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dows on Oct. 14, a Riverside Cemetery tour on Oct. 21 and an Oct. 28 viewing of film footage of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 trip to Pierre for the dedication of the Oahe Dam.
• Daugaard says archives have an important role in preserving the state's history. He says the month is a chance for archival repositories across the state to spread the word about their collections.
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SD Supreme Court to hear arguments in Berget case
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A lawyer for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a prison guard and was sentenced to death earlier this year is appealing the sentence to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• The state Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in the case of 50-year-old Rodney Berget. Berget pleaded guilty to killing guard Ronald Johnson on his 63rd birthday in April 2011 at the state penitentiary during a botched prison escape. A judge sentenced Berget to die by lethal injection. But Berget's lawyer is now appealing the sentence.
• A second inmate involved in the escape attempt, 50-year-old Eric Robert, is scheduled to die by lethal injection during the week of Oct. 14. A third inmate was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement.
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MidAmerican to buy 2 Calif. wind farms
JONATHAN FAHEY,AP Energy Writer
• MidAmerican Energy has agreed to buy two wind projects under construction about 120 miles north of Los Angeles from the wind developer Terra-Gen Power.
• Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
• The two projects, totaling 300 megawatts of peak electric capacity, will be part of the larger Alta Wind Energy Center located in Tehachapi, Calif., much of which is already in operation.
• MidAmerican, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said Sunday it will sell the electricity to Southern California Edison under long-term power purchase agreements.
• In typical conditions, the projects will produce enough electricity to meet the demand of about 80,000 homes.
• MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. serves electric customers in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska and it also controls a subsidiary called MidAmerican Renewables that operates wind, solar, geothermal and hydro-electric plants and (Continued on page 19)
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