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vocate for the rights of victims. Jackley says Mayer is very deserving of the award.
• Jackley and Spink County States Attorney Vic Fischbach, the association's president, presented the award at the annual meeting in Deadwood last week.
• Minnehaha County States Attorney Aaron McGowan will become president of the association in September, and Union County States Attorney Jerry Miller will sit as vice chairman.
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NTSB releases preliminary report on plane crash
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A preliminary investigation into the fatal airplane crash near Highmore earlier this week outlines some of the damage caused by the plane's collision with the blade of a wind turbine.
• The National Transportation Safety Board report says the wreckage of the plane was scattered around the base of the turbine. One of the blades was broken into several large pieces and the remaining two blades showed impact damage.
• The Sunday night crash killed four people returning from a cattle sale in Texas. They were the pilot, Donald J. "D.J." Fischer, of Gettysburg; and cattlemen Brent Beitelspacher, of Bowdle, Logan Rau, of Java, and Nick Reimann, of Ree Heights.
• The NTSB says the plane was reported missing by a concerned family member. The wreckage was discovered early Monday morning.
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SD board: Deer down, geese up for hunting season
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota officials are encouraging hunters to focus on the state's abundant goose population this season after announcing plans to significantly restrict deer hunting licenses.
• During meetings that concluded Friday at Custer State Park, officials with the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission said numbers of geese have been on the rise since the early 1990s. According to department figures, the most recent three-year average of geese in the state is 248,000, much more than the state's goal of 80,000-90,000.
• Officials have proposed issuing tens of thousands fewer deer tags than last year because of a population drop they blame partly on a decision by property owners to use more of their land for agriculture, leaving less for wildlife.
• "We want to grow that population and grow it faster," said Chad Switzer, wildlife program administrator for the department.
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