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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 2:13AM
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has
outlined changes it will make after insurance examiners found
excessive expenses paid with policyholders' dollars.
Commissioner Adam Hamm ordered the state's dominant insurer to
make changes last month
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| 2nd mountain lion killed in western ND Oct 5 2009 5:16PM
A second mountain lion has been killed
this fall in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]].
State [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-department:t[Game and Fish Department]:t]] biologist Stephanie Tucker says
the cat was killed Saturday by a h
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Chokecherry Wine Sep 30 2009 10:59PM
From the far west to the far east.
This morning the Billings County Historical Society is handing over their hard earned pickings.
Nearly 400 pounds of chokecherries from the badlands are now on their way to the Maple River Winery in Casselton.
These
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 4 2009 11:12AM
North Dakota Congressman Earl Pomeroy says
the United States should have benchmarks for military success in
Afghanistan so people can see whether the operation is
successful.
Pomeroy just returned from a six-day trip to Afghanistan and
Africa.
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| Woman killed in I94 cycle crash identified Aug 7 2009 5:23PM
The Highway Patrol has identified a
Minnesota woman killed when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 94
after its rear tire blew out.
The patrol says 50-year-old Robin Long of Princeton and the
driver, 46-year-old Jerry Fenske of St. Louis Park, M
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| Woman killed in I94 cycle crash identified Aug 7 2009 5:23PM
The Highway Patrol has identified a
Minnesota woman killed when a motorcycle crashed on Interstate 94
after its rear tire blew out.
The patrol says 50-year-old Robin Long of Princeton and the
driver, 46-year-old Jerry Fenske of St. Louis Park, M
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| I94 cycle crash kills woman Aug 6 2009 7:22PM
The Highway Patrol says a motorcycle crashed
on Interstate 94 after its rear tire blew out, killing a woman
passenger.
The name of the 50-year-old victim has not yet been released.
The patrol says the woman and the 46-year-old male driver w
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Dickinson Time Change Jul 16 2009 11:00PM
What time is it where you live?
Some of you would say ten o' clock...others nine o'clock.
The time divide in the western part of the state has been an issue for many people for a long time.
Brad Feldman looks into the latest effort to move
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 22 2009 11:12AM
Some participants became ill at a hockey camp
in Hazen where carbon monoxide levels tested unusually high.
Officials have not directly linked the illnesses to the carbon
monoxide, which has been linked in other rinks to fumes leaked by
ice resur
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| MP3 replaces tour guides in Medora Jun 22 2009 6:32AM
The State Historical Society of North Dakota
and the Chateau de Mores State Historic Site are introducing a
download-ready audio tour of Medora.
It's a digital version of the retired Footsteps Through Medora
Walking Tour, which chateau and histo
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 1 2009 2:13AM
North Dakota's regular session of the
Legislature goes into May today for the first time.
Records show the North Dakota Legislature has never lasted past
April 29th. That happened in 2001 when lawmakers finished their
work at about 4:30 a.m. o
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| Plea deals under way in wildlife killings Apr 30 2009 12:08PM
Plea agreements are being worked out with
five people charged in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is
the worst case of illegal animal killings they have ever seen.
Game warden Pat Lothspeich (LOTH'-spike) says more than 40 deer
and antel
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| Plea deals under way in wildlife killings Apr 30 2009 12:08PM
Plea agreements are being worked out with
five people charged in what North Dakota wildlife officials say is
the worst case of illegal animal killings they have ever seen.
Game warden Pat Lothspeich (LOTH'-spike) says more than 40 deer
and antel
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 21 2009 11:47AM
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and two local lawmakers
are presenting their flood relief and recovery package for
Minnesota victims of the Red River floods.
Pawlenty, Sen. Keith Langseth and Rep. Morrie Lanning were in
Moorhead on Tuesday morning.
The
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| Little Mo again flooding through Badlands Apr 21 2009 7:08AM
The Little [[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]] is once again
above flood stage in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] but isn't causing much
damage.
The river jammed and flooded twice in March. This time, the high
water
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| Billings County reports highest voter turnout Nov 9 2008 1:05PM
The secretary of state's office says
Billings County had the highest voter turnout among North Dakota's
counties last Tuesday, with 514 ballots cast or 78.6 percent.
Neighboring Slope County was close, with 78.1 percent turnout.
In the east
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| Company finds scarce mineral in ND coal seam Aug 26 2008 5:59PM
An Australian company drilling test holes
for uranium in southwest North Dakota says it also has found a
scarce and valuable substance known as germanium
(jer-MAY'-nee-uhm).
That's a mineral used in making semiconductors, transistors and
infrar
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| Company finds scarce mineral in ND coal seam Aug 26 2008 5:59PM
An Australian company drilling test holes
for uranium in southwest North Dakota says it also has found a
scarce and valuable substance known as germanium.
