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• Scott said he did not know anything about pulling firefighters off Hollenbeck's ranch Saturday, but he said crews are trying to save ranchers' grass after first protecting the lives of firefighters and the public.
• "We all know grass is king out here," Scott said. "For these ranchers, that is their livelihood."
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• INTERIOR, S.D. (AP) -- Officials used a rope system to lift a 78-year-old man who had fallen more than 40 feet down a steep slope at Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota.
• The park says the man fell down a slope into a hole Saturday morning about 10

a.m. about five miles from the park's Ben Reifel Visitor Center.
• Rangers were able to lift the man out of the hole. He was transported to a clinic in Philip. In addition to the National Park Service, the Interior Fire Department, Kadoka Ambulance and Wall Ambulance responded.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police have made arrests in armed robberies that occurred at two convenience stores in a matter of minutes.
• The first was reported at a Shop N Cart store at 5:24 a.m. Monday and the second at a Gas Stop at 5:36 a.m. The suspects also allegedly threw a rock through a window at a nearby home.
• Three men, all 20 or 21, have been arrested on charges of first-degree robbery and fleeing from police. The man who was driving the car also faces a charge of driving under the influence.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Crop development is still ahead of the five-year average in South Dakota, but crop conditions are continuing to decline due to a lack of moisture.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop and weather report that warm and dry conditions dominated much of the state again. The combination of high temperatures, lower relative humidity and more water usage for crops are causing potentially stressful crop situations across the state.

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