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Parts of the Dakotas in for some stormy weather
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Parts of the Dakotas are in for some stormy weather after a balmy weekend.
• The National Weather Service says light snow and strong winds gusting to 40 mph could create hazardous travel conditions in central and southeastern North Dakota.
• In South Dakota, winds will be strong in the western and south central parts of the state, and the northern Black Hills could see half a foot of snow.
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172 ND bow hunt licenses available to nonresidents
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's Game and Fish Department is making 172 any-deer bow hunting licenses available to nonresidents this year.
• March 1 is the deadline to apply. A lottery will be held if more applications are received than there are licenses available. Any remaining licenses after March 1 will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
• The number of nonresident any-deer bow licenses is 15 percent of the previous year's mule deer gun license allocation. Game and Fish issued 1,150 antlered mule deer licenses in the 2013 deer gun lottery
• This year's bow season opens at noon on Aug. 29 and runs through next Jan. 4. More information is available on the Game and Fish website, at http://www.gf.nd.gov .
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SD Legislature to debate Common Core standards
CHET BROKAW, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State Education Secretary Melody Schopp expects to spend much of the upcoming South Dakota legislative session defending the Common Core standards that establish what students should know in math and English at each grade level.
• She's ready for the battle.
• "Were' going to stay firm, and hopefully the message will be clear that it's the right thing for South Dakota," Schopp said.
• School districts this year began implementing the standards, adopted by 45 (Continued on page 21)
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