• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A blaze at a particle board plant in Rapid City was quickly knocked down by employees and firefighters.
• Officials say the Tuesday fire at the Dakota Panel plant happened in a structure used to collect dust from a processing area. Employees used on-site fire hoses to contain the flames to the structure until firefighters arrived. The blaze was knocked down in about half an hour.
• No one was hurt.
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• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting at his fiancée has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley says 39-year-old Ronald Berens

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