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Wiggins as the conference's all-time scoring leader. Ogwumike now has 2,652 points.
• "I have the most unselfish teammates," she said. "They look for me more than they look for themselves. I can't take a group of girls like that for granted."
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Sanford taking over operations of Montana hospital
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Dakotas-based Sanford Health has agreed to manage the business operations of Liberty Medical Center in Chester, Mont.
• The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/1oL7Ed1) that the agreement takes effect Monday for the Montana facilities, which include a hospital, clinic, nursing home and assisted living center.
• Derek Daly of Sanford Health will serve as CEO.
• Liberty Medical Center board chairwoman Kirsten Kammerzell says rural hospitals are facing many challenges and the deal with Sanford Health will help the hospital in the long term.
• Chester is near the Canadian border in north-central Montana. The hospital has about 100 employees and serves about 3,000 people.
• Sanford Health is based in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Fargo, N.D.
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Calving season brings hope to western SD ranchers
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Cattle ranchers discovered tens of thousands of dead animals in their fields last fall after an unexpected blizzard slammed western North and South Dakota, a devastating loss for their livelihood, but they're finding renewed hope as spring calving season contributes to their herds' recovery.
• The intense two-day October storm, which first brought rain and then dumped up to 4 feet of snow in some places, killed calves that were due to be sold and cows that would have birthed this year's calves.
• Chuck O'Connor of Philip, who lost 45 of his 600 cows and 50 of his 600 calves in the blizzard, said his surviving black cows and Charolais calves are healthy and he's not diverging from his standard calving practices. He brought in about 200 replacement females to rebuild and expand his herd.
• "There's nothing you can do differently," the 77-year-old rancher said. "Just because I had a loss doesn't mean I'm going to quit."
• Cattle experts say recovery could take years for ranchers who lost high percent (Continued on page 29)
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