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paigning there, and Democrats say the state is trending their way. Privately, however, top strategists say a true Democratic tilt is probably several years away, and Nunn faces a tough battle.
• Walsh said Republican campaign professionals feel confident about winning Senate seats in West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana. They would need only three more pick-ups to control the Senate.
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• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota State University Small Grains Plant Pathology program is partnering with a similar program at North Dakota State University to deploy a small grains disease forecasting system for South Dakota.
• The system uses weather variables including rainfall, temperature and relative humidity to predict the likelihood of fungal diseases development in small grains.
• SDSU Extension Plant Pathologist Emmanuel Byamukama (bee-YAHM-oo-KAHM-ah) says in order for plant diseases to develop, they need a host, a pathogen and a conducive environment.
• The host and most pathogens are always present, so the limiting factor then becomes the environment.
• Byamukama says the objective of the forecasting system is to help the grower protect the top two leaves that contribute the most to grain yield and to avoid unnecessary fungicide application.
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• WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) -- A new sign greeting visitors to Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills was written by American Indian tribes.
• The National Park Service says it's the result of meetings dating back to 2006 between the park and tribes with cultural or historical ties to the cave.
• The federal agency says a previous sign included inaccuracies and was culturally insensitive. It was removed in 2006.
• The park service says the new sign tells the story of the cave's significance in the words of indigenous people.
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