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• Monthly average temperatures were from 1 to 5 degrees below normal across the region.  All locations were in the top ten coldest Octobers on record except for Watertown.  Mobridge was the third coldest with Sisseton the fifth coldest on record.  The month of October began with warm conditions across the region however, with many highs in the 60s and 70s. In fact, Kennebec reached 88 degrees on October 1st.  

Omaha Consumer Loses $1,400 to
Scammers Posing as Law Enforcement

• The Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Nebraska, South Dakota, The Kansas Plains and Southwest Iowa is issuing an alert regarding a variety of telephone scams. Monday, an Omaha man reported to the BBB that individuals claiming to be with the State Sheriff's Office and also the Legal Department of the Federal Crime Enforcement Network used coercion and fear tactics to steal $1,400 from him.
• At the beginning of October, the consumer received a voice message from a woman with an accent stating that there was a warrant for his arrest. He was instructed to contact an 'Officer Richard Henderson,' and the local man reports that, in a panic, he called the number right away.
• 'Officer Henderson' told the consumer that charges had been filed against him by a company from whom he'd received a loan.  The man said he was told that if he didn't pay the $500 fine within twelve hours, an 'investigator' would be dispatched to

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