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auction held by Dec. 3 with the sale to close by Dec. 27.
• On Monday, Assistant U.S. trustee James Snyder withdrew his August motion to change the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation to protect the interests of creditors and the estate and to prevent further delay and default. Snyder in his initial motion had said that White Oak was the only party offering financing terms that will allow the case to remain under Chapter 11 protection.
• Northern Beef Packers opened its $109 million state-of-the-art facility on a limited basis in 2012 after years of delays. But its owners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than a year later, saying they didn't have enough money to buy cattle for slaughter.
• Now, with $138.8 million in liabilities and just $79.3 million in assets, according to court documents, the plant has laid off most of its employees.
• Once locally owned, Northern Beef Packers is 41 percent owned by businessman Oshik Song with 69 other Korean investors who each gave at least $500,000 under the federal EB-5 program that encourages foreign investment in exchange for qualifications to secure permanent residency.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Pennington County authorities say two children were seriously injured when a sport utility vehicle collided with a Rapid City school bus and then hit them.
• The sheriff's office says the SUV spun after hitting the stopped bus and struck the two students who were crossing the street to get on the bus.
• A 7-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy from Knollwood Elementary School were taken to the hospital.
• The 17-year-old Douglas High School student who was driving the SUV was also taken to the hospital.
• The driver has injuries that are not life threatening, but the two children who were struck are in critical condition.
• The bus was carrying about 25 kids at the time.
• Authorities say neither drugs nor alcohol were likely factors in the crash.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Classmates of two 17-year-old South Dakota high school students who disappeared in 1971 and whose car was found just this week say they were traveling to an end-of-year party in separate cars and the girls never

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