Monday,  July 16, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 003 • 13 of 24 •  Other Editions

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• Traffic will be detoured on the county road just east of the crossing. The route will go north two miles and west one mile to Highway 37.
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SD man dies after motorcycle collides with deer

• TRENT, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a South Dakota man died when the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer on Interstate 29 near the Trent exit.
• The Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Jason Lee, of Colman, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash early Sunday morning.
• The patrol says Lee's 1992 Harley Davidson motorcycle hit the deer, tipped over and skidded on its side into the east ditch.
• The victim was not wearing a helmet.

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Reward increases for information on cattle deaths

• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The reward fund for a cattle shooting near Hankinson in May has grown to $4,100.
• The fund was started after 13 cows and a calf were gunned down in David Kluge's pasture near the North and South Dakota border.
• The North Dakota Stockmen's Association says it recently received $500 donations from Ransom Angus of Rutland, Sundance Farm Distributing of Hankinson, Wade and Lynn Moser of Bismarck, and Leona Bush of Bismarck.
• Richard Clise (klys) of Camano Island, Wash., was the first person to contribute to the fund. He gave $1,000.
• A $10,000 reward is being offered in a separate Oliver County case where nine head of cattle were shot. The owners of those animals put up $9,000.
• The stockmen's group offers a standing $1,000 reward in cases of livestock criminals.
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Dakotas tribe gets new prosecutor courtesy of feds
DAVE KOLPACK,Associated Press

• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- While Congress continues debating a law that could give American Indian tribes more authority to prosecute domestic violence cases, a reservation that straddles the Dakotas is getting a boost in public safety.
• Standing Rock is one of four reservations in the United States awarded grant

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