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Merriman said. "Those are high temperatures. The lows are much lower than that -- negative teens for lows."
• Gusty winds could make it feel as cold as 35 degrees below zero in some areas late in the week, he said. Such low temperatures can quickly freeze exposed skin.
• The weather began causing problems Sunday. The North Dakota Highway Patrol said it investigated 19 crashes on Interstate 94 between Medina and Fargo. People were sent to hospitals in Bismarck, Jamestown and Fargo, but none of the injuries was considered life-threatening.
• In southwestern North Dakota, U.S. Highway 85 was shut down for about six hours Sunday afternoon and evening when a semitrailer hauling a hazardous liquid used in oil and natural gas production went out of control on an icy patch and crashed near Belfield.
• An exact estimate of the amount of the Oilperm liquid spilled was not available Monday, but patrol Sgt. Chard Hermanson said "it was enough to flood a ditch."
• There were no signs of any environmental damage, Slope County Emergency Manager Richard Frederick said. The driver was not cited.
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SD gov. expected to propose modest spending boost
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard likely will propose a state budget that provides only modest spending increases for education, health care and other top priorities, South Dakota legislative leaders said Monday.
• Daugaard has said in recent months that state revenues aren't growing fast enough to boost state aid to schools much beyond the inflationary increase required by law. Hospitals, nursing homes and other health care operations that provide services to Medicaid patients usually get the same increase as school districts.
• The Republican governor will unveil his spending plans for the year beginning July 1 in a speech to the Legislature on Tuesday in Pierre.
• Senate Republican Leader Tim Rave of Baltic said he expects Daugaard to propose a conservative budget in light of uncertain tax receipts and a possible hit to the economy after an early fall blizzard that killed tens of thousands of cattle in western South Dakota.
• "I certainly haven't seen or heard anything that's going to be a real surprise," Rave said.
• But Rep. Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton, leader of the House's minority Democrats, said schools and health care providers need more money from the state. Lawmak (Continued on page 16)
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