Friday,  June 8, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 330 • 13 of 33 •  Other Editions

Rain and strong winds cause damage in the Dakotas

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Thunderstorms brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the Dakotas, flooding streets and damaging buildings and vehicles.
• In South Dakota, Mobridge Police Chief Justin Jungwirth tells the American News that wind gusts of nearly 80 mph blew down the screen at a drive-in movie theater and blew the roof off another building.
• In North Dakota, WDAY-TV reports that high winds blew over a semitrailer on Interstate 29 north of Fargo. The driver wasn't injured.
• Other damage included street flooding in the southwest North Dakota city of

Dickinson and hail and wind damage in southwest South Dakota.
• The National Weather Service says more thunderstorms are possible in the two states through the weekend.

Injured hiker rescued in Badlands National Park

• INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) -- Officials used a helicopter to rescue a Penn

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