American Crystal Sugar and its locked out union workers were scheduled to meet again Friday in an effort to restart contract talks. The company locked out 1,300 workers at five factories last August. This is the fourth time the two sides have met with a federal mediator to try to end the impasse.

Mark Dayton says he is willing to mediate talks between American Crystal Sugar and locked out workers until a deal is reached. The Governor says his experience from the state shutdown could help strike a resolution.

Workers are back inside the American Crystal Sugar plant in Moorhead after a fire broke late Tuesday night. Moorhead Fire Capt. Chad Stangeland told Forum Communications maintenance crews were making repairs to a sugar tank that may have sparked the fire on the fourth floor. Workers were evacuated, but no injuries were reported.

The American Crystal Sugar CEO David Berg is the latest public figure to be spoofed in a YouTube video stunt that overlays modern subtitles onto a movie clip of a ranting Adolf Hiter. Chuck Haga at the Grand Forks Herald dissects the controversy.

The Forum Newspapers has selected David Berg, CEO of American Crystal Sugar as their 'Person of the Year.' Berg is at the center of a dispute between his company and workers which has resulted in a months-long lockout. As you can imagine, workers were less than thrilled to hear the news...

American Crystal’s 13-hundred union workers claimed the company failed to bargain a new contract in good faith. Those workers have now been out of work for more than four months.