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• Peggy Locke and Anita Lowary were authorized to attend the Finance Officer's School and Human Relations School in Oacoma.
• Malt beverage licenses were renewed for Ken's Food Fair and Duane's Sinclair.
• After an executive session, the council hired Adam Herman as a baseball groundskeeper and assistant peewee coach and accepted the resignation of Travis Kurth as Park Superintendent effective June 2.

• BROOKINGS, S.D. - More cool and wet weather across South Dakota are likely this summer according to the latest outlook from the Climate Prediction Center of NOAA.
• "This condition will have some interesting implications for South Dakota and the region particularly because of the cool spring," said Dennis Todey, SDSU Extension State Climatologist.
Although corn planting has moved along near average pace to this point in the spring for South Dakota, Todey said emergence is behind the 5-year average. "While this is not a major issue currently, the potential lack of heat during the summer could change the potential crop situation across the state as the summer progresses," he said.
• Typically, crops in the southeast part of the state, often experience enough heat during an average growing season. Todey indicated that more frequent 90-degree days often leads to crop stress. "The potential for cool weather during this summer would likely be favorable to their growing season reducing some potential stress," Todey said.
• He added that the cooler conditions in the northern portion of the state could produce some additional problems with corn and soybeans. "Northeastern parts of the state generally are more heat-limited.  Cooler conditions during the summer could slow crop development throughout the year," he said. "The final impact of cooler temps is not likely to be limited yields, but will be either crops which will not be completely mature at harvest, or contain too high moisture."
• Similar problems are likely across the northern tier of the Corn Belt where Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota are all well behind on corn planting currently, said Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist.
• "These states are not the biggest producers of corn and soybeans. But collectively, they represent a large chunk of acres which could have delayed crop problems throughout the year," she said.   
For small grains, Edwards explained that the cooler conditions should have less of