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abortion DONOR Donor in 2006 abortion campaign to remain secret SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A judge on Monday decided in favor of State Rep. Roger Hunt of Brandon in a ruling that keeps secret the name of an anonymous donor who gave $750,000 to the 2006 abortion ban campaign in South Dakota.

During the 2006 campaign, Hunt formed Promising Future Inc., which had one shareholder who made three separate $250,000 donations to Vote Yes For Life.

Since then Secretary of State Chris Nelson has argued that the name should be revealed, calling Promising Future a 'shell' corporation formed to hide the identity.

Caldwell had dismissed the case in August 2007. Nelson appealed to the state Supreme Court, which sent it back to Caldwell.

Voters rejected the 2006 ballot issue 56 percent to 44 percent.

Information from: KELO-TV, http://www.keloland.com TRIAL SET April trial date set in Huron shooting HURON, S.D. (AP) A trial date has been set for a 41-year-old Sturgis man accused of murder in the April shooting death of Ricardo Hein in Huron.

Circuit Judge Vince Foley of Brookings says the trial of John LeGrand will start April 21 with jury selection.

LeGrand has pleaded not guilty to alternate counts of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Authorities say he and Hein had fought over money that LeGrand allegedly owed Hein for construction work and that LeGrand shot the 23-year-old Hein four times with a shotgun in a Huron mobile home park.

A request by LeGrand's attorney, Randy Stiles of Mitchell, to add a second defense attorney was granted.

Information from: KOKK-AM, http://www.kokk.com BUDGET CRUNCH Governor won't seek tax increase to fix SD budget PIERRE, S.D. (AP) South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds says he won't seek a tax increase to fix state budget problems that are expected to get much worse in the next two years.

The governor says he doubts the South Dakota Legislature would increase taxes, so he is seeking to balance the state budget by searching for budget cuts.

The state is using federal stimulus money to help get through the next two years. Rounds says up to $29 million in state reserves might be needed to get through the current budget year because the recession caused a decline in revenue and an increase in spending on people who lost jobs.

However, Rounds says employment numbers are better than expected, so revenue should be better than expected a couple of months ago.

CROP REPORT Warm, dry weather allows SD harvest to resume SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) The weekly South Dakota crop report says warm, dry weather last week helped row crops dry and the fall harvest to resume.

Very little precipitation was reported in the state.

The report says the Soybean harvest advanced 26 percentage points last week. Seventy-six percent of the crop has been harvested, compared to 99 percent for the five-year average.

Eighteen percent of the state's Corn crop has been harvested, compared to 71 percent for the five-year average. And 67 percent of the sorghum crop has been harvested, compared to 83 percent for the five-year average.

DOUBLE FATAL 2 dead in motorcycle-car crash in SD HUDSON, S.D. (AP) The Highway Patrol says two people died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car near the southeastern South Dakota town of Hudson.

The victims were identified as 53-year-old Donald Burdick of Hudson and 40-year-old Lori Mae Willette of Delavan, Minn.

The patrol says Burdick was driving a motorcycle that collided with a car on state Highway 46 west of Hudson about 5 p.m. Sunday.

Willette was a passenger on the motorcycle.

Authorities say the two people in the car were not hurt.

PALIN VISIT sarah palin to visit Sioux Falls on book tour SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Sioux Falls is one of the stops on the book tour of Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate.

Palin is to appear at Barnes & Noble in Sioux Falls on Dec. 6 to sign copies of her book, "Going Rogue: An American Life." "Going Rogue" has an announced first printing of 1.5 million copies and has been at or near the top of Amazon.com's best-seller list for weeks.

Palin is among several Republicans seen as 2012 presidential aspirants who are jockeying for position as they campaign and raise money for 2010 GOP candidates.

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