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Homeless shelter gains permit; appeal likely
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Sioux Falls Planning Commission has approved a permit for a proposed homeless shelter that some area residents don't want.
• Opponents have five days to appeal the commission's Wednesday decision to the City Council, and Whittier Neighborhood Association member Krista Baartman tells the Argus Leader that she plans to do so.
• Baartman says the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls doesn't have a plan for dealing with alcohol in the shelter planned for a renovated warehouse. That also was a concern expressed by Planning Commissioner Steve Gaspar. He says hopefully, the diocese will listen to the concerns of neighbors.
• Diocese Chancellor Matt Althoff says the new shelter should reduce problems with vagrancy, panhandling and public drunkenness.
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Ferris wheel construction mishap in SD injures 2
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Two men working on construction of a Ferris wheel at the Scheels store in Sioux Falls were hurt when an electric motor fell about 15 feet
• The workers were taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon with injuries that police said were not life-threatening.
• A Scheels manager declined comment to the Argus Leader.
• Scheels is based in Fargo, N.D. It has 24 sporting goods stores in 10 states. The store in Sioux Falls is undergoing a $25 million expansion that includes a shooting gallery, bowling alley, restaurant and the Ferris wheel.
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SD winter wheat, cattle and sheep in good shape
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The condition of South Dakotas' winter wheat crop and livestock herds hasn't changed much over the month.
• The federal Agriculture Department says in its monthly crop report that 63 percent of the winter wheat crop is in good to excellent shape, up slightly from 60 percent last month.
• Cattle and calf conditions are rated 74 percent good to excellent, compared with (Continued on page 14)
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