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• South Dakota and several corporate donors worked out a deal with the National Park Service to reopen the iconic landmark for 10 days beginning Monday. About 3,000 people visited the site on Monday, according to Maureen McGee-Ballinger, the site's chief of interpretation.
• "Even though we've got snow and we've got rain, you can see the sculpture, people come out," she said.

• Pierre School Board buying land for new elementary
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Pierre School Board has voted to spend $1.25 million to buy land for a new elementary school.
• The 10 ½-acre property is in an undeveloped area in the northeastern part of the capital city. Construction will start after the city builds roads to the area.
• School board committees plan to meet Thursday to start design work on the new school.

South Dakota Volleyball Polls
• The Associated Press



• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Here is the South Dakota Sportswriters Association volleyball poll for the week of Oct. 15, 2013. Teams are listed with first place votes in parenthesis, record, points and previous ranking:

• Class AA
• Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
• 1. Sioux Falls O'Gorman (9) 13-0 45 1
• 2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt - 17-5 35 2
• 3. Huron - 11-2 26 3
• 4. Aberdeen Central - 11-3 14 T5
• 5. Sioux Falls Washington - 12-5 9 T5
• Others receiving votes: R.C. Stevens (14-7).





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