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Bakken Conference will feature discussions on infrastructure planning, landowner issues and how businesses can best benefit from the boom that is moving south. It will be held at the Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center.
• North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness says at least one North Dakota drilling operator is starting to drill in South Dakota to save on costs.
• Sturgis businessman Branden Bestgen is organizing the conference. He says there needs to be a bigger push in South Dakota to take advantage of the oil boom opportunities.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Rapid City woman's lawsuit seeking to have her name added to the primary ballot for the Republican nomination to run for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat was delayed again Tuesday when a circuit judge granted her request that he remove himself from the case.
• State officials say Stephanie Strong waited too long to file the lawsuit, and it's already too late to change the ballots because early voting for the June 5 primary has already started.

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