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Skydive by SD governor postponed due to conditions
• MADISON, S.D. (AP) -- Low clouds derailed plans by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard to jump out of an airplane. • Daugaard planned to skydive Thursday night to fulfill a pledge to help raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, but the pilot decided conditions weren't safe enough. • It would have been the first jump for the 60-year-old governor. He says he'll reschedule it. • Daugaard pledged to jump with Madison Dairy Queen owner DeLon Mork if the restaurant sold more than 32,000 Blizzard treats during a recent nationwide fundraiser. The restaurant sold more than 38,000. •
Sturgis couple accused of scamming foreign workers
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A Sturgis couple has been indicted on federal charges of scamming Filipino migrant workers by making them pay fees in exchange for help getting temporary work visas. • Scott Kaubisch, 50, and Shiela Kaubisch, 53, who also goes by Maria Shiela Santos Kaubisch, ran Global Employment Agency Inc. and charged at least five workers between $500 and $4,000 for help in applying for H2-B visas, the Argus Leader reported (http://argusne.ws/1a9s0YP). • The visas allow foreign nationals to work in the U.S. under the sponsorship of an employer and it's illegal to charge fees to foreigners seeking them. • The Kaubishes were indicted Tuesday in federal court on four criminal counts: conspiring to defraud the United States, wire fraud, false swearing in an immigration matter and false statement. • The indictment alleges that the Kaubisches lied about charging fees to the workers when submitting documents to the departments of Labor and Homeland Security between 2009 and 2011. • The couple's employment agency already figured into a separate legal action involving temporary workers in Custer State Park Resort. • In 2012, the Department of Labor ordered the resort to pay $93,000 in back wages to 72 temporary employees. Labor claimed that Global Employment Agency (Continued on page 16)
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