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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Sanford Health says it will invest $200 million over the next 10 years on health care services in the Bismarck-Mandan are and throughout western North Dakota.
• Sanford merged with Bismarck-based Medcenter One on July 2, boosting the health system to more than 1,200 physicians and 25,000 employees in seven states. Sanford is based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D.
• The expansion will include a new super clinic in Dickinson with space for additional physicians, a walk-in clinic, an ambulatory surgery center and diagnostic services.
• Sanford says it will recruit more physicians, expand air transport and trauma services, provide the latest medical technology and innovations in care and expand and upgrade services and facilities.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sen. Tim Johnson is asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to open Conservation Reserve Program acres to emergency haying and grazing due to ongoing and worsening drought conditions.
• Johnson in a Thursday letter says he supports the request that the South Dakota

Farm Service Agency made to USDA on Wednesday seeking flexibility in opening CRP acres.
• The South Dakota Democrat says that much of the CRP land which would be available for haying is in eastern South Dakota and is currently enrolled under wetland and farmable wetland practices.
• Johnson adds that opening CRP acres to haying in non-eligible counties would help ranchers in other eligible counties access feed for their livestock, where it is in much more limited quantities.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Some of the world's best walleye anglers are battling it out on Lake Oahe (oh-AW'-hee) in South Dakota.
• The National Guard FLW Walleye Tour event is being sponsored by Pierre's Chamber of Commerce Thursday through Saturday. Top prizes total $63,000 in the

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