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risk of pesticide exposure without interfering with agricultural activities," Goehring said.
• Bees pollinate more than 90 crops in the U.S., and they also produce 147 million pounds of honey nationally each year, with an annual value of $286 million, according to Goehring. North Dakota leads the nation in the production of honey. South Dakota is second.
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• WAGNER, S.D. (AP) -- A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Wagner is worth $6,000 in the latest drawing.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card in Wednesday's drawing to win the game's second prize. The odds of winning it are 1 in about 127,000.
• Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho. The jackpot sits at $265,000 for the next drawing, on Saturday.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An Iowa man who prompted a school lockdown in southeastern South Dakota is facing charges in multiple alleged incidents in the region over the past six weeks.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley says 32-year-old Scott Hughes, of Akron, Iowa, faces charges including burglary, arson and intentional damage to property.
• It was not immediately clear Thursday whether Hughes had obtained a lawyer. Home telephone listings for him in Akron and in the South Dakota city of Elk Point have been disconnected.
• Hughes was arrested Wednesday in Akron after allegedly going on a crime spree and fleeing from law officers. The Elk Point-Jefferson School in Elk Point was put on lockdown status for a little less than two hours as a precaution while Hughes was on the run.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A man who authorities say spiked his girlfriend's beverages with herbs to induce an abortion is on trial in Rapid City.
• Thirty-six-year-old Alfredo Vargas is charged with attempted fetal homicide. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

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