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• Gillispie says the Weather Service hasn't received reports of homes being overtaken by flooding, but residents have been dealing with basement flooding and pooling of water in lowland areas.
• He says more thunderstorms are expected later Monday, but rainfall totals should be less than in previous nights.
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• BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) -- The First Congregational United Church of Christ is waiting for the National Park Service to officially designate the Belle Fourche (FOOSH) church as a historic site.
• The Black Hills Pioneer (http://bit.ly/16Klm9M ) reports that the congregation applied for a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, and the South Dakota State Historical Society accepted the nomination.
• The church got its start in 1891 when a divinity student named C.H. Burroughs arrived in Belle Fourche and began holding church services at the railroad depot. Worshippers sat on planks laid across beer kegs and barrels full of nails.
• To be considered a historic building, the site must shelter a human activity of some kind. Rev. Del Neumeister says another requirement is that the building must be at least 50 years old.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed May as Archaeology & Historic Preservation Month in South Dakota.
• Daugaard, in his proclamation, says South Dakota's cultural heritage is rich because of thousands of historical sites, historic buildings and landscapes.
• He says public appreciation and understanding of the sites are the foundations for preserving South Dakota's past for future generations.
• South Dakota State Historical Society director Jay D. Vogt says the annual celebration brings historic preservation to the forefront.
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• SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN,Associated Press
• ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The Navajo Code Talkers are legendary. Then there was Cpl. Ira Hamilton Hayes, the Pima Indian who became a symbol of courage and patriotism when he and his fellow Marines raised the flag over Iwo Jima in 1945.

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