• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls-based company that provides Internet services to hotels and other industries searching for a new CEO.
• The Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/LX6VUq) that Scott Peterson is leaving the post after 25 years with the company. He will remain on LodgeNet's board of directors.
• R. Douglas Bradbury, LodgeNet's chairman of the board, says the company has made significant strides under Petersen in a challenging economic environment.
• The company's earnings have struggled in recent years, although some analysts

predict a return to profitiability in 2013.
• Board member Phillip Spencer has been appointed interim president and CEO.
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• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota authorities say a body recovered in the Missouri River Saturday could be that of a Nebraska man who went missing a week ago.
• Authorities say the body was found Saturday afternoon about one mile east of Discovery Bridge in Yankton.
• Yankton police say clothing found on the body fits the description of the missing man, 47-year-old Jeffrey Potts of Crofton, Neb.
• An autopsy is scheduled Monday.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Storms brought hail and strong winds to parts of eastern South Dakota, causing damage.
• The National Weather Service says wind blew over a pickup truck towing a trailer on Interstate 29 north of Peever on Sunday night. In Big Stone City, trees were uprooted, power lines were knocked down and some buildings were damaged.
• Hail fell throughout the region and there were reports of funnel clouds, including one that the weather service says might have touched down briefly near Peever.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Office of Highway Safety is encouraging motorcycle owners to join the national Ride to Work Day on Monday.
• Laura Snow, motorcycle safety coordinator for the Office of Highway Safety, says

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