BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The U.S. Small Business Administration is
making low-interest federal disaster loans available to small,
nonfarm businesses in more counties in the Dakotas.
The loans of up to $2 million are to offset losses due to
drought in September and October.
The latest county to be declared eligible is the North Dakota
county of Sargent. The neighboring North Dakota counties of Dickey,
Ransom and Richland, and the neighboring South Dakota counties of
Brown, Marshall and Roberts become automatically eligible.