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that she would be in South Dakota during the summer and he should stop by if ever in the area.
• Connor appeared to be fine during their short visit last month, she added.
• Conner had appeared in a video posted Thursday on YouTube that showed him in a room talking directly into a camera and saying he "was not kidnapped."
• "I came on my own will," the boy said in the video. "The reason I came is because I just wanted to get away from my old life and start a new one."
• Bezotte said it appeared Connor was coached in the video.
• The criminal complaint said Grabowski was planning to leave the U.S. and establish a new life of his own in Costa Rica.
• "Grabowski has apparently abandoned his residence in Livingston County and efforts to contact him have been unsuccessful," FBI special agent Robert Schmitz wrote in an affidavit accompanying the complaint.
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Brookings Blizzard play first game at Larson
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The puck drops for the first time Friday night for the newly relocated Brookings Blizzard, who play host to the Bismarck Bobcats in a North American Hockey League exhibition game.
• The contest at Larson Ice Center is the first for the junior hockey team, which announced the move from Alexandria, Minn., to the city of just over 22,000 in April.
• The regular season opens Sept. 12-15 with the multi-team NAHL Showcase in Blaine, Minn. Brookings is scheduled to face the Johnstown Tomahawks, the Springfield Jr. Blues, the Soo Eagles and the Wenatchee Wild during the four-day tournament.
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Crop production in Dakotas at different extremes
BLAKE NICHOLSON,Associated Press
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Keith Deutsch and Chad Blindauer both work the land in the Dakotas, one in the north and one in the south, producing crops that help feed a hungry nation. Most years they deal with comparable weather and similar production problems, but this year is shaping up to be unlike most others.
• North Dakota anticipates dramatic production increases in many crops as farmers rebound from last year's flooding, while South Dakota expects precipitous production drops due to devastating drought. It's an interesting contrast for two rural states whose economies rely heavily on agriculture.
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