HILLSBORO 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
Locked-out American Crystal union sets its fifth vote on contract
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar union workers will hold a fifth vote on the company’s last contract offer on April 13, according to Gayln Olson, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Local 372G in Hillsboro.
By Dave Olson , April 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
PREP NOTEBOOK: More on the line for PCN in individual regional
After two straight appearances in the North Dakota Class B dual wrestling tournament, Pembina County North came up one place short of a third consecutive berth. That puts more on the line for the Grizzlies wrestlers at the Region 2 individual tournament.
By Greg DeVillers , February 07, 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
Hillsboro Medical Center, Sanford merge
Hillsboro (N.D.) Medical Center and Sanford Health officially will merge effective Jan. 1. In April 2012, the two organizations announced a letter of intent; this move culminates the merger.
By Herald Staff Report , December 21, 2012
Many help in starting of new Hillsboro bakery
Dan Christianson and Ed Olsen arrived at 5 a.m. Friday with lawn chairs and two propane heaters. The early arrivals weren’t seeking flat screens or the latest technology, however. The products in demand were pastries, at the much-anticipated Our Town Bakery opening on Main Street in Hillsboro.
By Ryan Bakken , December 08, 2012
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
Hillsboro 18-year-old arrested in connection with police chase into SD
An 18-year-old Hillsboro man is in jail after he allegedly led authorities on a chase through Richland County and eluded them by fleeing into South Dakota, only to be arrested several hours later when he returned to Wahpeton.
By Forum Communications , October 30, 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
PREP FOOTBALL: Hillsboro falls to Wyndmere 27-0
Though they were tied, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood was getting beat at every punch by Hillsboro-Central Valley. Whatever W-L coach Scott Strenge told his players at halftime, though, must have worked as W-L pulled away in the final 24 minutes to beat the Burros.
By Chris Murphy , October 20, 2012
Hillsboro fire leaves family homeless
A Hillsboro, N.D., family was left homeless after a fire destroyed their home Sunday. Traill County Dispatch received a 911 call just before 11 a.m. Sunday about a house fire at the home of Lynn Schultz, 22 S. 5th St.
By Herald Staff Reports , October 08, 2012
20-year-old nomad and Grand Forks native tells tales from the rails
At age 20, Tyler Harmon just might be the prince of the nomads. Since age 10, he says, he has illegally hitched rides on thousands of trains and lived in countless cities.
By Erik Burgess , September 20, 2012
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