KX News: Anhydrous Ammonia

New Salem man dies in crash

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:21:00 GMT

The Mercer County Sheriff's Department says a New Salem man died after crashing into an anhydrous ammonia tank being pulled by a semi. Forty-year-old Tyler Hoherz was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash late Tuesday afternoon at the inters

Part of SD town evacuated after chemical leak

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:35:00 GMT

About 75 people were evacuated from about 25 homes in the northeastern [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]] town of Big Stone City after a crash left a semitrailer on its side leaking anhydrous ammonia. The accident happened about 8 p.m. W

Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press...

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMT

A Brown County judge has closed the case on a teenager forced by the court to undergo chemotherapy against his family's wishes. Judge John Rodenberg says there's no longer a need for court involvement because tests show 13-year-old Daniel Hauser of S

MN OSHA to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:55:00 GMT

Federal investigators will try to determine what caused an [[kxtopic:anhydrous-ammonia:t[anhydrous ammonia]:t]] leak that killed a truck driver and injured three other people in Rosemount. A truck driver died and another was critically injured when th

Base Cleans Up After Accident

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:32:00 GMT

A semi-trailer truck used to carry intercontinental missiles overturned into a ditch last night. The incident occured in north-central North Dakota. Air Force officials say the truck was not carrying nuclear material, but they were initially concerned

Cavendish Farms officials to check plant after fire...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:12:00 GMT

Officials of Cavendish Farmers are assessing damage today after a fire at the company's potato plant near Jamestown. Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the blaze was reported about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. Firefighters had it under control by 6 p.m.,

Supreme Court OKs Derailment Lawsuits

Tue, 19 May 2009 01:28:00 GMT

The final lawsuits against Canadian Pacific Railway over the 2002 Minot train derailment and chemical spill can go forward. That's the result of a decision of the US Supreme Court today. The court refused to get involved in a dispute over whether the r

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Mon, 18 May 2009 05:33:00 GMT

The Supreme Court says it won't block a lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North Dakota. The justices declined today to get involved in a dispute between the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot. The Minot

Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment

Mon, 18 May 2009 04:58:00 GMT

The Supreme Court says it won't block a lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North Dakota. The justices declined Monday to get involved in a dispute between the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot, N.D. Th

Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment

Mon, 18 May 2009 04:37:00 GMT

Train Vandals Nearly Cause Collision

Thu, 07 May 2009 13:30:00 GMT

A freight train carrying hazardous material came within about 100 feet of colliding with locomotives that had been moved onto the main track by vandals. The incident happened early Sunday morning. Minot Police report someone got inside two Canadian Paci

Train Vandals Nearly Cause Collision

Thu, 07 May 2009 13:03:00 GMT

Minot police are searching for vandals who tampered with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives, nearly causing a collision involving another train carrying hazardous material. Police say someone got into two parked locomotives on a side track early Su

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:20:00 GMT

Bond has been set at $45,000 for a teenager accused of robbing convenience stores in Grand Forks. Authorities say 19-year-old Gypsy Watts has been charged with terrorizing and four counts of robbery. Authorities say Watts robbed four stores

Minot police looking for train vandals

Wed, 06 May 2009 23:43:00 GMT

Minot police are looking for vandals who tampered with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives, nearly causing a collision involving another train carrying hazardous material. Police say someone got into two parked locomotives on a side track early

Large fish kill near St. Charles

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Officials have found a large fish kill in the Whitewater River near St. Charles after anhydrous ammonia was released into the river during the fight to save a meat-processing plant destroyed by fire. Pollution control experts initially had hoped

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:52:00 GMT

The White House says President Obama is "deeply disappionted" by Iran's conviction of journalist Roxana Saberi from Fargo, North Dakota, for spying for the U.S. She's been sentenced to eight years in prison. Her father told National Public Radio

Iran sentences journalist...Obama's caution...Pirate attacks...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:53:00 GMT

The White House says President Barack Obama is "deeply disappointed" by Iran's sentencing of an American journalist. A lawyer for Roxana Saberi says the dual American-Iranian citizen was convicted of spying in a one-day trial Monday and sentenced to

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:46:00 GMT

Residents of St. Charles are trickling home this morning, one day after being evacuated following a large fire at a meat-processing plant. Nick Koverman says residents were allowed back to their homes about 10:30 a.m. The southeastern Minn

Evacuation order of entire Minn. town lifted

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:36:00 GMT

Residents have started returning to a town in southeastern Minnesota after city officials lifted an evacuation order prompted by a large fire at a meat-processing plant. The 3,600 residents of the town of St. Charles were evacuated Friday becau

Evacuation order of entire Minn. town to be lifted

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:23:00 GMT

The St. Charles city administrator says an evacuation prompted by a large fire at a meat-processing plant will be lifted sooner than expected. Nick Koverman says residents will be allowed back to their homes Saturday about 10:30 a.m. Officials p

Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Officials now say an ammonia tank did not burst inside a burning meat processing plant in the evacuated southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles Friday night. Police Chief Bill Eckles had said he got word from the command center around 8 p.m.

