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• INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) -- Staff at Badlands National Park will be holding two meetings in western South Dakota on the park's proposed bison management plan.
• The public scoping meetings will examine alternatives to the way the park will manage its bison population over the next decade.
• They're scheduled for Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Wall Community Center and June 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department's Outdoor Learning Campus in Rapid City.
• People who cannot attend are invited to comment online http://parkplanning.nps.gov/ from June 4 through July 31.
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• WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) -- Wind Cave National Park officials say a cool and blustery Memorial Day weekend caused the park to see a record number of visitors for that holiday period.
• Rangers led 62 tours with 2,260 visitors through the cave.
• Wind Cave Superintendent Vidal Davila says visitation at the park rises in bad weather. He says the park has plenty to offer in its 28,000 acres, but people can tour the cave regardless of the weather.
• Davila says visitors wanting to see the cave should arrive early in the day. He says from June 9 through August 10, rangers will offer 28 tours a day from 9:20 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. He says the busiest days of the week are Tuesday and Wednesday and any day it rains.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A small but growing number of public-private endeavors are trying to spark an IT reshoring trend by developing the nation's next generation of tech experts.
• In South Dakota, Eagle Creek Software Services turned to the University of South Dakota to help home-grow tech talent through a customized four-course certificate.
• And Brooklyn's P-Tech, a collaboration among IBM, the New York Public Schools and City University of New York, earned a mention in President Obama's State of the Union Address. Six-year students graduate job-ready with an associ

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