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Bottineau, N.D. (AP) A judge has issued a temporary restraining order that bars the state Board of Higher education from retiring the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname until after a hearing next month. Judge Michael Sturdevant of Bottineau ruled in a lawsuit filed by nickname supporters from the Spirit Lake reservation.

(Information from: Grand Forks Herald, http://www.grandforksherald.com) Devils Lake, N.D. (AP) City leaders from Valley City are in Devils Lake today to take a tour of the lake and talk about flood control. Devils Lake Mayor Fred Bott says he hopes it's the first of many such discussions.

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) A Morton County man says the County Commission is allowing a feedlot within a quarter-mile of where he wants to build a house. Donald Hagerott is asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to overturn the County Commission's decision. A district judge earlier dismissed Hagerott's appeal.

(Information from: KCND-FM, http://www.prairiepublic.org) Fargo, N.D. (AP) In sports, it'll be the Bison against the Sioux in baseball. Officials say North Dakota State and the University of North Dakota will play a baseball double header next spring at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. It's the first time they've met since 2005.

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