SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Officials have released the name of the woman who died nearly a month after an Aug. 8 afternoon motorcycle crash on South Dakota Highway 79 in Butte County.

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Julie L. Ostlund, 56, was driving a motorcycle southbound on Highway 79 near mile marker 157 when the motorcycle drifted off the road to the right, struck a pole and landed in the west ditch, the South Dakota Department of Public Safety (DPS) said. Ostlund died on Sept. 3.

Ostlund was from Berthold, North Dakota. She was not wearing a helmet, according to the DPS.

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Tennessee State football (1-0) under coach Eddie George is coming off its first season-opening win since 2019.

Winning Game 2 will be far more difficult as the Tigers travel for the first time to No. 2 North Dakota State’s Fargodome.

TSU knocked off Mississippi Valley State last week 41-21. That win came against an opponent that went 1-10 last season.

North Dakota State (0-1) has won 17 national championships, including nine since 2011. The Bison opened the 2024 season by giving Colorado a scare before losing 31-26.

TSU is trying to open the season at 2-0 for the first time since 2018.

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Tennessee State vs North Dakota State time today

• Date: Saturday 
• Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
• Location: Fargo, North Dakota

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• TV channel: ESPN+
• Radio: WNSR 560 AM, 95.9 FM

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Tennessee State vs. North Dakota State history

∎ First game in the series

Tennessee State vs. North Dakota State prediction

Tennessee State has challenged plenty of tough opponents in George’s tenure, including Notre Dame in 2023. The Tigers have not yet beaten any of those teams but did manage to give Notre Dame some trouble midway through the first half last season. It will be a struggle for the Tigers to stay close with one of the nation’s best FCS programs. North Dakota State 42, Tennessee State 14

Tennessee State vs North Dakota State injury updates

∎ Tennessee State reported no injuries.∎ North Dakota State safety Cole Wisniewski is out with a foot injury. Running back Barika Kpeenu is questionable with a knee injury.

Tennessee State football 2024 schedule

∎ Aug. 31 TSU 41, Mississippi Valley St. 21∎ Sept. 7 at North Dakota St.∎ Sept. 14 vs. Arkansas-Pine-Bluff in Memphis∎ Sept. 21 at Tennessee Tech∎ Sept. 28 Charleston Southern∎ Oct. 5 at Lindenwood∎ Oct. 12 Eastern Illinois∎ Oct. 19 at Howard∎ Nov. 2 UT Martin∎ Nov. 9 at Western Illinois∎ Nov. 16 at Gardner-Webb∎ Nov. 23 Southeast Missouri

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North Dakota State football 2024 schedule

∎ Aug. 29 Colorado 31, North Dakota St. 26∎ Sept. 7 Tennessee State∎ Sept. 14 at East Tennessee St.∎ Sept. 21 Towson∎ Sept. 28 Illinois St.∎ Oct. 5 North Dakota ∎ Oct. 12 at Southern Illinois ∎ Oct. 19 South Dakota St.∎ Oct. 26 at Murray St.∎ Nov. 2 Northern Iowa∎ Nov. 16 Missouri St.∎ Nov. 23 at South Dakota

Tennessee State football news

∎ Tennessee State football pays tribute to center Chazan Page, killed in April with delay of game penalty

∎ Eddie George gets first season-opening win of his Tennessee State football career

∎ Why Eddie George is finally happy with Tennessee State football’s running backs

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MINOT — You readers of this column are, on average, well-informed and politically literate, but I would not be surprised if most of you couldn’t give me a description of Measure 2, on which we will be asked to cast our ballots in November.

It’s

a constitutional amendment initiated by the Legislature

that, if approved by voters, would limit future ballot measures to no more than a single subject, bar people who aren’t North Dakota residents from circulating petitions in support of a ballot measure, and for constitutional measures, require two votes for approval — one on the June primary ballot, and once again on the November ballot. Oh, and for constitutional amendments, the required number of signatures would go up, from 4% of the statewide population to 5%.

These are weighty, consequential changes to the initiated measure process. You probably know little about them, because our lawmakers have a terrible habit of putting proposals like this one on the ballot and then doing next to nothing to make the case for them. This proposed amendment was passed in the state House and Senate with large supermajorities — 73-18 in the former, 44-2 in the latter — yet where are those majorities now to explain the merits of this measure to voters?

They’re nowhere to be found, perhaps because they lack confidence that voters will support it.

According to the North Dakota Poll,

sponsored by the North Dakota News Cooperative, just 36% of voters supported the proposal in November, while 46% said they opposed it.

Those aren’t good numbers for the measure’s proponents, but they also don’t paint a picture of an unwinnable argument. They communicate a need for persuasion, but this measure will fail if nobody organizes the affirmative argument.

So, in the spirit of Don Quixote tilting at a windmill, allow me to make the case.

Let’s concede that our initiated measure process is deeply broken. Supporters of the status quo (who are, if you look carefully, usually paid political professionals) would have you believe that the petitioning process is some exercise in pure citizen activism. It is not. It has become a playground for deep-pocketed interests who pay temp workers hundreds of thousands of dollars to hound North Dakotans for enough signatures to get their pet projects on the ballot.

Signature fraud is almost routine, and what little lawmakers have done to try to close the loopholes that allow this fraud has been furiously opposed by the aforementioned paid activists because they like the loosey-goosey status quo that allows them to bulldoze their way onto the ballot.

Still, the public has made clear that they want this process to exist despite the apparent problems attendant to approving complicated legislation at the ballot box. So, Measure 2 is a compromise. It preserves the process but makes some necessary tweaks — no more complex proposals aimed at bamboozling voters or armies of out-of-state mercenaries to harass you for signatures at the farmers market or street fair. And amendments to our constitution would get extra scrutiny. Two votes, instead of one, and a higher signature threshold.

These proposals will not fix what ails the initiated measure process, but they will at least improve it. I hope you’ll vote yes.