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over the past year. • Nationally, the odds that an individual driver will crash into a deer during the next year have declined by 4.3 percent. •
Dump trailer manufacturer moving headquarters
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An Iowa-based manufacturer of side dump trailers says it is moving its corporate headquarters to Elk Point. • SmithCo Manufacturing president Greg Smith says the company has a strong working relationship with the town of Le Mars, Iowa, and that state, and it has every intention of maintaining the bulk of its manufacturing there. • But Smith says it makes sense to move its corporate office to South Dakota. He says the location will also serve as a new South Dakota sales outpost. • South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he's confident that the move will be positive for the company and result in future economic growth for the community. • The South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development is providing a low-interest loan for the build-out costs of the new corporate space. •
South Dakota Prep Polls The Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Sportswriters Association high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points and last week's ranking. With first-place votes in parentheses and total points: • • Class 11AAA • Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs • 1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (9) 5-0 45 1 • 2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt - 4-1 36 2 • 3. Brandon Valley - 4-1 27 3 • 4. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 2-3 17 4 • 5. Sioux Falls Washington - 2-3 7 5 • Others receiving votes: Aberdeen Central (2-3). • • Class 11AA • Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs • 1. Pierre (9) 5-0 45 1 • 2. Watertown - 2-2 29 2 • 3. Mitchell - 3-1 25 T3
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