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Wheat Growers gives $50K for new 4-H hall at fair
• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- A grain and agronomy cooperative in South Dakota has given $50,000 to the state fairgrounds to build a new 4-H exhibit hall.
• The state's Department of Agriculture on Monday announced the donation from the cooperative Wheat Growers.
• State officials have raised more than $2.2 million toward the $4 million project.
• The proposed 47,000-square-foot hall will feature multiple classrooms, a large kitchen for 4-H special food competitions, year-round concessions and a performance stage.
• The building that used to host some of those events was demolished last year. It had been built in the 1950s.
• Fair officials expect construction to begin in the spring of 2015. The project should be finished by the end of the summer.
• Officials earlier this month announced a $1 million donation from a Huron businessman.
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4 dead as plane crashes at South Dakota wind farm
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A small airplane heading back to South Dakota after a Texas cattle sale crashed into a wind farm in foggy weather, killing the pilot and three passengers.
• Elizabeth Cory, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the Piper 32 was traveling from Hereford, Texas, to Gettysburg, South Dakota. The single-engine plane was registered to Donald J. "D.J." Fischer of Gettysburg, according to the FAA.
• The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, but authorities have not released any details on the crash.
• Authorities have not released the names of the victims, but Luce Funeral Home confirmed that Fischer, the 30-year-old pilot, died. Lien Funeral Home confirmed the deaths of cattlemen Brent Beitelspacher, of Bowdle, and Logan Rau, of Java.
• The funeral home handling arrangements for the fourth victim said it could not release any information.
• The three passengers were in Hereford to attend a sale of live cattle and embryos, primarily for the production of show steers, said Mike Mimms, a veterinarian who runs the annual event.
• Mimms, who performs cattle embryo transfers, said he has probably bought (Continued on page 15)
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