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ranchers premium prices by allowing consumers to track animals from birth, through a feedlot and to a meatpacking plant.
• Rounds said in a statement issued Wednesday that he "recently became aware of an investigation into some alleged misconduct" but referred all questions to Jackley. Mitch Krebs, Rounds' Senate campaign spokesman, said Thursday the former governor would not comment further.
• Jackley said late Thursday that "Mike Rounds was not and is not a target of the state's investigation into the office of economic development."
• Once locally owned, Northern Beef Packers is 41 percent owned by businessman Oshik Song with 69 other South Korean investors who each gave at least $500,000 under the federal EB-5 program. The plant used the funds to spur the start of construction, and Hellwig stepped down as general partner when the Korean investors asked to buy out his shares.
• The new owners recruited another round of EB-5 investors, but the new investment fund provided loan money instead of equity shares in the company. Northern Beef eventually began to ramp up production earlier this year to about 200 head a day -- far short of the 1,500 capacity -- after obtaining additional financing.
• Bankruptcy attorneys have asked that a minimum bid of $12.75 million be set for the plant, which is scheduled to be sold at auction on Dec. 5.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Recreational skaters and adult and youth hockey players in the Sioux Falls area will soon have access to more ice.
• Ice Sports Association broke ground Thursday on the SCHEELS IcePlex, a year-round, three-sheet indoor community ice facility that should open by next September.
• Joe Zueger, founder and co-organizer of the ISA, said the building would be "an efficient, modern-day facility that will serve our community for decades to come."
• Ice time is hard to come by now because the only permanent indoor rink is at Minnehaha Ice and Recreation Center.
• The $8 million to $8.5 million building is going up at the Sanford Sports Complex.
• It will include three NHL regulation-sized sheets of ice, lockers and dressing rooms, off-ice training facilities, a heated reception/lobby area with views of the rinks, bleacher seating, concessions, restrooms, office spaces, a community room and paved parking.
• Fundraising started in 2011, and more than $6.5 million has been raised. More

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