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Department to report job placements for university graduates. Under another bill passed by the committee, state agencies would have to report how university graduates perform on licensing or certification examinations.
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Sanford Health closing North Dakota nursing home
• UNDERWOOD, N.D. (AP) -- Sanford Health is closing a nursing home in the North Dakota town of Underwood, citing a decline in need and difficulties in hiring staff.
• The Underwood Continuing Care Center will close by March 15. The facility formerly was known as the Medcenter One Prairieview Nursing Home. Sanford and Bismarck-based Medcenter merged last year.
• Sanford says it will help the 38 residents of the Underwood center and their families to find care at another facility. The 62 workers at the center will be offered other jobs within Sanford.
• Sanford Health is based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D.
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$20,000 Dakota Cash jackpot won in Sioux Falls
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A ticket sold in Sioux Falls has won the $20,000 Dakota Cash jackpot.
• Lottery officials say the winning numbers in the Wednesday drawing were 8, 12, 15, 22 and 32. The winner has about six months to claim the prize.
• Dakota Cash is played only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in about 325,000. The next drawing is Saturday.
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8 face charges in drug bust in Sisseton area
• SISSETON, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities believe they have taken several methamphetamine dealers and users off the streets in northeastern South Dakota.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley and Roberts County State's Attorney Kerry Cameron say eight people were arrested on various drug charges in a bust in the Sisseton area Wednesday. One of the drug crimes allegedly occurred near a school.
• Seven of the people are from Sisseton and one is from St. Paul, Minn. They range in age from 20 to 54.
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