• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A manufacturing company based in Elko, Minn., has announced it will relocate to South Dakota.
• South Dakota economic development officials say American Engineered Products plans to hire 15 to 20 employees when it relocates to De Smet. The company makes telescoping flag poles and slot machine bases.
• Gov. Dennis says the company's decision to move to South Dakota is a testament to the state's business-friendly environment. He says more businesses are realizing that South Dakota has quality workers and offers an impressive lifestyle.
• Audrey Saylor, the company's vice president of operations, says American Engineered Products wanted to move to a mid-sized community in South Dakota where it could cut its production costs. She says De Smet has an available building, and the company will begin operations there by Nov. 1.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Film buffs across the Great Plains will be in cinema heaven starting Thursday as the sixth annual South Dakota Film Festival kicks off in Aberdeen.
• The four-day event will feature more than 30 films in a variety of categories tied to the Great Plains Region.
• This year's event will feature Jane Rosenthal, who co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival with Robert De Niro, and actor Graham Greene, who is known for his role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 films "Dances with Wolves," which was filmed in South Dakota, among other special guests.
• Greene will take part in a "Thunderheart" retrospective at the festival. The 1992 film was shot in South Dakota.
• Full passes to the festival cost $36, while VIP passes are $120. Individual sessions are $12.
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• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- The Black Hills communities of Spearfish, Belle Fourche and Sturgis are welcoming home 160 South Dakota Army National Guard

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