DRAYTON ND
OUR OPINION: A spoonful of American Crystal Sugar 
The announcement that American Crystal Sugar workers have accepted the company’s offer is great news for both the workers and the company.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , April 16, 2013
CHS to invest $50 million in northeast North Dakota, northwest Minnesota
The projects include a new grain terminal in Langdon, N.D., and a fertilizer depot in Erskine, Minn.
By Mikkel Pates , March 01, 2013
Locked-out Crystal workers in North Dakota wait for benefits details
A union leader representing locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers said 420 of them are eligible for unemployment benefits, made possible by a North Dakota Supreme Court decision Tuesday, and he is asking the state tell them soon when payments will come.
By Christopher Bjorke , February 27, 2013
SHAR KNUTSON: Lockout law firm hurts workers, employers
Lockout. It’s a word we’re all too familiar with in Minnesota. First, let’s be clear what a lockout is: It’s the opposite of a strike. The employer withholds work in order to gain concessions from workers.
By Shar Knutson , January 09, 2013
Crystal’s profits drop by 32 percent but still near record high
MOORHEAD, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar saw its net proceeds slump by almost a third for its 2012 reporting year, although it posted its second-highest payments to beet growers in history.
By Patrick Springer , December 06, 2012
Locked-out Crystal Sugar workers reject offer for 4th time
Fifty-five percent of union workers voted to reject the contract, down from the 63 percent that opposed the same offer earlier this summer.
By Sam Benshoof , December 01, 2012
American Crystal: Union may vote soon on contract
American Crystal Sugar management is expecting locked-out union workers to vote again on a labor contract in a little more than a week. In the past thre votes, including the one that led to the workers' lockout Aug. 1, union members have voted overwhelmingly against the contract.
By Christopher Bjorke , November 21, 2012
Sugar beet harvest gets going again
The Red River Valley’s sugar beet crop is the odd man out in this season of early planted, early harvested crops, with digging actually behind normal schedules.
By Stephen J. Lee , October 26, 2012
Union tries new ways to win sympathy, but will it work?
Union leaders and management officials claim the public is on their side, but labor experts say public opinion has limited impact in labor disputes.
By Christopher Bjorke , October 21, 2012
Despite union lockout, boycott, beet harvest rumbles on
Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley are busy harvesting a bumper crop this fall, the second harvest since American Crystal Sugar locked 1,300 union workers out of its five factories in a labor dispute. Unions hope a national consumer boycott against Crystal Sugar will pressure the company to settle, but the beet farmers who own the American Crystal Sugar cooperative are not feeling that pressure.
By Dan Gunderson , October 20, 2012
Adams to join new school co-op, Drayton agrees to $3.15 million bond
Voters in Adams, N.D., and Park River, N.D., decided Tuesday to combine their school districts. In another school vote Tuesday, Drayton (N.D.) School District voters approved a $3.15 million bond issue by the narrowest of margins.
By Ryan Bakken , October 09, 2012
VIDEO: Community harvest bee held near Drayton, N.D., for friend in need
People near Drayton gave a big helping hand today as they harvested crops for a friend in need.
By David Schwab , October 02, 2012
Drayton school asks voters for $3.15 million for renovations
The Drayton (N.D.) School District is asking voters to approve a $3.15 million bond issue on Oct. 9. The money is needed for a new roof and several other physical improvements to the elementary-high school building, according to Superintendent Hy Schlieve.
By Kevin Bonham , September 14, 2012
East Grand Forks man at center of major drug case
An East Grand Forks man is charged in federal court with organizing a drug trafficking ring that supplied heroin, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs across Minnesota and North Dakota.
By Mike Nowatzki , May 31, 2012
Locked-out workers to caravan
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers said Tuesday they plan to travel 200 miles by foot and hay wagon to draw attention to the 10-month-old lockout.
By Herald Staff Report , May 30, 2012
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