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Classmates help SD boy who got liver transplant
• PARKSTON, S.D. (AP) -- A first-grade class in Parkston has raised $6,570 at a lemonade stand to help a classmate who got a liver transplant last week.
• KELO-TV reports (http://bit.ly/QNEuZh ) that the going rate for a cup of lemonade was around $20 on Saturday as the students traded donations for drinks to benefit their classmate, Landon Bueber.
• The seven-year-old boy's liver started failing around Labor Day, and he is scheduled to remain in a hospital for a couple of weeks. His parents will likely spend several weeks with their son at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
• The first-grade class has done more than operate the lemonade stand to make money. Last week, the 16 students donated more than $100.
• The boy's aunt, Mary Hohn, says some kids emptied their piggybanks to give money.
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SD inmate apprehended after reported missing
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota prison inmate has been apprehended after leaving the State Penitentiary without authorization.
• The state Corrections Department reports that Gregory Lewandowski left the minimum-security unit in Sioux Falls, but was caught later Saturday while walking along Interstate 29 north of Sioux Falls.
• The 47-year-old Lewandowski is serving a sentence of nearly 10 years, with three years suspended, for a fifth offense of driving while intoxicated. The conviction was in Day County.
10 Things to Know for Today
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
• 1. THE BALLOT'S IN THE MAIL
• Early voting for the U.S. presidential race has begun and at least a third of voters are expected to lock in their choice before Nov. 6.
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