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News Briefs (08/30/08)
Another Wind Farm Being Built In S.D.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Iberdrola Renewables has started construction on a second wind farm in Brookings County and will sell the electricity to an Indiana utility.
The Buffalo Ridge Wind Power Project near White will produce 50 megawatts of power, enough for 15,000 homes a year, the company said.
The power will be purchased by Northern Indiana Public Service Company.
Iberdrola also operates the 100-turbine MinnDakota Wind Farm located in part of Brookings County and adjoining Lincoln County in Minnesota.
MinnDakota was built by Oregon-based PPM Energy and can produce enough electricity for 58,000 homes served by Excel Energy. PPM’s parent company was later purchased by Iberdrola, which calls itself the world’s leading provider of wind power with more than 8,000 megawatts of wind power globally.
“The construction of yet another large-scale wind energy project in Brookings County by Iberdrola Renewables represents South Dakota’s willingness to be a significant contributor to a new energy economy that lessens our dependence on foreign oil and enhances our national security,” said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Fewer Attended Sturgis This Year
RAPID CITY (AP) — Fewer people attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this year than in past years.
How many fewer is anyone’s guess, but the state Transportation Department believes attendance was about 445,000.
That’s based on several factors: a 12 percent reduction in the traffic count, 10 percent fewer vendors and a 9 percent drop in motel and campground reservations.
Rally attendance last year was an estimated 507,000. It was 457,000 in 2006.
One other number seems to indicate a smaller Sturgis crowd this year: Emergency room visits fell by 26 percent from last year.
S.D. Guard Detachment Returns To S.D.
RAPID CITY (AP) — A South Dakota National Guard unit that spent six months in Afghanistan is headed home.
A welcome home was planned Friday afternoon in Rapid City for members of an Army National Guard aviation unit.
The five pilots and two operations specialists flew 165 missions hauling personnel or cargo at seven airports in Afghanistan.
Neb. Reports 3 More West Nile Cases
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The total number of human West Nile virus cases in Nebraska this year has reached 13 after the confirmation of three new cases.
The Department of Health and Human Services says the new cases are in Butler, Douglas and Morrill counties.
That brings Douglas County’s total to two, matching Adams County. Previously, one case had been confirmed in each of the following counties: Cass, Dodge, Keith, Merrick, Platte, Sanders and York.
Late August is the peak transmission time for West Nile. Case reports are expected to increase, with the highest number occurring the first or second week in September.
West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
Neb. Court: Grocery Company Was Deceptive
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California finance company must pay more than $106,000 in restitution and court fees for the deceptive business practices of a former Nebraska grocery delivery company.
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Lancaster County District Court decision in ordering the payment from Jayco Acceptance Corp., of Temple City, Calif.
Consumers were led to believe they’d receive a free freezer if they signed up with Consumer’s Choice Foods of Omaha. But they later they found out the freezers were offered at an inflated price.
The state high court said in its opinion on Friday that the case is “replete with examples of deceptive acts.”
Nebraska Traffic Deaths At 60-Year Low
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Traffic deaths in Nebraska are at a 60-year low heading into Labor Day weekend.
As of midday Thursday, there were 126 traffic deaths so far this year, down from 173 the same time last year.
From 2004 through 2007, the average at this time of year was 169 fatalities.
Gov. Dave Heineman attributes the decline to enforcement, safety education, and other efforts by state agencies such as the Department of Roads.
But Adrian Lund of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has said that the sluggish economy and high gas prices were likely a factor in declines across the country.
Nationally, there was a decline in traffic deaths last year and many states have reported double-digit drops in fatalities during the first part of this year.
A Tip With The Labor Day Check
PIERRE (AP) — More than 10,000 South Dakotans got a little something extra with their paycheck: a message not to drink and drive over the Labor Day weekend.
The reminder was a joint effort of the state Office of Highway Safety, the South Dakota Safety Council, Volunteers of America, and a dozen companies.
It’s part of a national crackdown on drunken driving that runs through Labor Day.
One person died and 70 were injured in traffic accidents in South Dakota on the Labor Day weekend last year.
There were 11,756 drunken driving arrests and 7,490 DWI convictions in South Dakota in 2007.
S.D. Prison Inmate Died Of Natural Causes
PIERRE (AP) — An autopsy has determined that a 51-year-old South Dakota prison inmate who died on Aug. 15 succumbed to natural causes.
Patrick Powell was serving a 15-year sentence for an aggravated assault conviction in Lawrence County.
