• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has directed all American and state flags be flown at half-staff as the country marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• Daugaard's proclamation is in accordance with a directive from President Barack Obama. It's in effect from sunrise to sunset Friday.
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• HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) -- Contractors are moving equipment onto the site of a new veterans home being built in Hot Springs.
• They plan to start site work next month and start laying the foundation in January.
• The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs says the project was delayed a bit because of "original escalated bids," but it was re-bid and is within budget.
• The new two-story Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home will have 100 beds -- 52 with skilled nursing care and 48 for non-skilled individual living quarters.
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• GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Quarterback Scott Tolzien could join select company on Sunday, assuming he starts for the Packers against the Minnesota Vikings.
• Tolzien would become the first Green Bay quarterback other than Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers to start back-to-back games since Don Majkowski started the first three games of the 1992 season.
• Coach Mike McCarthy has named Tolzien, a former practice squad player, the starter for Sunday's game. Rodgers, sidelined with a collarbone injury, has said he might be able to play if he practices Friday.
• Rodgers, who has missed the last two games, hasn't practiced this week. He has otherwise had a durable nine-year career in Green Bay, following the equally dependable Favre.
• The quarterback situation has been less stable for the rest of the NFC North. According to STATS, the Lions have had 18 different quarterbacks start consecutive games since 1992, while the Bears and the Vikings have each had 21.

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