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products. "So, if you want to be a big player in that area, you have to be very close."
• The building in Brandon's industrial park was built in 2010 for Tower Tech Systems, a division of Broadwind Energy, but the Wisconsin-based company was not able to secure enough contracts to start production.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Marmen was "attracted to the prospect of a building that was ready to go." Pellerin cited what he called South Dakota's pro-business climate as another key factor.
• Pellerin said the company plans to cut its first piece of steel in Brandon in July and ship out its first finished product in October. The company already is interviewing for welders, mechanics, electricians and other workers.
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Custer State Park elk license raffle raises $30K
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A fundraiser raffle for a Custer State Park elk hunting license has raised more than $30,000 for elk management in South Dakota.
• The state Game, Fish & Parks Department says Don Latham, of Renner, won the 2013 permit in a raffle sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
• The foundation says all of the money raised through the raffle goes for on-the-ground elk management in the state.
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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. HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS HIDDEN IN PLANTS ACROSS U.S.
• An AP investigation found more than 120 facilities in 28 states with a potentially devastating blast zone.
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• 2. SYRIA GETS RUSSIAN MISSILES
• President Bashar Assad tells Lebanese TV that the first shipment of long-range S-300 defense missiles has arrived.
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• 3. SOLDIER TO ADMIT TO AFGHAN VILLAGE MASSACRE
• Robert Bales' lawyer says the Army staff sergeant was "crazed" and "broken" when he left his post and attacked a village, killing 16.
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