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SD governor proposes university tuition freeze
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard's proposed state budget would freeze tuition next year for resident students at South Dakota's six state universities.
• Daugaard told state lawmakers Tuesday that he wants to provide the universities with about $4 million to freeze tuition for the 2014-2015 school year at current levels. He also recommends giving the state's four technical institutes about $916,000 to hold down tuition in those schools.
• The tuition freeze would apply to South Dakota residents who attend classes on campuses.
• House Republican Leader David Lust of Rapid City says the tuition freeze is critical because South Dakota needs to provide affordable education to develop the state's workforce.
• Daugaard also is proposing to provide money to admit more students to the medical school at the University of South Dakota.
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Northern Great Plains ranchers ready for storm
BLAKE NICHOLSON, Associated Press
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Cattle ranchers in the Dakotas who lost thousands of animals in an early October blizzard say they're better-prepared for the latest winter storm to threaten the northern Great Plains.
• By late Wednesday, the region's snow could range from 2-10 inches, with the heavier snowfall in southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota, according to the National Weather Service. It'll be accompanied by gusty winds.
• Many cattle were still in summer pastures when the October storm hit, dropping 1 ½ feet of snow in southwestern North Dakota and up to 4 feet in western South Dakota, killing thousands of animals. Ranchers have since moved cattle to winter pastures or homesteads, and also have taken advantage of some relatively good weather and have been able to put up hay, said Bob Fortune, who ranches near the southwestern South Dakota town of Belvidere.
• "They've kind of got things back to normal as far as fences fixed, what cattle they've got left gathered up," he said of neighboring ranchers who suffered big losses in the Oct. 4 storm that hit with surprising intensity. "It's kind of back to a normal situation, but they're not recovered, probably never will be recovered -- they lost so much equity in their operation.
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