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tank mixes.
• Complaints about drift must be filed with the department within 30 days after damage occurs. If a growing crop is damaged, the complaint must be filed before 25 percent of the crop has been harvested.
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Police Chiefs honor 4 Yankton officers
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A group of four police officers from Yankton have received the first ever South Dakota Police Officer of the Year award.
• The South Dakota Police Chiefs Association has presented the award to Officers Jeremy McNinch, Monty Rothenberger and Rob Buechler and Corporal Brad Parker of the Yankton Police Department.
• The men rescued a woman from the Missouri River.
• They were honored for saving a life at personal risk to themselves.
• The association created the award for law enforcement officers below the rank of chief, sheriff or director who demonstrate the ideals of the industry.
• Federal and city officers were nominated for this year's award.
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Plan to reduce Native American women prisoners
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A criminal justice oversight council in South Dakota unanimously endorsed a proposal Monday to apply for a grant from the federal government to help reduce the disproportionate number of Native American women from Pennington County in the prison system.
• Of the women in the prison system, about 30 percent are from Pennington County, where Rapid City is located. Native women constitute a large portion of that group.
• The council oversees the implementation of the Public Safety Improvement Act. The act took effect in July, and its oversight council met Monday in Rapid City.
• The council granted support for state staff to apply for a federal grant to fund a program to help high risk women in Pennington County.
• Jim Seward, the chair of the council, said the program would not be only for Native Americans. But, he said, "the data suggest that population to be in high need."
• Seward said the award could be up to $1.75 million over three years, depending on the parameters of the project and whether or not the application to the federal government is successful. The effort could help women with housing and other needs in order to reduce their risk of offending.
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