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Winder, Ga.-based First Piedmont Bank and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based BankFirst were closed by regulators Friday, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures in 2009 to 55 as the credit crisis continues to claim victims...Athens, Ga.-based First American Bank...
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S.D. — A South Dakota section has been added to a proposed $3.5 billion dedicated ethanol pipeline being studied by biofuels company Poet and Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners LP. If built, the 1,800-mile pipeline would now begin in Davison County,...
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Verne Brakke, an agent for New York Life Insurance Company in Pierre, has earned membership in the Million Dollar Round Table for 2009...Brakke has been a New York Life agent since 1989, and is associated with New York Life’s Great Plains General Office...
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The rural communities of Conde and Rosholt received grants and Hecla won approval for a low-interest long-term loan Monday from the state Board of Water and Natural Resources for rebuilding their municipal wastewater systems. The board gave a $200,000...
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An $11 million federal grant will target substance abuse in South Dakota over the next five years. Gov. Mike Rounds said the state will get $2.2 million annually from the U.S...He said there will be an emphasis on preventing alcohol abuse and underage...
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Gov. Mike Rounds said state agencies are well-prepared for a new law that expands the scope of state government professional services contracts that must be awarded on a competitive application basis. The law, which becomes effective today, requires state...
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Another meeting about construction of a new food pantry large enough to hold 4,500 pounds of donated food from Wal-Mart is in the works, according to Mayor Laurie Gill. In May, Mitch Weiss, Wal-Mart store manager, city officials and Catherine Mercer,...
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A $12 million repair and remodel project in Custer State Park has left the four resort complexes in what South Dakota Parks Director Doug Hofer considers their best condition in years. "But with the number of facilities we have, and four different infrastructure...
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The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources is accepting applications through Oct. 1, for projects eligible for federal Clean Water Act, Section 319 nonpoint source control grants...The federal Environmental Protection Agency grants...
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May unemployment rates have been released for South Dakota cities, and Watertown still has the highest rate among the state's largest cities, although the rate dropped from the month before. The state Labor Department says the May jobless rate for Watertown...
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