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tional Guard may help with site preparation work, Matt said.
• Sen. Corey Brown, R-Gettyburg, said lawmakers want to make sure the redesigned facility provides high quality care to veterans who are patients there.
• "We haven't cut any corners that we think are going to reduce the quality of care. We think it's going to be a great facility," Matt said. "Our No. 1 priority is to provide really great care for these patients. We don't think this jeopardizes that in any way."
• Rep. Susan Wismer, D-Britton, noted that officials have been able to cut project costs considerably.
• "That just seems like a pretty big cut for accomplishing the same thing. I hope it works," Wismer said.
• Daugaard had intended to call the Legislature into a special session in June to approve up to $10 million in additional spending on the project, but he canceled the special session after the federal Veterans Administration extended a $23.6 million grant to give the state more time to make design changes and finalize construction plans.
• Matt said he's confident the VA will approve the design changes.
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Thief gets away with $4,000 of fair wristbands
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City police are looking for a thief who stole about $4,000 in carnival ride wristbands from a ticket booth at the Central States Fairgrounds.
• It happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
• Capt. Jay Evenson said a young man reached through an open door at the booth and snatched a bag with about 100 wristbands then ran away.
• The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/12pEVkB ) that the $42 wristbands guarantee unlimited rides until they expire at 9 p.m. Friday.
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No hearing Thursday in beef plant bankruptcy case
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A planned hearing on a South Dakota beef packing plant's request to obtain secured credit is off the calendar.
• Bankruptcy Judge Charles Nail in Sioux Falls had denied Northern Beef Packers' plan for post-petition financing and continued the hearing to Thursday, but Northern Beef withdrew its motion last week.
• The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month and needs an approved plan before it could proceed with hiring an investment banking firm to pursue a sale of the Aberdeen plant.
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