Harding blood drive is hurting (Observer-Tribune) HARDING TWP. –  A drop in annual blood donations at the  township’s  annual blood drive is being blamed on factors from more people traveling overseas, to added vacations to an aging population are [News Source]

USDA puts employees on leave amid drug allegations (AG Weekly) DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at a laboratory campus in central Iowa on paid leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for human use. [News Source]

The Fives: Wrongly convicted cows, bruising bulls and computer generated bovines make it big (Rapid City Journal) The Black Hills Stock Show is in town, opening with some horse events today out at the fairgrounds and springing to life Friday at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. In honor of what we at the Journal call the "Cowboy Rally," I dedicate today's column to the stock show and it's lifeblood, cows. [News Source]

The Fives: Wrongly convicted cows, bruising bulls and computer generated bovines make it big (Rapid City Journal) The Black Hills Stock Show is in town, opening with some horse events today out at the fairgrounds and springing to life Friday at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. In honor of what we at the Journal call the "Cowboy Rally," I dedicate today's column to the stock show and it's lifeblood, cows. [News Source]