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• They're seeking the party's nomination in the June 3 primary for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson.
• Sioux Falls business owner Rick Weiland is the lone Democratic candidate.
• Former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler, former state lawmaker Gordon Howie and Clayton Walker are the independents on the November ballot.
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ND launches national workforce recruitment effort
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota officials have officially launched a national campaign designed to attract workers to the state to fill thousands of open jobs.
• The state's Economic Development Foundation on Wednesday announced the official kick off of the so-called "Find the Good Life in North Dakota" campaign.
• The effort will rely on media advertising and a state website.
• The $800,000 campaign is being paid equally by tax-supported state funds and a donation by an oil company. Sanford Health and the sporting goods store Scheels each also gave $50,000 to the effort.
• Officials say there are about 25,000 more jobs than takers in oil-rich North Dakota at present and the number is expected to increase.
• Digital ads are targeting primarily 15 states including Alaska, Illinois, Ohio and South Dakota.
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South Dakota sexually transmitted disease rates up
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Figures for the first four months of this year show that rates of some sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in South Dakota.
• State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger said syphilis rates haven't been this high since the 1970s. HIV rates are reaching levels not seen since the 1980s.
• HIV rates are up 129 percent through April this year compared to the 5-year median.
• South Dakota typically has high rates of chlamydia and the rate is 18 percent higher so far this year than the 5-year median. About 168 of every 100,000 South Dakotans have chlamydia.
• Syphilis rates are up more than one thousand percent so far this year compared to the 5-year median. There are 43 cases of syphilis in the state so far this year. There were 49 cases for all of 2013.
• Syphilis affects 5.3 out of every 100,000 nationally and 5.2 out of every 100,000 in South Dakota.
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