Powell was being held at the state prison in Springfield when he died.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Iberdrola Renewables has started construction on a second wind farm in Brookings County and will sell the electricity to an Indiana utility.
The Buffalo Ridge Wind Power Project near White will produce 50 megawatts of power, enough for 15,000 homes a year, the company said.
The power will be purchased by Northern Indiana Public Service Company.
Iberdrola also operates the 100-turbine MinnDakota Wind Farm located in part of Brookings County and adjoining Lincoln County in Minnesota.
MinnDakota was built by Oregon-based PPM Energy and can produce enough electricity for 58,000 homes served by Excel Energy. PPM’s parent company was later purchased by Iberdrola, which calls itself the world’s leading provider of wind power with more than 8,000 megawatts of wind power globally.
“The construction of yet another large-scale wind energy project in Brookings County by Iberdrola Renewables represents South Dakota’s willingness to be a significant contributor to a new energy economy that lessens our dependence on foreign oil and enhances our national security,” said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Fewer Attended Sturgis This Year
RAPID CITY (AP) — Fewer people attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this year than in past years.
How many fewer is anyone’s guess, but the state Transportation Department believes attendance was about 445,000.
That’s based on several factors: a 12 percent reduction in the traffic count, 10 percent fewer vendors and a 9 percent drop in motel and campground reservations.
Rally attendance last year was an estimated 507,000. It was 457,000 in 2006.
One other number seems to indicate a smaller Sturgis crowd this year: Emergency room visits fell by 26 percent from last year.
S.D. Guard Detachment Returns To S.D.
RAPID CITY (AP) — A South Dakota National Guard unit that spent six months in Afghanistan is headed home.
A welcome home was planned Friday afternoon in Rapid City for members of an Army National Guard aviation unit.
The five pilots and two operations specialists flew 165 missions hauling personnel or cargo at seven airports in Afghanistan.
Neb. Reports 3 More West Nile Cases
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The total number of human West Nile virus cases in Nebraska this year has reached 13 after the confirmation of three new cases.
The Department of Health and Human Services says the new cases are in Butler, Douglas and Morrill counties.
That brings Douglas County’s total to two, matching Adams County. Previously, one case had been confirmed in each of the following counties: Cass, Dodge, Keith, Merrick, Platte, Sanders and York.
Late August is the peak transmission time for West Nile. Case reports are expected to increase, with the highest number occurring the first or second week in September.
West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
Neb. Court: Grocery Company Was Deceptive
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California finance company must pay more than $106,000 in restitution and court fees for the deceptive business practices of a former Nebraska grocery delivery company.
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Lancaster County District Court decision in ordering the payment from Jayco Acceptance Corp., of Temple City, Calif.
Consumers were led to believe they’d receive a free freezer if they signed up with Consumer’s Choice Foods of Omaha. But they later they found out the freezers were offered at an inflated price.
The state high court said in its opinion on Friday that the case is “replete with examples of deceptive acts.”
Nebraska Traffic Deaths At 60-Year Low
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Traffic deaths in Nebraska are at a 60-year low heading into Labor Day weekend.
As of midday Thursday, there were 126 traffic deaths so far this year, down from 173 the same time last year.
From 2004 through 2007, the average at this time of year was 169 fatalities.
Gov. Dave Heineman attributes the decline to enforcement, safety education, and other efforts by state agencies such as the Department of Roads.
But Adrian Lund of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has said that the sluggish economy and high gas prices were likely a factor in declines across the country.
Nationally, there was a decline in traffic deaths last year and many states have reported double-digit drops in fatalities during the first part of this year.
A Tip With The Labor Day Check
PIERRE (AP) — More than 10,000 South Dakotans got a little something extra with their paycheck: a message not to drink and drive over the Labor Day weekend.
The reminder was a joint effort of the state Office of Highway Safety, the South Dakota Safety Council, Volunteers of America, and a dozen companies.
It’s part of a national crackdown on drunken driving that runs through Labor Day.
One person died and 70 were injured in traffic accidents in South Dakota on the Labor Day weekend last year.
There were 11,756 drunken driving arrests and 7,490 DWI convictions in South Dakota in 2007.
S.D. Prison Inmate Died Of Natural Causes
PIERRE (AP) — An autopsy has determined that a 51-year-old South Dakota prison inmate who died on Aug. 15 succumbed to natural causes.
Patrick Powell was serving a 15-year sentence for an aggravated assault conviction in Lawrence County.
Powell was being held at the state prison in Springfield when he died.
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