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Thank you to the businesses and individuals generously investing in the YES! Initiative...a five-year comprehensive program to attract and retain MIDWEST DIGEST GOP Nominates Michels industry, educate the workforce, and promote Yankton’s growth. S.D. Makes Final Payment For Water System For Lieutenant Governor PIERRE. (AP) — South Dakota’s Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved more than $15.2 million in grants and HURON (AP) — South Dakota He told delegates at the GOP Vanguard Division: $40,000.00+ loans for water, solid waste and recycling projects. Republicans have endorsed for- convention in Huron that the job First Dakota National Bank – $250,000 Gov. Mike Rounds says the money includes a $6.3 million grant mer state House Speaker Matt of attorney general mostly XYZ Corporation – $150,000 (see individual XYZ investors below) for ongoing construction of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water Michels as the party’s candidate involves keeping South Dakotans First National Bank South Dakota – $100,000 System. Mount Marty College – $50,000 for lieutenant governor. and their businesses safe. Slowey Management Company – $50,000 The $550 million water system will provide treated Missouri Delegates to the Republican Public Utilities Commission Welfl Construction – $50,000 River water to 20 communities and rural water systems in three State Convention in Huron unani- Chairman Dusty Johnson has Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan – $50,000 states. An estimated 300,000 people in South Dakota, Minnesota, mously nominated Michels, who won his party’s nomination to Yankton Motor Company - John Hagemann – $42,000 and Iowa will be served. Avera Sacred Heart Hospital is a Yankton lawyer. run for a second 6-year term on Sapa Extrusions, Inc. The grant announced Friday is the final payment of South The Republican candidate for the panel that regulates utilities. Yankton County Commission Dakota’s cost-share commitment to the water system, bringing the governor, Lt. Gov. Dennis Johnson was unopposed for Applied Engineering, Inc. total state funds to $31.9 million. Daugaard chose Michels to be the Republican nomination at CorTrust Bank his running mate. the party’s state convention in Explorer Division: $10,000.00-$39,999.00 Schools To Help Adults Complete Degrees Michels told GOP delegates Huron. He says the commission Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. he believes in hard work, per- has held down electric rates and Wells Fargo Bank PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota’s public university system has Yankton Medical Clinic, PC developed a new program aimed at helping students who have sonal responsibility and limited promoted wind power in recent government. years. Culhane Communications – KVHT-106.3 FM/KVTK-AM 1570 already earned a lot of college credits resume their studies and Eisenbraun & Associates, Inc. get a degree. Michels was born in Pierre in Republicans also endorsed Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital The new bachelor of general studies degree is available start- 1960 and grew up in Vermillion. School and Public Lands Midcontinent Communications ing this summer at Black Hills State University, Dakota State The Democratic candidate for Commissioner Jarrod Johnson to MtronPTI governor is state Senate run for a second 4-year term. Northwestern Energy University, Northern State University and the University of South Shur-Co Dakota. It also is available at off-campus centers in Sioux Falls, Democratic leader Scott That office manages land, oil and John A. Conkling Distributing Pierre and Rapid City. Heidepriem. gas leases and a trust fund for KYNT/KK93 Radio Meanwhile, Republican dele- education. WNAX/104.1 The Wolf Board of Regents director Jack Warner says the new degree MidAmerican Energy program can help increase the number of college graduates in gates endorsed state Attorney Also Friday, Republican General Marty Jackley to seek a House candidate Kristi Noem Dakota Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. South Dakota. He says many adults have earned a significant num- EMJ Company ber of college credits but never finished their degrees. new four-year term. addressed delegates, saying she Fred Haar