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• The newspaper reported that high school Principal Kevin Lein sent a message to parents Monday in which he said, "Parents, please communicate with your sons or daughters that the best way to put this behind you is to take responsibility for the mistake made and move on."
• All the students involved are seniors and have graduated, so there is little the school can do to penalize them, Lein said. However, any students still in track, golf or baseball could lose their right to compete.
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Seeding of SD corn, soybeans ahead of average pace
• SOIUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The seeding of corn and soybeans in South Dakota remains well ahead of the average pace after another week of good planting conditions.
• The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that 28 percent of the soybean crop is in the ground, compared with 7 percent on average. Seventy-nine percent of the corn crop is seeded, compared with the long-term average of 43 percent.
• Nearly all of the state's spring wheat crop has emerged. That's also well ahead of average.
• Calving and lambing are wrapping up in South Dakota. Range and pasture conditions are rated 75 percent good to excellent.
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SD National Guard soldiers back from Middle East
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- About 70 South Dakota National Guard soldiers are back on U.S. soil after a yearlong deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.
• Members of the 189th Regiment's Company C, 1st Battalion arrived in Fort Hood, Texas, on Monday. They'll spend about a week there going through the demobilization process before returning to South Dakota.
• The Rapid City-based unit with pilots and flight medics deployed last May to help evacuate wounded soldiers.
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