Minn. officials now say ammonia tank did not burst

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Ammonia tank bursts at burning meat plant

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:00 GMT

Police say an ammonia tank has burst inside a burning meat processing plant in the southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles. St. Charles Police Chief Bill Eckles says he got word from the command center around 8 p.m. that one of the anhydrous

Ammonia tank bursts at burning meat plant

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:42:00 GMT

Police say an ammonia tank has burst inside a burning meat processing plant in the southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles. Police Chief Bill Eckles says he got word from the command center around 8 p.m. Friday that one of the anhydrous ammon

Plant fire forces evacuation of entire Minn. town

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:54:00 GMT

Authorities evacuated the southeastern Minnesota town of St. Charles today as a large fire at a meat processing plant threatened the anhydrous ammonia tanks inside. Civil defense sirens blared to warn residents to get out, and evacuation centers

Minnesota city evacuated due to poultry plant fire

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:37:00 GMT

Authorities have evacuated a community in southeastern Minnesota as a large fire at a poultry processing plant threatened the anhydrous ammonia tanks inside. Civil defense sirens blared Friday to warn the 3,600 residents of St. Charles to get ou

Minn. city evacuated due to poultry plant fire

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:42:00 GMT

A major fire at a large poultry processing plant in the southeastern Minnesota town of St. Charles has prompted evacuation. Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand says the entire city of St. Charles is being evacuated because of a fire at North Star

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:17:00 GMT

On Monday, PBS starts airing the first of a five-part series covering 300 years of American Indian history. It starts with the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620 and ends with the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian R

Farmers alerted after meth bust

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:34:00 GMT

After a drug arrest on Tuesday, authorities are warning rural residents in the Sioux Falls area to be on the lookout for anhydrous ammonia tanks. Anhydrous ammonia, a volatile fertilizer, is a key ingredient in making methamphetamine. A Si

12 sent to hospital after Conn. ammonia leak

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:45:00 GMT

An ammonia leak at a Connecticut ice cream factory has sent a dozen people to the hospital. A spokesman for Connecticut's Department of Environment says there's no immediate information on their conditions. The leak from refrigeration equip

Eye on Ag - Fertilizer Outlook

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Last year when input costs, like fertilizer, soared many farmers put off purchasing product in hopes that prices would come back down before spring planting. Now with spring just on the horizon, the fertilizer question is at the forefront of many planti

Eye on Agriculture - Fall Moisture

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:23:00 GMT

The rain and impending snow may not be a welcome sight by travelers but it is a good omen for farmers. Last year fields went into the winter months with little to no moisture setting up a very dry spring planting which did affect yields this growing seaso

13 people take to hospital after anhydrous ammonia leak...

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:06:00 GMT

A total of 13 people were treated at Fargo hospitals for exposure to anhydrous ammonia after a leak south of Moorhead (Minnesota) last night. Fargo's MeritCare hospital saw a dozen patients. Innovis (IN'-oh-vis)s checked one person over. Neither

More than a dozen people take to hospital after anhydrous ammonia...

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:25:00 GMT

More than a dozen people were taken to Fargo hospitals after an anhydrous ammonia leak just south of Moorhead (Minnesota). Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. The leak happened just be

At least 11 injured in anhydrous ammonia leak

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:19:00 GMT

Authorities say at least 11 people were injured south of Moorhead when anhydrous ammonia leaked from a tank being pulled by a farmer. Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Bergquist

Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:51:00 GMT

Residents of Norwich had to leave their homes after a leak of anhydrous ammonia at a grain elevator on the north edge of the town. The leak happened around 9:30 this morning and elevator workers quickly notified nearby residents to leave their homes.

Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:24:00 GMT

Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Fertilizer Prices

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:14:00 GMT

It's the question many of us are asking... Why are producers paying so much to fertilize their crops? And now our state is leading the way in finding some answers. Reporter Sarah Gustin has more on the issue... (Sen. Byron Dorgan / (D) - ND) "I don't

Farmers Union Calls For Investigation

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:11:00 GMT

We are all feeling the effects of inflation...but one organization thinks what farmers are paying for fertilizer is out of control. In the past 30 days the price of anhydrous ammonia has increased by 240-dollars a ton. And now North Dakota Farmers Union

Probe into High Fertilizer Prices

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:10:00 GMT

Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Spring planting across much of North Central North Dakota is on hold for a little while as farmers wait for the ground to dry down enough to head back out into the field. About three-quarters of the crop is in the ground so far and farmers but it's all c

Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:19:00 GMT

Two men burned in Clontarf ammonia leak

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Two men were flown to a Twin Cities hospital Friday after being burned by anhydrous ammonia in Clontarf. Swift County Sheriff Scott Mattison says 41-year-old Leon Beam of rural Benson and 62-year-old Thomas Lindstrom of rural Clontarf were expo

Man sentenced to prison on drug charges

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:07:00 GMT

A man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in a methamphetamine-making operation that included a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a stolen fish house buried underground. Eddie Evans of Langdon pleaded guilty to manufacturing m

Ark. town faces more evacuations after meat plant blast...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Arkansas emergency officials have issued new evacuation orders for the town of Booneville. The 4,000-resident town was home to a Cargill meat packing plant, but a fire and a set of explosions destroyed it yesterday. No one was injured, but fir

Ark. town reevacuated after meat plant blast

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:18:00 GMT

State emergency management officials say police today ordered those within a half-mile radius of a Booneville meat packing plant to evacuate, a day after a fire and explosion forced an earlier evacuation. Emergency management spokeswoman Sonya D

Cargill: Too soon to know if Ark. plant will be rebuilt...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:36:00 GMT

Cargill officials say it's too soon to know whether they will rebuild an Arkansas meat packing plant that was destroyed by explosions and fire over the weekend. Corporate officials are due to visit the Booneville plant early this week and examin

Eye on Agriculture - Operating Costs Soar

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:46:00 GMT

Spring planting is still several week away but already this seeding season is shaping to be a ground breaking experience for farmers in terms of costs. (Leigh Wagner, Farm Credit Service-Minot) "We've seen a tremendous increase." Leigh Wagner with Farm

New Lawsuit Filed Against CP Railroad

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:05:00 GMT

The legal fight after the January 2002 train derailment just west of Minot has taken a new turn. Minot attorney Mark Larson and a partner in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit regarding contracts signed by numerous area residents days after the deadly derail

Derailment Settlement Payments Still on Hold

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:58:00 GMT

The wait continues for thousands of people who have joined a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway. A derailment six years ago today spread anhydrous ammonia over Minot, killing one and injuring hundreds or even thousands. A class-action

Derailment Hearing Held

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Exactly six years ago, residents of Minot went to sleep not realizing that in a few hours, something would happen that would make January 18th an unforgettable date. About 1:30 in the early morning of that date, a Canadian Pacific Railway train jumped th

New Restrictions on Anhydrous

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:08:00 GMT

A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businessespossessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency. Distributers that have chemic

Farmers Deadline for Fertilizer Regulations

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:07:00 GMT

A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back. The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businesses possessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency. Distributers that have chemi

Meth Labs Down in ND

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Authorities find meth labs in homes, ditches and vacant buildings. Dangerous chemicals are involved and the end product, Meth, is pushed on our streets. But North Dakota has gotten a hold of a problem that was just a few years ago out of control... Don

Derailment Settlement Payments Still Not In

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:20:00 GMT

Thousands of Minot-area residents are still waiting to see their settlement checks from the Canadian Pacific Railway derailment and chemical spill case. Earlier reports had said the payments from the class-action settlement would be arriving in mailboxes

2007 in Review, Part 1

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:29:00 GMT

It's a tradition to pause as the year ends to remember the big events of the past 12 months. And it's a tradition we've carried on for years. So tonight, Jim Olson begins his look at the major local news stories of 2007 with a peek at what was in the he

2007 in Review, Part 1

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:18:00 GMT

Trial Derailment Near Anamoose

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:10:00 GMT

At around 3:45 this morning a Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying coal had 39 of it's cars derail. The train was eastbound just west of Anamoose when the cars tipped off the tracks. No one was injured due to the incident and there are no public saf

ND Air fresheners go National

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:18:00 GMT

A North Dakota made product is now available nationwide. Kari Warberg is the owner of Crane Creek Gardens. She has developed the botanical rodent repellent "Fresh Cab" to help keep mice out of farm equipment. Warberg and Tractor Supply Co

3 accused of using stolen fish house in making meth...

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:07:00 GMT

Cavalier County authorities say three people have been arrested in a meth-making operation, after a six-month probe that found a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a stolen fish house buried underground. The sheriff's office says 30-year-old E

Great year for farmers

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:22:00 GMT

There's good news for farmers after years of severe draught. Record crop prices combined with good yields have produced one of the best years for North Dakota farmers in decades. The Agriculture Department has revised its estimate for North Dakota's

Victim in Ramsom County fatal identified

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:34:00 GMT

The Highway Patrol has identified an Englevale woman who died when the pickup truck she was driving struck two empty anhydrous ammonia tanks being towed by another pickup in Ransom County. Nineteen-year-old Jessica Schwab died about 8:30 a.m. Fr

