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winds of 113 mph to 157 mph, appears to have damaged dozens of homes in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood and more than 23,000 homes and businesses lost power, the National Weather Service said Thursday. A utility worker for Ameren Missouri was electrocuted while helping to repair damage, the company said.
• In the upper Midwest over the past couple of days, heavy, wet snow, ice and wind have left thousands of homes and businesses without power. In the Nebraska Panhandle, a woman died Tuesday when she tried to trudge through a blinding snowstorm from her disabled car to her house a mile away.
• In Michigan's Lower Peninsula, authorities said Thursday that flooding from heavy rain and melting snow sent some rivers over their banks and closed roads.
• In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton declared a state of emergency Thursday after a spring snowstorm heaped more headaches on the southwestern corner of the state, where communities are still struggling to restore power following an ice storm earlier in the week. Officials said it might be early next week before electricity was restored in the southwest.
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• Associated Press writers Jim Suhr and Jim Salter in St. Louis; Jeff Amy in Jackson, Miss.; Blake Nicholson in Bismarck, N.D.; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; Gretchen Ehlke in Milwaukee; David Runk in Detroit; and Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Ala., contributed to this report.
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Dakotas might be in store for another bad storm
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A major spring storm with freezing rain and heavy snow is moving out of the Dakotas, but another one might be right on its heels.
• The National Weather Service says a system might bring freezing rain and as much as a foot of snow to North Dakota this weekend. Expected strong winds could create near-blizzard conditions and make travel hazardous. The rain and snow could extend into parts of South Dakota.
• A three-day storm that hit South Dakota this week dumped as much as 30 inches of snow in the western part of the state and freezing rain in the east. More than 17,000 people remain without electricity in the region.
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Rep. Noem co-sponsor of bill allowing comp time
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Rep. Kristi Noem of South Dakota has joined in introducing a bill that would allow private-sector businesses to offer employees a choice be (Continued on page 17)
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