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Dakotas shoppers hit the stores on Black Friday
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Many residents of the Dakotas didn't wait until Black Friday to get started on their holiday shopping, instead lining up outside stores on Thanksgiving.
• Crowds were reported in the major cities across North Dakota and South Dakota as some stores opened Thursday night and others early Friday. Temperatures in the early morning hours Friday were mostly in the teens, but shoppers said snapping up holiday deals is worth standing out in the cold.
• Ashley Gaddis joked to KOKK radio outside a Huron Kmart that she might be a little nuts, but she encouraged others to take part in the holiday shopping tradition, saying, "Put your gloves on, get out there."
• Black Friday is named because it traditionally was the day when crowds would push stores into "the black," or profitability.
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North Dakotans urged to report wild pig sightings
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota officials are urging anyone who spots a wild pig to report it immediately, after sightings in neighboring states.
• State Veterinarian Susan Keller says wild pigs -- also known as feral swine -- can carry diseases that can threaten domestic pigs and other livestock. Jeb Williams with the state Game and Fish Department says wild pigs also compete with native wildlife for food and destroy habitat.
• One recent sighting was near Britton in northeastern South Dakota in late October. Kyle Siebels and Cody Packard were helping a farmer harvest corn when a wild pig ran out of the corn. They killed it with four bullets from a deer rifle. Siebels tells the American News that the tusked boar was about 6 feet long and 3 feet tall.
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Dakotas retailers expecting strong holiday sales
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Retailers in the Dakotas are expecting strong holiday sales despite a summer of drought.
• Mike Rud (rood) with the North Dakota Retail Association and Shawn Lyons with (Continued on page 19)
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