ballot in one step.
• Information about voter registration and absentee ballots in South Dakota is available at the secretary of state's website at http://sdsos.gov/Elections/Default.aspx
• Information about the Federal Post Card Application is available online at http://www.heroesvote.org/the-time-is-now/

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