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morning, and he was hoping to get into his fields after the morning frost lifted.
• However, the rainfall has been good for the soil. Topsoil moisture supplies in North Dakota are rated 2 percent short, 70 percent adequate and 28 percent surplus, and subsoil moisture supplies are rated 3 percent short, 80 percent adequate and 17 percent surplus, according to the USDA.
• In South Dakota, topsoil moisture supplies are rated 6 percent short, 84 percent adequate and 10 percent surplus, and subsoil moisture supplies are rated 1 percent very short, 17 percent short, 78 percent adequate and percent 4 surplus.

South Dakota governor to appear at business forum

• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The governor of South Dakota plans to participate in a business forum that Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead is holding in Cheyenne in November.
• Mead's office says South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (DOO'-gahrd) intends to speak about economic development strategies at the business forum Nov. 19th in Cheyenne.
• Mead says Daugaard has developed a plan for workforce development in his state. He says both Wyoming and South Dakota are seeing similar growth and similar challenges.
• This year's forum marks the second time that Mead has partnered with the Wyoming Business Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation to discuss economic development strategies and business success stories.

Griz safety pleads guilty to destroying sign

• MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- Montana's starting free safety has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief for breaking a directional sign after a night of drinking.
• The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/1a3RoMa ) 21-year-old Matthew Brian Hermanson entered his plea in Justice Court on Monday and was fined $635.
• Hermanson was arrested on Sept. 22 after a sheriff's deputy saw someone throw a large, white object onto the road. The sergeant found Hermanson, shirtless and bleeding, walking along the road.
• Hermanson, a junior from Sioux Falls, S.D., was suspended from the football team for one game after his arrest.
• Attorney Paul Ryan told Justice of the Peace John Odlin that Hermanson has

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