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After two years of unyielding gains, costs are bound to fall, they say. The California-based energy giant is beset by escalating labor costs in North Dakota, which has the lowest unemployment rate in the country.

A Colorado firm wants to build an oil pipeline from western North Dakota's booming oil patch to a pipeline hub in northern Minnesota.

Northern Tier Energy, which also owns the St. Paul Park oil refinery, hopes to raise $200 million in an IPO.

First there was a letter of intent, now there is a definitive agreement and all that remains is for the Sanford Health board of trustees to approve that agreement and Bagley, Minn.-based Clearwater Health Services will become part of the Sanford organization on Feb.