Company, Inc. Jackley was appointed by wants to become South Dakota’s Johnson, Miner, Marlow, Woodward & Huff, Prof. L.L.C. Gov. Mike Rounds last year to fill lone member of the U.S. House Services Center Federal Credit Union Neb. Dairy Shows Year-To-Year Growth a vacancy left when former to help cut federal spending and Yankton Area Foundation Heine Cattle Company LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska dairy production increased Attorney General Larry Long was repeal the health care reform Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc. last year despite widespread economic woes. named a circuit judge. measure recently passed by Walmart Super Center The state Department of Agriculture reported that milk produc- Jackley had been U.S. attor- Congress. Baldwin Filters, Inc./Clarcor Corporation tion increased by more than 8 percent from 2008 to 2009. ney for South Dakota since 2006. Gehl Power Products, Inc. Randy & Linda Johnson Kelsey Pope of the Nebraska Corn Board said few states have Kennedy, Pier & Knoff, L.L.P. seen growth in their dairy industries, and dairy cow herds have M.T. & R.C. Smith Insurance declined in many states. The herd increased in Nebraska. Marquardt Transportation The corn board noted the statistics because June is considered Larry & Diane Ness “dairy month” in the industry. Neb. Group Plans Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Stockmens Livestock Market Dairy cattle consume a lot of feed, and corn and distillers’ Williams & Company grains are part of their ration, along with many other locally pro- Wilson Trailer Company duced feedstuff including forages. Trailblazer Division: $5,000.00-$9,999.00 Tan Tax Protest Century 21 Real Estate Retired Dean Takes Over At Neb. School M.B.S., Inc. – Yankton Gerstner Oil Company WAYNE, Neb. (AP) — A retired Wayne State College dean has Hy-Vee been named interim president of the school in northeast LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The gists and cosmetic companies, Electair, Inc. – dba Kaiser Heating & Cooling Nebraska. Nebraska Indoor Tanning that exploits inaccurate fears of James & Joyce Donohoe Curt Frye retired last June as vice president and dean of stu- Association is planning to protest the sun” and ultraviolet light. Fejfar Plumbing & Heating, Inc. First Chiropractic Center dents at Wayne State. at the Capitol in Lincoln next week The World Health Organization Floor to Ceiling Store He’s taking over for President Rick Collings, who’s taken a job against a new federal tax on tan- lists tanning beds as confirmed Hillcrest East, L.L.C. as president at Southwestern Community College in Sylva, N.C. ning beds. cancer-causers, particularly for Edward Jones Wayne Ibarolle Chancellor Stan Carpenter of the Nebraska State College The 10 percent tax on tanning young people. James Steel, Inc. System is recommending Frye to the system board of trustees for bed use starts nationwide on The association says the tax is Knology Minervas Grill & Bar its approval in September. Thursday, part of the federal unfair because fitness clubs that North Wind Builders, L.L.C. Carpenter says Frye was interim president at Wayne State in health care overhaul. offer indoor tanning are exempt Otto Ullrich Memorial Trust 2003, which makes him the top choice to serve as interim presi- A news release from associa- from the tax. Robinson Motors, Inc. dent again. tion says the so-called “tan tax” is The rally is set to begin at 10 Rupiper Travel & Tours T & T Development Frye began working at Wayne State in 1985. part of an ongoing scare cam- a.m. Thursday at the Capitol. Western Office Plus paign, “orchestrated by dermatolo- Willcockson Eye Associates, PC Wintz & Ray Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc. Health Alert Posted For Algae At Neb. Lake Wohlenberg, Ritzman & Company, L.L.C. