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• Bosworth did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
• Nelson, of Fulton, raised more than $28,400 for his campaign, all from in-state donors. His FEC report shows he spent just under $28,800 during the quarter ending March 31, leaving cash on hand of slightly more than $33,400 with no campaign debt.
• Rhoden, of Union Center, raised just shy of $16,000. He had a little more than $78,000 in his campaign coffers at the end of the quarter, offset by about $7,000 in debt.
• Ravnsborg, of Yankton, raised about $3,100 during the quarter and spent $19,000. Ravnsborg loaned his campaign $20,000, leaving slightly less than $4,000 cash on hand as of March 31.
• Pressler, from Sioux Falls, took in $9,580 from individual contributors and spent $27,860. He loaned his campaign nearly $30,000, leaving about $36,750 on hand on March 31.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An electric cooperative in western South Dakota is getting more than $20 million to help cover damages caused by an early October blizzard.
• South Dakota's Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are making the award to Grand Electric Cooperative. The money will help reimburse the co-op for repair or replacement of power lines and more than 1,500 poles damaged by the storm in Butte, Corson, Harding, Meade, Perkins and Ziebach counties.
• Just under $18 million is coming from the federal government, which is covering 75 percent of the cost. The state's 10 percent share is nearly $2.4 million. Grand Electric is contributing 15 percent, or about $3.6 million.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota farmers have started planting this year's corn crop.
• The federal Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that 1 percent of the state's corn crop is seeded, compared to 3 percent on average.
• South Dakota farmers are expected to plant 5.8 million acres of corn this year, down 6 percent from last year.
• About 6 percent of barley is in the ground in South Dakota, behind the average of 21 percent. But 37 percent of the oat crop is planted, slightly ahead of average.

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