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• "If the rain would happen to keep the central corn belt waterlogged as it is through early June then I think producers are going to have some tough decisions to make," said Cekander, who also farms in Illinois. "Do they stay with the corn or not? We've got a little more time here to chip away at that before it's really crunch time."
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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Dakotas-based Sanford Health is expanding its air ambulance helicopter service to the Bismarck region.
• Sanford AirMed operates a fleet of four helicopters and four airplanes from bases in Bismarck and Fargo in North Dakota, Sioux Falls in South Dakota and Bemidji in Minn.
• The Bismarck helicopter service is scheduled to start in June, serving patients in central and western North Dakota as well as parts of South Dakota and Montana.
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• SD farmers get spring planting break from governor
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota farmers are being allowed to move over-wide fertilizer application vehicles on roads during nighttime hours through the rest of the month.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard has issued an executive order extending the hours of travel in response to the delayed spring planting season due to cold and snowy weather.
• Over-wide vehicles must not exceed 12 feet in width and must be equipped with warning lights. The vehicles also are not allowed to exceed road weight limits.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota legislator Ralph Homan has died.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard says Homan died on Wednesday in Mitchell. He was 84.
• Homan was a Mount Vernon resident when he served two terms in the South Dakota House of Representatives, from 1983-86.
• Daugaard has ordered flags lowered to half-staff at the state Capitol on Monday, the day of Homan's funeral at the Bittner Funeral Chapel in Mitchell.
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• WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Federal authorities say they have busted a drug and gun ring in South Dakota.

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