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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Agriculture Department has set up a website to connect South Dakotans wanting to remove trees on their property with people looking for wood.
• It's called the Log Finder.
• The agency says a lot of wood ends up landfills. And besides homeowners, some sawmills are looking for hardwoods.
• The website address is http://sdda.sd.gov/conservation-forestry/biomass-utilization.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- A 14-piece trumpet and rhythm section group from Northern State University has been invited to perform at the International Trumpet Guild Conference later this month.
• Dominant 7 will play in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, May 20-24. The conference features dozens of internationally renowned artists and composers and numerous college ensembles.
• Dr. Grant Manhart, NSU professor of high brass and jazz studies, said the group was invited "due to its unique style, arrangements and performance ability."
• Dominant 7 has performed three times since 2006 at ITG conferences in Glassboro, New Jersey; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• The ITG is a nonprofit organization with 5,000 members, including amateur and professional trumpeters. This year marks the 39th annual conference.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the state used $56.2 million of one-time funds to make a dent in the state's bonds.
• The payoff was outlined by Daugaard in his budget address and in a piece of legislation that passed in the 2014 session with nearly unanimous support. The law that authorized the payments took effect immediately.
• The state has prepaid $5 million of bonds and $8.4 million of interest.
• An additional $42.8 million of state bonds will now be managed and the contract then dissolved through First National Bank of Sioux Falls.
• The state's recent payments make up 16 percent of all outstanding bonds through the South Dakota Building Authority. The Authority is a part of state govern

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