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FORKS, N.D. (AP) – American Crystal Sugar officials have a tentative contract with union workers at a subsidiary in Montana. But a standoff with union workers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa is continuing. About 1,300 workers have been locked out since August.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A top federal law enforcement official will be in Bismarck today to speak at a tribal conference. James Cole is the deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice. He visited the Standing Rock Indian Reservation yesterday.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota wildlife officials say all of the state’s nonresident deer bow hunting licenses have been issued through a lottery. Nearly 700 licenses were available this year for either white-tailed or mule deer.

MAYVILLE, N.D. (AP) – Mayville State University in North Dakota is hiring an assistant coach from St. Cloud State in Minnesota to be the school’s new men’s basketball coach. Dan DeWitt succeeds Justin Johnson, who had a 51-89 record in five seasons with the Comets.