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• Officials are asking people to contact local conservation officers or call the department's Pierre headquarters at 605-773-5913 if they see sick deer or find several dead dear in one place.
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• Children's Justice Conference sessions to be held
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is sponsoring Children's Justice Conference sessions this month in Rapid City and Sioux Falls.
• The Sept. 11 conference in Rapid City and the Sept. 13 conference in Sioux Falls are geared toward judges, attorneys, child welfare agency staff, court advocates, law enforcement officers, social workers, mental health staff and health care professionals.

• Sessions and workshops will focus on best practices for child welfare cases and will also introduce attendees to new programs focused on improving the lives of children, youth and families.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Northern Hills Drug Court is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a ceremony for the latest graduates to complete the program that keeps offenders out of prison if they complete a rehabilitation program.
• State Sen. Craig Tieszen (TEEZ-en) of Rapid City will deliver the keynote address Tuesday at a graduation ceremony for three clients at the Meade County Courthouse in Sturgis. Officials say 26 people have graduated from the alternative sentencing program since it started in September 2007.
• The program allows convicted felons with drug problems to avoid prison if they remain clean and sober for at least a year. They also must complete extensive treatment services, pass frequent drug and alcohol tests and undergo intensive supervision.
• South Dakota is establishing similar drug courts in other parts of the state.
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