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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says South Dakota's corn crop is advancing in maturity but is lagging behind last year's pace.
• The department says South Dakota's crop is 40 percent mature, well behind last year's 86 percent and slightly behind the five-year average of 45 percent. Harvest is 4 percent complete, behind the five-year average of 7 percent. The corn crop's condition is rated 3 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 26 percent fair, 47 percent good and 13 percent excellent.
• About 72 percent of South Dakota's soybean plants are dropping leaves, well behind last year's 97 percent and slightly behind the 80 percent five-year average. The condition is 6 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 42 percent good and 7 percent excellent.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A 24-year-old Wagner man convicted of shooting his uncle last year has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Dancing Bull Fischer was sentenced to 210 months on Monday after pleading guilty in June to second degree murder and assault with intent to commit murder.
• The conviction stems from a Nov. 27, 2012, incident at a house party in the Wagner area. Prosecutors say Dancing Bull Fischer shot his uncle, Anthony Fischer Sr., at close range and killed him and also shot and seriously injured his cousin, Dominic Fischer.
• Dancing Bull Fischer was turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The State Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a restaurant in the Black Hills community of Rockerville.
• The blaze at The Gas Light Restaurant and Saloon about 12 miles south of

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