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• He is charged with two counts of rape, aggravated assault and kidnapping.
• Houston is being held in the Pennington County Jail under a $75,000 bond. He faces 130 years in prison if convicted of all the charges.
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Below normal temps provide few days for fieldwork
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Below normal temperatures have limited the ability for snow to melt and kept soil temperatures at or below freezing across South Dakota.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that farmers and ranchers had 1.7 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities included applying fertilizer to wheat, alfalfa and pastures.
• Winter wheat conditions were rated 20 percent very poor, 56 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 2 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
• Calving was 39 percent, while lambing was 64 percent complete. Two percent of cattle have been reported as moved to pasture.
• Cattle and calf conditions were rated 4 percent poor, 26 percent fair, 64 percent good and 6 percent excellent.
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Error causes confusion with S. Dakota inmate
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say an inmate who they believed went missing briefly Monday morning was actually never missing and was where he was supposed to be.
• State prison officials had said 35-year-old Aaron Olson left the prison Monday morning to go to his work-release job but didn't show up there and was found a short time later in the city.
• Officials now say that a record-keeping error caused confusion and that Olson had been where he was supposed to be.
• Olson is serving a 2-year sentence on a Hughes County drug charge.
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SD popcorn manufacturer making a name for itself
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) -- Tucked away in central South Dakota, Lakota Foods may not yet compete with popcorn's biggest brand names, but the tribal-owned popcorn manufacturer is gaining lots of accolades from agriculture officials for its products and job opportunities.
• Situated on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, Lakota Foods is the first and (Continued on page 21)
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