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• The governor makes $104,002 a year and is provided a house in Pierre. His chief of staff makes $111,395.
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State awards $500,000 in mosquito control grants
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state has awarded $500,000 in mosquito control grants to nearly 100 cities across South Dakota.
• The grants are intended to help control mosquitoes and help prevent the spread of the West Nile virus.
• The South Dakota Department of Health says all applying communities received funding. The grants range from $1,000 to $30,000. The awards were based on each city's population and its history of West Nile virus cases through 2013.
• Groton received a $6,922 grant. Aberdeen and Sioux Falls both received $30,000. The Langford, Pierpont, Roslyn and Eden Cooperative received $4,720. Pierpont received $1,622. Webster received 5,749. Britton received $11,156. Pierre received 24,253.
• Health officials say the state has seen more than 2,100 confirmed West Nile virus cases since 2002. Thirty-two people have died as a result of the virus during that period.
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State offering prairie dog control programs
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota ranchers and producers who want unwelcomed prairie dogs off their properties can contact state officials for help.
• Wildlife officials say crews can help control prairie dogs that have encroached onto private land from adjacent public land.
• Keith Fisk is a wildlife damage program administrator with the state's Game, Fish and Parks. Fisk says landowners with at least 20 acres of prairie dog colonies within one mile of the public land are eligible to receive state assistance.
• The department must receive the complaints from landowners seeking help by Aug. 15. Officials will control the invaded colonies during the fall.
• Landowners with complaints regarding prairie dogs encroaching from adjoining private land must contact the state's Department of Agriculture.
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