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• From Sept. 1-30, nonresidents may not hunt in the counties of Beadle, Brookings, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Moody, Sanborn, Turner, Union and Minnehaha.
• Hunters may donate Canada geese to help feed the needy through the Sportsmen Against Hunger's goose donation program. Geese taken from Sept. 1-20 may be donated to participating processors at no charge.
• Dove season runs through Nov. 9. The daily limit is 15 and the possession limit is 30.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Twenty-six rural South Dakota critical access hospitals the state considers threatened by a federal agency's proposal that could take away the extra payments they get for service to Medicare patients because they are less than 35 miles from the nearest hospital, with location and distance to nearest hospital:
• -- Douglas County Memorial Hospital; Armour; 18.5 miles.
• -- Bowdle Hospital; Bowdle; 24.1 miles.
• -- Burke Community Memorial Hospital; Burke; 8.5 miles.
• -- Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center; Canton; 21.5 miles.
• -- Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center; Clear Lake; 22.6 miles.
• -- Custer Regional Hospital; Custer; 33.9 miles.
• -- Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital; Deadwood; 15.5 miles.
• -- Avera Dells Area Health Center; Dell Rapids; 22 miles.
• -- Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital; De Smet; 33.9 miles.
• -- Eureka Community Hospital; Eureka; 24.1 miles.
• -- Avera Flandreau Medical Center; Flandreau; 17.2 miles.
• -- Freeman Community Hospital; Freeman; 30 miles
• -- Avera Gregory Healthcare Center; Gregory; 8.5 miles.
• -- Fall River Health Services; Hot Springs; 33.9 miles.
• -- Huron Regional Medical Center; Huron; 33.9 miles.
• -- Madison Community Hospital; Madison; 31.6 miles.
• -- Milbank Area Hospital Avera Health; Milbank; 12.3 miles.
• -- Avera St. Benedict Health Center; Parkston; 23.2 miles.
• -- Platte Health Center Avera; Platte; 28.8 miles.
• -- Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital; Scotland; 19.7 miles.
• -- Sturgis Regional Hospital; Sturgis; 15.5 miles.
• -- St. Michael's Hospital Avera; Tyndall; 19.7 miles.
• -- Sanford Vermillion Medical Center; Vermillion; 27.8 miles.

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