Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=408157http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=408157<p> Authorities are investigating the apparent accidental shooting of a Texas boy at a home in Sheyenne. Eddy County Sheriff Darrell Hager says two 13-year-old boys were home alone Friday when one found a loaded handgun in a closet. The sheriff says</p>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=408133http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=408133<p> Authorities are investigating the apparent accidental shooting of a Texas boy at a home in Sheyenne. Eddy County Sheriff Darrell Hager says two 13-year-old boys were home alone Friday when one found a loaded handgun in a closet. The sheriff says</p>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=262607http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=262607<p> The Highway Patrol says a minivan collided with a semi heading to a gravel pit in Eddy County, killing the minivan driver. The name of the 36-year-old Sykeston woman has not yet been released. Authorities say the minivan failed to yield at</p>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=200722http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=200722<p> Eddy County authorities say the body of a 65-year-old woman was found in a New Rockford house that was destroyed by fire. An autopsy is planned on the body of Martha Smith. Sheriff Darrell Hager says Smith was found in a second-floor bedro</p>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=163239http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=163239<p> It was a trip back in time. The Eddy County Fairgrounds in New Rockford drew a crowd over the weekend to see steam-driven tractors. There was smoke in the air and the smell of burning wood. And some of the tractors were the size of locomotives. </p>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=116437http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=116437<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/7/4/21/tbn_4_2007-4-21-news6-3919212500000035305.jpg"/> Authorities have arrested a man for the deaths of Donald and Alice Willey of Sykeston. Aron Wesley Nichols of Fargo was arrested earlier today. Wells County authorities made the announcement this afternoon. Brad Feldman was at press confe<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:30:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=49543http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=49543<p> Court officials say a New Rockford man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for murder. Leslie Olafson was charged with hitting an 83-year-old retired farmer over the head with a golf club and strangling him in July last year. Olafson pleade</p>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:50:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=32396http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=32396<p> A New Rockford man accused of killing an 83-year-old retired farmer has pleaded guilty to murder. Leslie Olafson was charged with killing Selmer Veen in Veen's home last year. Prosecutors say Olafson changed his plea to guilty at a hearing yeste</p>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=24315http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=24315<p> Attorneys for a New Rockford man are asking a judge to move his murder trial out of Eddy County. Leslie Olafson is charged with killing 83-year-old Selmer Veen of New Rockford in Veen's garage last July. He has pleaded &quot;not guilty.&quot; </p>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=11658http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=11658<p> BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. - Commissioners in at least three of the nine counties in the Devils Lake basin have voted against taking part in a proposed clean-out of the Tolna Coulee, possibly putting the flood-control pr</p>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=8461http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=8461<p> The Eddy County prosecutor says 57-year-old Leslie Olafson is accused of killing 83-year-old Selmer Veen earlier this month. Authorities believe Veen was killed on July Tenth. His body was found in his garage. Olafson was hospi</p>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=6829http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=6829<p> (AP) _ Eddy County prosecutor Travis Peterson says authorities know the whereabouts of a murder suspect who was seriously injured in a June car crash. But he gave no clues today as to why the man has not been taken into custody. </p>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=294http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=294<p>November 7, 2005 For more information contact Sara Otte Coleman, Director, Tourism Division North Dakota Department of Commerce 701-328-2525 Tourism promotion grant winners announced The North Dakota Department of Commerce Tourism Division recently named </p>