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said during the meeting Monday night.
• The Gregory elevator has had various financial problems, including alleged embezzlement by a former manager. Melissa Vosika has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement and attempted embezzlement, altering corporate records and forgery.
• President Greg Oberting said Interstate Commodities has been in the grain business for 66 years. It also recently bought an elevator in the southeastern South Dakota town of White Lake.
• "It's a third-generation, family owned business," Oberting said to elevator patrons. "We have a large presence throughout the United States in shipping and selling grain and grain products."
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Fuel spill contained in Sioux Falls after crash
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities plan to cite a trucker with careless driving after a rollover crash and fuel spill in Sioux Falls.
• The tanker truck was carrying about 10,000 gallons of gasoline. The amount that spilled Monday afternoon wasn't immediately determined but the South Dakota Highway Patrol says all of the fuel was contained.
• The truck driver was not hurt, and no other vehicles were involved in the crash. Authorities say the driver made a turn that was too sharp, and the tanker rolled in a ditch when it hit a soft shoulder on the side of a road.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. DIGGING OUT FROM OKLAHOMA TORNADO
• Rescuers are nearly finished searching for victims, but most Moore residents are just starting to find out whether their homes were destroyed.
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• 2. STAR WITNESS IN IRS HEARINGS NOT TALKING
• Lois Lerner, who revealed the agency's targeting of conservative groups, has said she will invoke the Fifth Amendment when called to testify before Congress today.
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• 3. IMMIGRATION CLEARS ITS FIRST HURDLE
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