"On today's edition of Dakota Midday, host Paul Guggenheimer welcomed South Dakota's State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger to talk about the swine flu situation and how it's affecting South Dakota. Then Paul spoke with Bob Burns, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at South Dakota State University, about the celebration at SDSU of Theodore Schultz Nobel Prize winning work in economic development. And finally, Paul interviewed former Vermillion Mayor Roger Kozak and Steve Howe, Executive Director of the Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Corporation about a public-private economic initiative called ""Vermillion NOW!"" which could prove to be a model for small to medium sized South Dakota towns. "