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.

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.


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.

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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