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• Downtown's Phillips Avenue is once again a bustling strip, and the nonprofit since 2007 has raised about $2.5 million, putting about $1.5 million of it into reconstruction. The lobby's completion last fall has helped donors see progress, which is bringing in more donations.
• Among the State's more interesting features is a heavy steel stage door that sits on the back wall at railcar height. It once allowed vaudeville acts to pull up by train, unload their stuff on stage to perform and then load back up before heading to the next town.
• Another mysterious door on the lower level opens to a cinder-blocked wall, but it once served as a gateway to a downtown tunnel system. The tunnels allowed stars to sneak between their hotels and the theater under the radar of fans and untouched by the Upper Midwest's harsh winter weather.
• An upstairs apartment that sits behind the balcony just under the project room once housed the theater manager, but it will soon be turned into a beer and wine lounge, Williamson said.
• Henkin, who watched "Gone With the Wind" at the State, said she can't wait to help out at the popcorn stand when the regal theater makes its second debut.
• "It was just criminal to see that thing closed," she said. "Now, that is going to make the whole downtown come even more alive than it was."
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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota officials are urging anyone who spots a wild pig to report it immediately, after recent sightings in neighboring states.
• Wild pigs -- also known as feral swine -- can carry diseases that threaten domestic pigs and other livestock, State Veterinarian Susan Keller said. They also compete with native wildlife for food and destroy habitat, according to Jeb Williams, assistant wildlife chief for the state Game and Fish Department.
• Wild pigs have been found in the southern U.S. for years, and have been extending their range north and west, now numbering more than 5 million in at least 39 states, Keller said. They are occasionally reported in North Dakota.
• "We are asking farmers, ranchers, hunters, hikers, campers and others to report any sightings of feral swine," Keller said in a statement.
• One was spotted near the northeastern South Dakota town of Britton in late October.
• Kyle Siebels and Cody Packard were helping a farmer harvest corn when a wild pig ran out of the cornfield. They killed it with four bullets from a deer rifle, then re

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