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• South Dakota state apiarist Bob Reiners says the bulk of the state's honey crop was likely made by bees in the early part of the summer before temperatures cooled.
• Bonnie Woodworth of the North Dakota Beekeepers Association says conditions have been good in the western and northern parts of the state, but eastern North Dakota has suffered from a lack of forage and warmth.
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Authorities search for woman who took 4 children
• HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Authorities say a woman may be headed to South Dakota with her four children who are not in her custody.
• The Montana Department of Justice issued a Missing/Endangered Person advisory Tuesday at the request of the Helena Police Department.
• The agency identified the mother as 36-year-old Jennifer Marie Raymond. She is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 150 pounds.
• The children are two sets of twins. Melena Marie Frost and Rena Ruth Frost are 7 years old, and each is 4 feet, 1 inch tall and 50 pounds.
• Therron Joseph Frost and Tanner Lane Frost are 8 and the same height and weight as their sisters.
• Authorities say Raymond may be driving a blue 2003 Honda Pilot or a green 1996 Toyota Avalon and may be headed to Spearfish, S.D.
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SD task force finishes Medicaid expansion study
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An expansion of South Dakota's Medicaid program would improve health care for thousands of low-income people and could boost the state economy, but it also could put a strain on medical providers and increase state spending, a task force decided Tuesday.
• The task force, appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard to study the issue, was set up to identify the advantages and disadvantages of expanding Medicaid. After some last-minute changes are made to its approximately 40-page draft report, the task force findings will be used by Daugaard and the South Dakota Legislature as they decide whether to expand the state-federal program that provides health care for low income people.
• Task Force Chair Deb Bowman, a senior aide to the governor, said the 29 members of the panel did a good job of studying the issue without allowing their personal opinions to interfere during a series of four meetings over the past five months.
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