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• In addition to the competitions, several free juggling workshops will be offered throughout the week for people who want to learn. The goal is to make the juggling championship accessible to everyone -- the world-class juggler, the beginner or the spectator who simply wants to watch, Garfield said.
• Maier, who returned to juggling this year after a 20-year hiatus, was instrumental in bringing the 2012 competition to Sioux Falls. Previous competitions have been held in Las Vegas and Springfield, Ill.
• "According to the level of excitement I'm gauging from everyone I'm talking to, I think Sioux Falls will be the first time they really have a super local crowd for all the competitions," Maier said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Sioux Falls is worth $5,000 in the Saturday drawing.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card to win the game's second prize. The odds of winning it are one in about 90,600.
• The winner has about six months to claim the money.
• Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho. The jackpot for the next drawing on Wednesday is $440,000.
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• CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia is sending a wild land firefighting crew to South Dakota to help suppress a fire in the Black Hills.
• The state Division of Forestry says the 20-person crew is traveling to Custer, S.D., on Monday. The crew includes 16 agency staff and four volunteer firefighters. Their tour of duty will last two weeks.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff on Tuesday to honor former state Sen. George Shanard (SHAN'-urd).
• Shanard died Friday at age 86. His funeral is Tuesday at First Presbyterian

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