• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Health Department will work with hospitals, clinics and other facilities in a statewide training exercise for dealing with disease outbreaks and other emergencies.
• The training exercise will be conducted Thursday and will involve a mock outbreak of Hantavirus, a viral infection spread by mice and rats.
• Bill Chalcraft of the state Health Department says the training exercise is a practice run for responding to an actual emergency. He says the exercise gives officials a chance to test response plans that include communication, hospital evacuation,

and the management of resources and volunteers.
• The federal Department of Homeland Security and many local, regional and state emergency managers will take part in the training exercise.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Business owners and tourism

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