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• When he saw the timer wasn't moving, he thought about picking it up and throwing it away, but decided to call police.
• The ATF says the device failed to function as designed but was live.
• The federal agency asks that anyone with information call the ATF Sioux Falls field office at (605) 782-8200, or the Canton Police Department at (605) 987-5612.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota received some scattered rain this past week, but more is needed to give row crops relief from the heat.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop and weather report that most of the state did receive some precipitation, but amounts were typically

very small.
• Webster received the most rain -- 4.2 inches for the week -- while another seven stations received more than an inch. But many places received just a few tenths of precipitation.
• The USDA says small grain harvest was able to advance with the dry conditions, as well as cutting of hay.
• Cattle conditions were rated 69 percent in the good to excellent range, while sheep conditions were rated 80 percent good to excellent.
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• PRINGLE, S.D. (AP) -- An historic, 110-year-old ranch has been lost to the Myrtle Fire near Pringle, which has consumed more than 16 square miles of land.
• The blaze in the Black Hills engulfed the Williams Ranch, one of the oldest homesteads still standing in the area.
• Black Hills National Forest Archeologist Michael Engelhart tells KELO that all 18 structures that made up the ranch burned to the ground.
• Englehart says firefighters had tried to protect the home but couldn't.
• KOTA reports that the fire is about 40 percent contained. Rain over the northern two-thirds of the fire helped to slow its spread.
• No current homes have been damaged, and Engelhart says firefighters have saved other historic sites.
• The Myrtle Fire is one of several sweeping through central and western South Dakota.

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