Anhydrous leak reported near Hillsboro

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:29:00 GMT

The [[kxtopic:traill-county-nd:t[Traill County]:t]] Sheriff's Department says an [[kxtopic:anhydrous-ammonia:t[anhydrous ammonia]:t]] leak caused the release of a gaseous cloud near Hillsboro. Authorities say the source of the leak was quickly st

Minot Derailment: Judge Approves Class Action Settlement

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:58:00 GMT

Five years after the Canadian Pacific derailment and chemical spill on the west edge of Minot, a federal judge has given final approval to class action lawsuit. U.S District Judge Dan Hovland approved the 7-million dollar settlement for those filing in t

Judge Approves Derailment Settlement in Minot

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:58:00 GMT

A federal judge has given final approval to a 7-million-dollar settlement in a class action lawsuit arising from a January 2002 derailment and chemical spill on the edge of Minot. The settlement is expected to provide money for thousands of people aff

Judge gives final approval to $7 million derailment settlement...

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:16:00 GMT

A federal judge has given final approval to a $7 million settlement in a class action lawsuit arising from a January 2002 derailment and chemical spill on the edge of Minot. The settlement is expected to provide money for thousands of people aff

Judge gives final approval to $7 million derailment settlement...

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:56:00 GMT

Derailment Court Cases Revived

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:04:00 GMT

There may again be courtroom testimony about injuries suffered in a chemical spill that enveloped Minot five-and-a-half years ago. Congress has passed legislation saying federal judges can not protect Canadian Pacific Railway from lawsuits filed in state

Chemical leak in Greensburg, KS...Survivor found...Iraq violence...

Mon, 07 May 2007 07:09:00 GMT

Authorities in Greensburg, Kansas, have evacuated part of the tornado-ravaged town after a tank holding anhydrous ammonia began to leak. The toxic substance is used as a fertilizer by farmers. Residents had just been allowed back into the town this m

Ammonia leak hampers search effort

Mon, 07 May 2007 06:54:00 GMT

Part of the search effort in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas has been put on hold. The northeastern part of Greensburg has been evacuated, after a tank containing anhydrous ammonia began leaking. It's a toxic substance that's used as fertiliz

Tank leaks ammonia in Cologne

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:33:00 GMT

A four-mile stretch of Highway 212 near Cologne (kuh-LOHN') was shut down for about two hours because of an ammonia leak early today. Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson says a deputy noticed a strong smell of ammonia in Cologne just before one a-m.

Residents return after 12hour evacuation

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:33:00 GMT

Residents of Seward (SOO'-urd), Illinois, have returned home after being evacuated because of a toxic chemical leak. They were given the all-clear more than 12 hours after being forced from their homes by a leak of anhydrous ammonia. Polic

Evacuated town waits for the allclear

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:24:00 GMT

Authorities in the northern Illinois town of Seward (SOO'-urd) are conducting house-to-house checks this morning to make sure there aren't any lingering injuries from a toxic chemical leak. The entire town was evacuated after [[kxtopic:anhydrous

AlQaida claims it killed US soldiers...Oil field massacre...Cheney has chec...

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:54:00 GMT

The nine U-S soldiers killed and the 20 more hurt in a bomb blast outside Baghdad were all from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The suicide bombing happened yesterday in the volatile Diyala (dee-YAH'-lah) province. An al-Qaida linked group is claiming re

One town still evacuated after ammonia leak

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:54:00 GMT

Residents of two northern Illinois towns are being allowed to return to their homes this morning after a toxic chemical leak in an neighboring town. But residents of Seward probably won't be allowed back home until mid-day. Seward was evacuated

Toyota tops in car sales...Deadly day for US soldiers...Antiterror arrests ...

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:45:00 GMT

Big news for Toyota. The Japanese car maker is now the world's top auto seller for the first three months of the year, surpassing General Motors for the first time ever. While the figures represent only quarterly sales results, they foreshadow a toug

Toyota topples GM in sales...Deadly Iraq attacks...Chemical leak forces eva...

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:55:00 GMT

Toyota is now tops in the auto industry. It sold more vehicles worldwide than General Motors from January to March topping G-M for the first time to become the world's number one auto seller on a quarterly basis. Toyota sold two-point-three (m) mill

More people evacuated because of leak

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:24:00 GMT

Two more northern Illinois communities are being evacuated because of a toxic chemical leak in the small town of Seward (SOO'-uhrd). The residents of Pecatonica (peh-kuh-TAH'-nih-kuh) and Winnebago were being asked to leave their homes after res

Small Illinois town evacuated after ammonia leak

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:15:00 GMT

A small town in northern Illinois has been evacuated after an ammonia leak was reported at a plant in the area. The incident took place at an agricultural supply company in Seward (SOO'-urd). State police say workers were transferring anhydrous