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Fargo, N.D. (AP) Fargo's MeritCare and Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health are expected to tie the knot this week in a merger of the two largest health systems in the Dakotas. They're combining into a system with nearly $2 billion in assets and some 14,000 employees. It will be called Sanford Health & MeritCare.

Information from: The Forum, http://www.in-forum.com SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A 9-year-old girl struck by a train in Sioux Falls yesterday should be OK. The girl was walking with her friend and a dog when she was struck by the empty grain train that was traveling about 20 miles per hour.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) About two-dozen buffalo from Wind Cave National Park are headed south. The animals are being moved to a reserve in Mexico as part of a program to restore bison to their historical range.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) A Webster native who works at an Idaho fish hatchery will be on an episode of "Hooked: Monster Fish of America" tonight on the National Geographic Channel. Chris Lewandoski will be part of the episode about the white sturgeon, a fish that can grow to 12 feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds.

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