Pierre police to reduce urban deer herd by 20
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Pierre commissioners have approved a plan to kill 20 deer within city limits this year.
• That was the recommendation of the city's Deer Management Task Force. Chairwoman Jeanne Goodman says the group tried to reach a "socially acceptable" number. Twenty deer is the lowest number in the six years the city has been reducing the urban deer herd to cut down on property damage and vehicle accidents.
• The city will request a permit from the state Game, Fish and Parks Department to kill 20 antlerless deer between Nov. 15 and March 1. Police will conduct the hunt. The deer carcasses will be made available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
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More Upper Midwest Red Cross volunteers head east
• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- More Red Cross volunteers from the Upper Midwest are heading east to help victims of Superstorm Sandy.
• Six volunteers from the Fargo and Minot areas are driving emergency response vehicles to the East Coast. Last weekend, five volunteers went to New Jersey to work in emergency shelters.
• The storm had small effects in the Dakotas, such as causing some delays for people in North Dakota renewing their driver's licenses. The Bismarck Tribune reports that was due in part to power outages that affected a Virginia-based association that helps verify information for licenses.
• Some Dakotans felt a more personal impact. Pierre, S.D., 911 dispatcher Cindy Gross tells the Capital Journal that she had to use her job skills to convince her parents in Connecticut to get out of the storms' path.
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Survey suggests economic slump looming in Midwest
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states.
• The Mid-America Business Conditions index dropped to 46.5 last month from 50.4 in September.
• The survey of business leaders and supply managers uses a collection of in (Continued on page 18)
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