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parenting classes and go through substance abuse treatment in prison.
• "I'm beyond sorry for all the things I've done wrong," Cavanaugh said.
• Erickson, who cited Cavanaugh's eight previous convictions in state and tribal courts for assault and 17 arrests for public intoxication, said he was not impressed with a plea agreement that called for less than five years in prison.
• "I can't impose that type of sentence with a straight face," the judge said.
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SD National Guard unit returns from Afghanistan
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota Army National Guard unit based in the northern Black Hills is back in the United States after spending a year in Afghanistan.
• National Guard officials say 160 members of the 842nd Engineer Company of Spearfish, Belle Fourche (bell-FOOSH) and Sturgis arrived Monday at Fort Bliss, Texas. They will spend a week or more at Fort Bliss before returning to South Dakota.
• The unit deployed a year ago to provide construction and engineering support. The soldiers used bulldozers, scrapers, cranes, loaders and dump trucks to build and maintain roads, build base protection measures and provide limited clearing operations.
• Officials say details are not yet known of the unit's arrival in South Dakota or welcome home ceremony.
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SD man pleads guilty to federal drug charge
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Rapid City man accused of conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana has pleaded guilty in federal court.
• Brendan Johnson, U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, says 48-year-old Lyle Ferguson will be sentenced later for his conviction of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The maximum sentence for the offense is 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine.
• Johnson says the charge relates to Ferguson and others conspiring to distribute a large quantity of marijuana in South Dakota and elsewhere.
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SD Sen. Tim Johnson fractures arm after falling
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson says he fractured his right arm at the shoulder after falling in his U.S. Senate office last week.
• Johnson says he is doing well and will be in his office on Tuesday.
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