Officials Unveiling Don Meyer Cancer Center in Aberdeen

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A $14.5 million cancer center in Aberdeen named for legendary college basketball coach Don Meyer and his wife is being unveiled.

Officials scheduled the grand opening of the Don and Carmen Meyer Center of Excellence on Thursday afternoon.

The center will be home to the Avera Cancer Institute. It's nearly triple the size of Avera's current cancer facility, and has state-of-the-art equipment and expanded services. Patient service is to begin Feb. 1.

Meyer was one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history, compiling 923 victories in 38 seasons at Northern State University in Aberdeen, Lipscomb University in Nashville and Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The native of Wayne, Nebraska, died of cancer in May 2014.

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