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STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Sturgeon jumps into GF fishing guide's boat
They were jumping into the boat often describes good fishing, but the phrase usually isn't taken in the literal sense. Grand Forks catfish guide Brad Durick saw the phrase take on a whole new meani...
Posted on 7/13/12 at 10:52 AM
Minnesota budget's fine print shows reach of plan
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Tucked inside Gov. Mark Dayton's budget are less-heralded changes that would alter how Minnesota residents pay for and interact with their government from cradle to grave.
By Brian Bakst , January 23, 2013
Union members reject American Crystal contract a third time 
With 82 percent of Bakery Workers union members voting, 63 percent voted against the contract. The labor dispute has been ongoing since July 31 when members first voted on the contract. Since then, about 1,300 workers have been locked out and management has hired temporary replacement workers.
June 23, 2012
Crystal exec: No change in contract offer
American Crystal Sugar has agreed to sit down with the Bakery Workers union and a federal mediator June 8, “but our final offer is our final offer,” ACS spokesman Brian Ingulsrud said Thursday.
By Ryan Bakken , May 03, 2012
Crystal, union reps to meet June 8
“We hope there will be negotiations; the last few times we met, they just listened,” said John Riskey, president of Local 167G, which represents locked-out workers at Crystal plants in East Grand Forks, Drayton, N.D., and Moorhead.
By Ryan Bakken , May 02, 2012
Crystal holds job fairs near Drayton plant
Seven months into its dispute with its union, American Crystal Sugar Co. is recruiting more local temporary workers. Union members monitoring the job fairs say few have responded.
March 08, 2012
Dayton’s call for Crystal negotiations unheeded
Crystal officials not talking; feds ask governor not to commentNegotiations were to take place today, but sources tell the Herald they will not.
By Stephen J. Lee , December 12, 2011
Crystal hiring replacement workers locally
Management says still hope to bring back union workersFor now, it's looking to hire more replacements, but hope to save on more from not having to pay room-and-board for out-of-town workers. One executive said American Crystal now recognizes that lock-out of union workers will last much longer than anticipated.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 21, 2011
AREA NEWS: Mosquito spraying scheduled ... Altru offers sports physicals ... etc.
Custom Airborne Spraying has scheduled a mosquito control application from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. today, weather permitting, over Drayton, N.D., and Winger, Minn.
By Herald Staff Reports , July 15, 2010
Diggin' Drayton
Two new public construction projects will slow some traffic but likely spur economic activity here this summer.
Construction crews already have been working since last February on a $27 million project to replace the Drayton Bridge, along N.D. Highway 66, over the Red River.
By Kevin Bonham , May 06, 2010
Farther north communities along the Red River remain leery of flooding
River appears to crest at Drayton through little sense of urgencyExcept for the 3-foot-high clay dike running down the east side of Main Street, a visitor to this Pembina County community on the Red River might not know this is flood season.
By Kevin Bonham , March 29, 2010
Red may be cresting at GF-EGF, leveling off at Oslo
The Red River may be cresting in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, and leveling off at Oslo, Minn.
By Kevin Bonham , March 22, 2010
Drayton Bridge closes
The closing of the Drayton Bridge leaves only four open between the Canadian border and Fargo.
By Kevin Bonham , March 22, 2010
N.D. AREA FLOODING: Grafton, Minto, other communities take action
Temporary levees were being built in Grafton, N.D., on Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was working on the 4th Street and 5th Street entrances to Leistikow Park, as well as along the bank of the Park River west of town.
By Kevin Bonham , March 17, 2010
Here comes baby — on I-29!
With her mother driving and her husband by her side as she lay in the back of the family van, Annie Henry realized not far out of Greenbush, Minn., that she wasn’t going to make it to Fargo to deliver her second child.
By Chuck Haga , February 10, 2010
Drayton woman suffers minor injuries in rollover
A Drayton, N.D., woman was slightly injured in one of many traffic accidents Thursday on slick roads across the Red River Valley.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 14, 2010
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