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• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- A Huron public safety panel has delayed making any recommendation on a proposal to ban driving while texting in the eastern South Dakota city.
• KOKK Radio reports (http://bit.ly/THfl70 ) that the Huron Public Safety Committee will not make a recommendation until it can review data from states that have passed bans on texting while driving.
• Huron Police Chief Gary Will Jr. says the proposed ban is based on the wording of a texting ban passed last week by the Sioux Falls City Council. The Sioux Falls ban on sending and receiving electronic messages within city limits is prompting other South Dakota cities to consider similar measures.
• Beadle County Sheriff Doug Solem says a ban could mean officers spend more time in court if drives who get tickets deny they were texting.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- The city of Huron has agreed to accept some waste material from the Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen.
• Huron will be paid $32.50 per ton of paunch, the undigested food in the belly of animals when they are slaughtered.
• Brown County commissioners this summer asked the plant to consider alternatives to the county landfill because of the waste's odor. At the Huron landfill, the paunch will be included in a composting program.
• The $109 million beef plant being built south of Aberdeen has been delayed by numerous problems, from lawsuits to flooding. Construction is nearly done but officials have yet to announce an opening date.
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• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota State University remains atop the Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll this week, after a 22-7 weekend win over Colorado State, a Football Bowl Subdivision team.
• But the defending FCS champion Bison, who are off this week, got bad news Monday when an MRI confirmed that starting safety Colten Heagle suffered a torn knee ligament Saturday. He is out for the season.

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