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• Even so, Summit is considered a mid- to lower-major conference. Therefore, it needs to work harder to attract national attention than, say, Michigan or Alabama.
• "I think everybody has that branding challenge," said NDSU assistant athletic director Troy Goergen, who handles the department's marketing. "We're in the mode like a lot of schools are, trying to gain that notoriety."
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Three South Dakota firefighters killed in the line of duty last year will be honored at a national ceremony next month.
• Trampus Haskvitz, Jacob Waldner and William Waldner will be remembered during the 31st annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Md., on Oct. 7.
• The 23-year-old Haskvitz, of Buffalo Gap, died while fighting a forest fire in the Black Hills last August.
• Twenty-year-old Jacob Waldner and 22-year-old William Waldner with the Sunset Fire Department died in an explosion last September while they were helping fight a coal bin fire at the Sunset Hutterite Colony.
• The three are among 80 firefighters being honored during the memorial service on the grounds of the National Fire Academy.
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• WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Division of Insurance is liquidating a Watertown company because it is insolvent.
• Officials say a circuit court judge approved the liquidation order for Northern Plains Insurance Co., which is described as a company that specializes in offering high-risk auto insurance.
• State Insurance Director Merle Scheiber (SHY'-bur) says the liquidation order enables his agency to protect policy-holders, including paying any valid claims.
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