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and outbreaks across the nation over the past year, including the Minnesota cases. The association this month rescheduled events in Minnesota because of the Upper Midwest cases.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has recognized a South Dakota family for its conservation efforts.
• Lyle and Garnet Perman, their son Luke and his wife Naomi are the state's recipients of the Leopold Conservation Award. The award comes from the national Sand County Foundation and the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and Grassland Coalition.
• The family manages 7,500 acres and the Rock Hills Ranch in north-central South Dakota.
• Earth Day will be commemorated Tuesday. Daugaard says it is a day to remember the "intrinsic value" of clean air, clear water and abundant wildlife.
• Daugaard says 80 percent of the state's land is privately owned, and it's up to residents to care for it.
• Daugaard says the family's efforts are good for business and the land itself.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A student collection of work including photography, painting and ceramics is on display at the University of South Dakota.
• "Collection, Compressed" features work from USD students Makayla Stubbs, Kaia Nowatzki, Chelsea Kathol and Caleb Johns. It is on display at the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts through Friday.
• Kathol, from Yankton, has an emphasis in painting and works primarily with acrylic mixed media. Nowatzki, from Luverne, Minn., has an emphasis in ceramics with salt and wood being her primary methods of firing.
• Stubbs, from Underwood, Iowa, has an emphasis in photography. Johns, from Vermillion, has an emphasis in ceramics with an interest in wood firing.
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