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Members of new SD athletic commission appointed
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed five people to serve on a new state athletic commission that will regulate boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
• The Legislature created the commission after supporters said it is needed because unregulated matches often are conducted without proper rules, referees, testing or medical personnel.
• The five commissioners appointed by the governor are: Michael Bergeron of Sioux Falls, a professor at the University of South Dakota's Sanford School of Medicine; orthopedic surgeon Richard M. Little of Sturgis; Michael Kilmer of Belle Fourche, a professional boxing coach with years of experience in boxing and martial arts; Margaret Gillespie of Hudson, a lawyer and former state legislator; and Lee Lohoff of Yankton, a lawyer who became a hand-to-hand combat instructor in the National Guard.
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Govs., tribal leaders dedicate new SD state park
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Calling it a historical site with cultural and archaeological significance for Native Americans, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad dedicated South Dakota's first state park in 40 years on Friday.
• They were joined by tribal leaders, state legislators and officials from South Dakota's Game, Fish and Parks department at the dedication of Good Earth State Park at Blood Run, the 13th state park. South Dakota owns about 600 acres of land there, while Iowa owns several hundred acres. The ultimate goal is to join the land and create the first joint state park in the country.
• Blood Run was designated a national historic landmark in 1970. The area along the Big Sioux River was used by thousands of Oneota Indians into the early 1700s. Archaeologists believe that Blood Run, a term coined by European explorers because of the nearby creek's reddish-colored water, was used as early as 6,500 B.C. The area includes a large oak forest, rolling hills, flood plains, riverside bluffs and burial mounds.
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