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Storm to bring heavy snow to parts of North Dakota
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The National Weather Service has issued a variety of winter weather advisories, watches and warnings for North Dakota as a storm moves in from the Rockies.
• Forecasters say the storm will bring heavy snow to some areas of the state and freezing drizzle to others. It will linger through the weekend. Areas of South Dakota also could see snow or a mix of rain and snow, though the worst conditions are expected to be in North Dakota.
• Authorities late Thursday issued a travel alert in northwestern North Dakota due to poor driving conditions.
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BBB plans merger for Neb., SD, Kan., Iowa
• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The Better Business Bureau that serves Nebraska, South Dakota and southwest Iowa has announced a merger with The Kansas Plains Better Business Bureau that serves most of Kansas.
• The new combined territory will have nearly 10,000 accredited businesses.
• Jim Hegarty is president of the bureau based in Omaha says that the merger will let each bureau "build on each other's strengths, combine resources and initiate new programs to meet the needs of today's businesses and consumers."
• The bureaus expect the merger to be completed in the next few months. The merged bureau will have its headquarters in Omaha, with in Lincoln, Neb.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Wichita, Kan.
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Supreme Court upholds SD woman's theft conviction
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a Belle Fourche (FOOSH) woman's conviction and sentence for stealing about $224,000 from her employer.
• Sarah Schmidt was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she pleaded guilty but mentally ill to 10 counts of grand theft.
• Schmidt argued that she should have been allowed to withdraw her plea be (Continued on page 22)
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