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winds that can carry the smoke long distances.
• The meteorologist expected the haze to last through Wednesday.
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Pressler invites Obama to SD to talk health care
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Independent U.S. Senate candidate Larry Pressler is inviting President Barack Obama to South Dakota for a conference on the president's signature health care law.
• The former Republican senator on Tuesday sent a letter inviting Obama to Pressler's hometown of Humboldt to talk about how to fix the act so it fits rural and small-town South Dakota.
• He says despite pleas from many Republicans to repeal the law, the country has passed the legislation and lawmakers need to build on it and make it better.
• Pressler says he'd be surprised if Obama accepts the open invitation, but he'd host the conference even after the November election.
• Pressler, former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds, Democrat Rick Weiland and independent Gordon Howie are seeking the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson.
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Autopsy shows RC man died of blunt force trauma
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Preliminary autopsy results for a Rapid City man who was found dead in an alley indicate he died from blunt force trauma and strangulation.
• Officers found 47-year-old Myron Rock in an alley behind the Cold Stone Creamery in Rapid City on Sunday morning.
• Police have charged 18-year-old Michael hand with one count of second-degree murder. Hand made his initial court appearance in Pennington County Tuesday morning. His bail was set at $500,000.
• Police spokeswoman Tarah Heupel says police were initially called around 5:30 a.m. Hand and another man had entered a Walgreens in Rapid City and told an employee to call 911. After speaking with both men, officers found Rock in the nearby alley. He was badly beaten.
• Heupel says full autopsy results for Rock may take several weeks.
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