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• The workshop at the Lead High School Auditorium runs Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. MDT. Information will be presented on the how, when and why of treating infested trees this fall and winter.
• State forester Ray Sowers says the 2013 mountain pine beetle flight is coming to an end, and it's time to deal with newly infested trees.
• The workshop is presented by forest entomologists of the U.S. Forest Service and South Dakota State University professor and forestry specialist John Ball. The researchers have been working on the issue since the beginning of the current beetle epidemic.
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Man surrenders after Sioux Falls standoff
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A burglary suspect barricaded himself in a northern Sioux Falls house for several hours before surrendering to police.
• Sheriff Mike Milstead says that when negotiations failed Wednesday afternoon, a flash bang was used to create a diversion to get 36-year-old David Jeremy Neuroth Jr. out of the home.
• He gave up peacefully and nobody was injured.
• Neuroth had been wanted for a home break-in Tuesday night. He was found Wednesday at the home of his cousin, who got out safely.
• The sheriff says authorities were cautious when approaching the home because Neuroth had used a gun in the earlier crime.
• The roads were blocked in the area of North Golden Nugget Avenue and E. 70th Street during the standoff that also impacted the dismissal at some Brandon Valley schools.
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Government shutdown's hit magnified for tribes
MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AP) -- American Indian tribes have more than access to national parks on the line with the government shutdown, as federal funding has been cut off for crucial services including foster care payments, nutrition programs and financial assistance for the needy.
• For the 13,000 members of southeast Montana's Crow Tribe, the budget impasse had immediate and far-reaching effects: Tribal leaders furloughed more than 300 workers Wednesday, citing the shutdown and earlier federal budget cuts.
• As a result, tribal programs including home health care for the elderly and disabled, bus service for rural areas, and a major irrigation project were suspended in (Continued on page 15)
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