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• The attorney general, sheriffs from Union and Clay counties, and the Union County state's attorney scheduled a news conference Tuesday in Elk Point.
• They'll discuss results of forensic testing on human remains found last September in an upside down Studebaker pulled from a creek.
• Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson, of Vermillion, were last seen in the car on their way to a party at a nearby gravel pit.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley earlier said a mechanical test points away from foul play because the car was in third gear, the highest.
• A forensic pathologist confirmed skeletal remains found in the car are consistent with being from two different people.
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SDSU prof: Cattle feeding margins move into black
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota State University adjunct economics professor says cattle feeding margins moved back into the black in the first quarter of 2014 after nearly three years of deep losses.
• Darrell Mark says last fall's record-large 13.925 billion bushel corn crop drove prices down and helped restore profitability and optimism to the cattle feeding sector.
• Mark says March corn futures dropped from the pre-harvest high of $5.17 per bushel to $4.08 on Jan. 10.
• He says that contrary to the hopes of cattle feeders and many grain market analysts' expectations, the corn market has staged a fairly impressive rally. Prices have risen about 80 cents per bushel since early January.
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SD department begins roadwork on SD Highway 37
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Department of Transportation will begin roadwork this week on Highway 37 about a mile north of Mitchell.
• Workers will replace the bridge railings and the guardrails on both bridges at mile marker 80. The project is scheduled to begin Thursday and end June 15.
• It is part of a $2.1 million effort to rehabilitate the roads in the region.
• During construction, there will be one lane for traffic in each direction. Speed limits will also be reduced to 55 miles per hour -- 45 if workers are present.
• The Dell Rapids-based contractor estimates the full roadwork project to be completed by Oct. 17.
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