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houses in a western South Dakota event known as the Nemo 500.
• Co-founder Troy Saye says a small crowd of around 100 turned out the first year, despite snowy conditions. The event has drawn as many 1,100 people in recent years, and he expects about a dozen teams will take part in the eighth annual race this year.
• Saye says other teams this year are hoping to dethrone last year's winner, a group of teachers from Mission calling themselves "Plunger Games."
• Proceeds will go to the Naja Shriners Kids Transportation Fund. There is a raffle as well as silent and live auctions.
• The event takes place Saturday at the Nemo Guest Ranch northwest of Rapid City.
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Standing Rock gets $450K community block grant
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota's congressional delegation says the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is getting a $450,000 federal grant.
• The community block grant comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of the money is to assist with housing infrastructure, promote a suitable living environment and create economic opportunities. The program is designed for people with low or moderate income.
• The Standing Rock Reservation straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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SD's corn growers group elects new president
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Board members of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association have elected the group's new president.
• A sixth-generation farmer, Keith Alverson, will serve as the organization's president in 2014.
• The Chester man was first elected the group's board in 2010. He is the past chairman of the National Corn Growers Association Ethanol Committee.
• South Dakota produced an estimated 809 million bushels of corn in 2013, which is 51 percent more than the year before, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
• The organization is of the largest commodity groups in the state.
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