• MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- The Mitchell City Council has approved plans for a $7.2 million renovation and expansion of the city's Corn Palace tourist attraction.
• Council members voted 7-0 on Monday night to approve the two-phase plan, which includes color-changing domes, larger murals and a walk-out balcony above the marquee. Architectural designs will now be created.
• The plan's first phase involves improving the current Corn Palace, at a cost of $4.1 million. The $3.1 million second phase involves renovating the City Hall building, which is connected to the north side of the Corn Palace and will be vacated when a new city hall is built in another area.
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• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Two Native American groups are promoting the director of North Dakota State University's master of public health program to become the next U.S. surgeon general.
• The National Indian Health Board and the National Congress of American Indians included Donald Warne as one of four nominees for the post. The list has been presented to President Barack Obama.
• Warne helped establish the master of public health program at NDSU. He serves as a consultant for American Indian Health Management and Policy and adviser for Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board.
• A native of Kyle, S.D., Warne is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, based on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
• Warne earned his medical degree from Stanford and a master's of public health from Harvard.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is going social.
• The statewide court system has announced that is has started several social media accounts to make it easier for people to receive updates.
• The court system is now on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and YouTube.
• State Court Administrator Patricia Duggan says using social media will help the

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