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goal of 900,000 eggs. North Dakota is sending some eggs to South Dakota and possibly Montana.
• Dave Fryda (FREE'-duh) with Game and Fish says most of the eggs came from the lake, with the rest from the Missouri River below Garrison Dam. Plans for next year are to stock Sakakawea with 200,000 salmon.
• Chinook salmon begin their spawning run in October. The fish cannot naturally reproduce in North Dakota, so state and federal officials collect eggs and transport them to the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery.
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Prosecutors and public defenders can get loan help
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is accepting applications in a program that helps prosecutors and public defenders repay their education loans.
• Jackley says applications will be accepted through Dec. 31.
• The attorney general says the federally funded program is an incentive for prosecutors and public defenders to remain in public service. He says attorneys frequently mention student loan debt as the overwhelming reason they leave jobs as prosecutors and public defenders or decline to take those positions in the first place.
• State prosecutors and state or federal public defenders in South Dakota may qualify for help in repaying student loans if they sign a three-year service agreement.
• Jackley says the program helps make sure crime victims and those accused of crimes get good legal representation.
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Railroad rehabilitation project wrapping up
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A two-year, $28 million rehabilitation project on the state-owned, short-line rail system between Mitchell and Chamberlain is wrapping up.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard says completion of the 61.6 mile rail project by the South Dakota Department of Transportation and the Dakota Southern Railway Company gives farmers more options for storing, hauling and selling their crops.
• The project facilitated construction of the Gavilon Liberty Grain Terminal and created further economic development opportunities in the area.
• Officials say the new elevator in Kimball will result in lower shipping costs, expanded markets and better prices for grain producers.
• Dedication of the rail line is scheduled for Thursday.
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