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season, said she's seeing higher than normal instances of prolapsed uteri, which tend to come from stress or improper nutrition.
• "Everything could be related back that the storm that set them up not to use the nutrients correctly or drug them down so far that they're not back up," she said.
• Cook said a prolapse happens when a cow has a live calf and keeps pushing until the uterus is turned inside out. Cook can push the uterus back in so the cow will rebreed after healing naturally.
• "We saw a lot of them two years ago, more than normal, and that was due to a dry, bad summer in western South Dakota," she said.
• Stomprud said it's been a tough period for ranchers, but he's been overwhelmed by the calls and donations to the relief funds from friends and other caring people. His son received five animals from Heifers for South Dakota, an effort by the nation's ranchers to donate hundreds of bred cattle and heifer calves to their brethren in South Dakota.
• "The storm doesn't come without its blessings," he said. "We have really genuinely found out how generous people are. It kind of renewed our faith in mankind."
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls officials have announced a series of measures to improve the water quality of the Big Sioux River.
• Authorities tell the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1h6h8cE) that the city has cut down the levels of certain pollutants in the river, but more needs to be done.
• The new programs include educating pet owners about cleaning up pet waste, monitoring storm sewer outflows, adding water quality efforts to the city's flood management plan, restarting an annual river greenway cleanup event, and expanding waterway adoption programs.
• Sioux Falls environmental manager Bob Kappel says the city has succeeded in reducing the levels of ammonia, dissolved oxygen and iron in the river, but officials have not been perfect in monitoring the river.
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