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Mumps outbreak reveals a shift in attitude 

Fifty years ago, parents expected their kids to get the mumps and even hoped they did.

Mumps were common and simply part of growing...

Couple keeps cozy in covered wagon 

MELLETTE, S.D. (AP) -- Living in a covered wagon during and after a grim ice storm might not seem like a comfortable alternative to a modern home....

South Dakota Livestock Producers Comply with Mad Cow Safeguards.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Feb. 1--Like their counterparts nationwide, South Dakota feed mills and livestock producers are subject to rules aimed at keeping mad cow...

American News, Aberdeen, S.D., Land Lines Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 28--Farmers and lenders will still be able to sit down with a state mediator when a producer has trouble making loan payments, even if a...

No Danger of Farm-Loan Mediation Ending In South Dakota.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 30--Farmers and lenders will still be able to sit down with a state mediator when a producer has trouble making loan payments, even if a...

Aberdeen, S.D., Public Schools Address Staffing Needs.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 17--In about two weeks, Aberdeen public schools will have a better handle on its staffing situation for the 2001-02 school year. That's...

Redfield, S.D., School District Faces 100-Percent Increase in Natural-Gas Bill.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 12--Redfield Public School's natural-gas bill for December 1999 was approximately $5,600. Its bill for December 2000 is $11,200. That's a...

South Dakota Supreme Court OKs Move to Deny Doctor Hospital Privileges.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 12--Avera St. Luke's Hospital acted within its rights when it did not grant hospital privileges for an orthopedic surgeon to practice at the...

Aberdeen, S.D.-Area School Boards Set Reorganization Vote for June 19.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 10--In separate meetings on Monday night, the Hecla-Houghton and Britton school boards set June 19 as the day voters in both districts will...

South Dakota Railroad Tracks on Road to Recovery.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) 

Jan. 5--Abandoned railroad tracks from Britton to Aberdeen are on the road to recovery. Gov. Bill Janklow told the American News on Thursday...