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the one in North Dakota hits South Dakota, lawmakers will have to step in to help.
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• CHADRON, Neb. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the discovery of human remains in Dawes County in western Nebraska.
• County Attorney Vance Haug (howg) says a rancher found the remains on his property Monday morning while moving cattle near the South Dakota border and called law enforcement.
• The sheriff's office and the Nebraska State Patrol are collecting evidence at the

scene.
• Haug, who also serves as county coroner, has ordered a forensic examination to determine a positive identification and cause of death.
• No other details were immediately released.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Dry conditions continue to take a toll on crops in South Dakota.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop and weather report that topsoil moisture is rated 38 percent short and 51 percent very short. Subsoil moisture is 46 percent short and 39 percent short.
• Still, crop development is ahead of the five-year average. Sixty percent of corn had tasseled, with 36 percent in the silked and 3 percent in the dough stage. That's compared with a five-year average of 18 percent in the tasseled and 6 percent in the silked stage.
• Soybeans were at 74 percent blooming.
• Rain was light or non-existent across the whole state. Highs in the northeast reached about 90 degrees, while Milesville had the high for the week at 107 degrees.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- If you happen to feel extra hot and gross in South Dakota, there's a reason: Several cities are creeping past 100 degrees in recent days.

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