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have posted a Yankton Rexall Drug Company health alert for toxic blue-green algae at Swan Creek 5A Lake near 309 W. 11th Street • Yankton, SD 57078 800-249-3837 • 605-668-2168 Pioneer Division: $1,000.00-$4,999.00 Tobias in Saline County. Best Western Kelly Inn Signs are being posted, and the swimming beach will remain www.tkplaceyankton.com Embroidery & Screen Works, Inc. closed. Hatch Furniture & Flooring The algae, which scientists say are plantlike bacteria, are com- • Kitchens KPH Heating & Air Conditioning/Yankton Computer & Network Services mon in freshwater. Some types can produce dangerous toxins. Rogers Family Pharmacy Chuck & Barb Aman People can still camp, fish and boat on lakes under the alert • Baths Benedictine Sisters but should not have full-body contact. Larry & Paula Benson Drinking toxin-tainted water can cause vomiting, diarrhea, res- • Office & more Tom Cihak Insurance piratory failure and, rarely, death. Don & Pam Kettering Kline’s Jewelry Kopetsky’s Ace Hardware & Bike Shop Group From School To Sing With Foreigner Lewis and Clark Realty, Inc. Mannes Architects OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A vocal group from Omaha Central High Matthew & Karen Michels School has won a chance to perform with rock band Foreigner at a Aaron & Jamie Ness free concert in the city. Truck Trailer Sales & Service, Inc. The group, Omaha Jazz Central Station, was the winner of a con- Yankton Winnelson Company Anderson Realty, L.L.C. test sponsored by Bank of the West Celebrates America and VH1 Dan & Patti Eisenbraun Save the Music. Vocal groups from public high schools in the Ron Kraft Consulting Omaha metro area were invited to compete. Berkley Motors Omaha Jazz Central Station will perform “I Want to Know What Blackburn & Stevens Professional, L.L.C. Love Is” with Foreigner at the Bank of the West Celebrates Echo Electric Supply Hedahls Parts Plus America’s free concert on July 2 in Omaha’s Memorial Park. The Pam & Bob Rezac group also gets $1,000 for the high school’s music program. Loren & Cleo Anderson Also scheduled to perform at the concert are music groups Styx Sandy & Jake Hoffner and Kansas. Animal Health Clinic Drs. Michael & Darcie Briggs, DDS, PC ■ Get Updates At Yankton Online (www.yankton.net) Neil J. Connot Dan & Jeanne Devine Gary & Joani Dybsetter Denis & Mary Beth Fokken Nate & Michelle Franzen Charlie & Joan Gross Jeral Gross Marjorie Gross Kurt & Carrie Hauser Mike & Gerrie Healy Paul & Kim Jensen JJ Benji’s Screen Printing & Embroidery Dr. Wayne & Marge Kindle Harris & Corinne Kruse Emma French Laird Lance Anderson Construction Barbara Larson Mark’s Machinery, Inc. Ted & Nadine Mickelson Rob Ness Lloyd G. Reedstrom Connie & Maurice Reiner Al & Claudia Schumacher Jolene & Randy Smith South Dakota Magazine Rob & Lori Stephenson Vernon & Judy VanDerhule Brad & Nancy Wenande XYZ Investors Titanium: $25,000+ Murray & Megan McGlone Marv Looby (Property) Marc & Julie Mooney Steve & YaVonne Slowey (Property Cory & Kim Nelson Diamond: $5,000-$10,000 Tom & Theresa Nelson Jon & Michelle Baumann Aaron & Jamie Ness Ben’s Brewing Company Byron & Beryl Olson Tom & Anne Buttolph Scott & Heidi Sandal Chad & Kristi Ekroth Bryan & Angie Schoenfelder Gail & Deb Gubbels Dave & Brenda Spencer Dan & Kami Guthmiller Rob & Lori Stephenson Dave Hosmer & Stephanie Tamisiea John & Lynn Thieman Todd & Vicki Knodel Todd & Michelle Van Maanen THE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR LAB Bob & Michele Luken Jeff & Lisa Wolfgram W.D. & Jill Metheny Silver: $1,000-$2,499 at Avera Sacred Heart recently performed P.R. & Karla Olson Jason & Kathi Bietz its 500th vascular procedure. Shelly & Lynn Peterson Kevin & Vonnie Carda Leon & Connie Somsen Brandi DeFries The Cath Lab team at the Peripheral Vascular Lab Dan & Deb Specht Dr. Aaron Feser uses sophisticated technology to provide the most Kynan & Nancy Trail Robert Gehm Chad & Holly Gordon advanced, accurate diagnosis possible for your arteries. Gold: $2,500-$4,999 Richard & Jacalyn Andre Jeral Gross Chad & Viki Bent James & Tracey Grotenhuis Mike & Darcie Briggs Erich & Jennifer Johnke Why go anywhere else? Sarah & David Carda Brett & LuAnn Kennedy Advanced vascular technology Todd & Danyal Chance David & Jozette Knoff CreditSoup, Inc. Jim & Stacy Schramm is right here in Yankton. Mike Dellinger Brad & Nancy Wenande Nate & Michelle Franzen Marty & Jill Wermers Garrett & Amanda Horn Brad & Jessica Woerner PICTURED: Cath LabTeam, including Emily Shurman, CVT; Rob & Susie Klimisch Other: Dr. Luke Serck,Yankton Medical Clinic, P.C.; and Lisa Miller, RRT, RDCS www.AveraSacredHeart.com Gregg & Jill Kouri Dorothy O’Connell For more information, contact Yankton Area Progressive Growth, Inc. at (605) 665-9011 or on the web at www.yanktonedc.com