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• One death was reported in last weekend's storm, a man in the Lead-Deadwood area of South Dakota who collapsed while cleaning snow from his roof. The storm also killed tens of thousands of cattle, damaged numerous buildings, brought travel to a standstill and shut down schools and public offices.

Keystone residents urged to seek higher ground

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities are asking residents who live in low-lying areas of Keystone and surrounding areas in South Dakota to move to higher ground because of high water.
• Pennington County emergency management officials say heavy rains in the area are leading to rising creek levels and flash flooding.
• A Red Cross shelter has been set up at the Hermosa Elementary School for residents who have been evacuated from the Keystone area.
• The National Weather Service is forecasting up to 1 inch of rain Friday morning in an area that is already soaked from melting snow.

$25M expansion for Sioux Falls retirement campus

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Avera is launching a $25 million expansion of its retirement community in Sioux Falls.
• Ground was broken Thursday for the 11/2-year project at Avera Prince of Peace. The project will move 90 skilled-care beds into a new two-story building, expand sections for assisted living and rehabilitation, provide a larger chapel and add retail businesses along a main street in the 26-acre complex.
• Avera McKennan Hospital CEO David Kapaska says consumer demands have made the upgrades necessary.

AP News in Brief
On top of failed inspections, US nuclear force now hit with alleged top-level misbehavior

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- First it was bad attitudes among young officers in nuclear missile launch centers. Now it's alleged bad behavior by two of the nuclear arsenal's top commanders.
• Together the missteps spell trouble for a nuclear force doubted by some for its

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