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it will attract more visitors, and also will give employees a break. Club members believe the city will see higher sales tax and trolley revenue, making up for the lost parking meter money.

SD brothers celebrate back-to-back holes-in-one

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Two young brothers from Pierre are being credited with sinking back-to-back holes-in-one at the city's Hillsview Golf Course.
• Nine-year-old Alex Rowe and his 11-year-old brother, Josh, are celebrating aces on the 148-yard 14th hole on Monday.
• The brothers and their father, Bert, witnessed Josh's tee shot go in the cup. No one saw Alex's tee shot go in, but two golfers who played through after his shot said later that they saw the ball in the cup when they reached the green.
• The National Hole in One Registry puts the odds of two golfers from the same group acing the same hole at 17 million to 1.

Sioux City man faces up to 20 years for mail fraud

• SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A 36-year-old Sioux City man faces sentencing in August for federal mail fraud.
• Darin Moran pleaded guilty to one count and faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced on Aug. 12.
• Moran was a certified Apple repair technician who worked for a service provider in North Sioux City, S.D. Prosecutors say he made fraudulent warranty claims on parts for his personal side business for computer repair and sales from 2007 through 2010.

Wind tower company to employ 250 in South Dakota

• BRANDON, S.D. (AP) -- A Canada-based wind tower manufacturer that is setting up shop in the southeastern South Dakota city of Brandon says it hopes to start production this summer.
• Marmen Inc. is moving into a facility built by a U.S.-based wind tower company that never used it, and also expanding the plant. The company hopes to employ 250 people when construction is complete next year, President Patrick Pellerin said during a public ceremony on Tuesday.
• It is the first U.S. location for the Quebec company that wants to be closer to the central U.S., where wind energy is prospering.
• "It's extremely expensive to transport and move," Pellerin said of the company's

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