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last year's pace of 99 percent and the average of 73 percent. Winter wheat conditions were rated 34 percent very poor, 21 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 15 percent good and 0 percent excellent.
• Ninety-five percent of cattle were reported as moved to pasture compared to 90 percent the week before.
• Pasture and range conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 52 percent good and 10 percent excellent.
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• MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- An airman with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base died in a canoeing accident over the weekend.
• Base officials say Tech Sgt. Jason Mower died Saturday when the canoe he was in overturned on Lake Metigoshe (meht-ih-GOH'-shee). Another airman in the canoe surfaced but Mower did not. His body was recovered Sunday morning.
• Mower had been in the Air Force for 11 years and had been stationed at the Minot base since 2010. He was originally from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.

• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- Residents of the southeastern South Dakota city of Yankton are cleaning up after a weekend storm.
• The storm on Saturday brought heavy rain, hail and strong winds, and caused widespread tree damage. City crews on Monday were picking up branches put on curbs by residents.
• National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Temeyer tells the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan that the damage in the city likely was caused by straight-line winds. He says there's nothing to indicate it was a tornado.
• At least one house was damaged in the storm, but no injuries were reported.