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by the public.
• "In terms of testing the process, I think we have a winner," LaPlante said.
• Hansen said some people were worried that the board was creating a new bureaucracy to spend taxpayers' dollars, but the board members are working on the renaming process in addition to their regular state jobs without getting paid extra.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State Veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven (OH'-dih-koh-vihn) says more than 40 cattle herds in southeastern South Dakota have been reported with signs of illness that include fever, ulcers in the mouth, excessive salivation and lameness when walking.
• Oedekoven says laboratory tests indicate some ill cattle have been exposed to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, known as EHD. He says the hemorrhagic disease rarely affects cattle, but the state's deer population is currently experiencing an epidemic.
• The EHD virus is spread by biting midges. Oedekoven says death is rare in affected cattle herds, but insect control helps prevent the risk of infection in cattle. He says the virus in not known to infect people.
• Oedekoven says farmers and ranchers who notice signs of illness in their cattle should contact a veterinarian immediately.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police have arrested a man who had barricaded himself inside an apartment for several hours on charges of rape and assault.
• Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the man was arrested on the charges at a Sioux Falls apartment Thursday afternoon after a two-hour standoff. Clemens says the man assaulted a 32-year-old woman at a local hotel on Tuesday and then followed her to her residence, where he sexually assaulted her on Wednesday.
• Police say the woman was unable to get away from the man until Thursday morning. When officers went to the scene to question the man, he barricaded himself inside until authorities convinced him to exit.
• The Argus Leader reports that the two were a former couple.
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