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MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) A surgeon, 58-year-old Jerome K. Howe of Mitchell, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of making a threatening or harassing phone call to a newspaper editor. Howe, upset over an editorial, had said the editor was lucky the newspaper hadn't been "firebombed." The judge told him he used a bad choice of words.

FULTON, S.D. (AP) A Fulton man who has raised bison for almost half a century says there's good demand for bison meat these days.

Ralph Mahoney says the demand for the low-cholesterol bison meat should keep increasing as society becomes more health-conscious.

South Dakota was the nation's top producer of bison last year.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The Legislature's Rules Review Committee meets Tuesday at the state Capitol in Pierre. The panel is scheduled to review rules proposed by the attorney general, the Game, Fish and Parks Department the Department of Transportation and several other state agencies.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) Today's the day for Northern State University's annual spring Football game. The intra-squad contest in Aberdeen marks the end of NSU's spring football workouts.

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