That's a mineral used in making semiconductors, transistors and
infrared equipment.
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Flu Deaths Jul 26 2008 11:07PM
The state Health Department says North Dakota had 496 flu-related deaths last season. Michelle Feist is the influenza surveillance coordinator for the health department.
Feist says most of the deaths were people age 65 and older.
North Dakota's flu sea
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| Flurelated deaths higher than average Jul 26 2008 11:12AM
The state [[kxtopic:health-department:t[Health Department]:t]] says North
Dakota had 496 flu-related deaths last season.
Michelle Feist is the influenza surveillance coordinator for the
health department. She says the state averages about 400
fl
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Little Missouri River Crossing Jul 23 2008 12:59PM
There's a large part of western North Dakota that's hard to get to...
And Billings County is looking at changing that...
There was a public meeting last night on alternative routes for a crossing over the Little Missouri River in the Badlands.
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| Billings County mulling river crossing Jul 19 2008 11:12AM
Billings County is once again trying to find
a spot for a bridge across the Little [[kxtopic:missouri-river:t[Missouri River]:t]], to cut
commute times and enhance fire protection.
The county's engineer has identified three possible sites, but
a
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| Trooper uses Taser on DUI suspect Jul 4 2008 8:52AM
A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper
used a Taser to subdue a drunken driver. The agency says it was the
first use of a stun gun by a trooper in the Dickinson region.
The incident happened Wednesday night, after the trooper and a
Billings Count
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| Exploratory drilling for uranium under way in North Dakota... Jul 3 2008 4:56PM
Exploratory drilling for uranium is under
way in southwest North Dakota.
It's being done by an Australian company and it's the first
search for the radioactive element in North Dakota in three
decades.
Bismarck-based Formation Resources i
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| Angus embryos donated to Home on the Range May 25 2008 10:37AM
The Home on the Range facility for
troubled young people is getting a boost to its cattle herd, thanks
to two donations.
Billings County rancher Jim Arthaud (AR'-thod) is providing
nearly 70 black Angus embryos, and Belfield-based Heart River
G
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| Troopers: Center woman likely died before crash May 16 2008 6:55PM
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a woman
likely died of a medical condition before her car entered a ditch
and struck a reflector post in Billings County.
Troopers say 64-year-old Lila Schwalbe of Center died early
Thursday afternoon. The pa
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| Roaming bison killed in southwest ND May 14 2008 7:08PM
Two bison bulls that breached the fence
surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park in southwestern North
Dakota were shot and killed by a Billings County rancher.
Park chief ranger Tom Cox declined to name the shooter, who
hasn't been charged
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Two Bison Shot in Billings County May 14 2008 1:08PM
Two bison bulls that breached the fence surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park in southwestern North Dakota were shot and killed by a Billings County rancher.
Park chief ranger Tom Cox declined to name the shooter, who hasn't been charged in the
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| Roaming bison killed in southwest ND May 14 2008 7:36AM
Two bison bulls that breached the fence
surrounding Theodore Roosevelt National Park in southwestern North
Dakota were shot and killed by a Billings County rancher.
Park chief ranger Tom Cox declined to name the shooter, who
hasn't been charged
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| Bismarck company seeks permit to explore for uranium... Apr 25 2008 11:47AM
The state geologist says a Bismarck
company has made the first application to the state since 1980 to
explore for uranium.
Formation Resources of Bismarck wants to explore in southeastern
Billings County and north central Slope County.
Geo
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| ND flu count up to 3,730 Apr 24 2008 7:57AM
The state Health Department reports 3,730
confirmed flu cases in North Dakota this week.
The total is the second highest since 2005.
Cass County is still leading the state with 736 flu cases.
Burleigh County reports 626, Morton County has
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| State flu count up to 3,643 Apr 16 2008 6:13PM
This week's count from the state Health
Department shows 3,643 confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota.
Health officials say Cass County reported 719 cases, Burleigh
County 598, Morton County 222 and Grand Forks County 210.
Eighty-eight peo
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| North Dakota reports more than 3,500 flu cases Apr 10 2008 12:09PM
North Dakota now has more than 3,500 flu
cases.
The latest figures from the state Health Department put the
number of confirmed cases at 3,549.
It's the second highest number since 2005.
Billings County still reports no flu activity.
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Bismarck Man Killed in Rollover Apr 6 2008 11:07PM
The Highway Patrol says a pickup slid on an ice-covered stretch of Interstate 94, rolled into the median and came to rest of its roof, killing the driver.
He's identified as 27-year-old Derek Heimbuck of Bismarck. The patrol says the crash happened s
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| Pickup crash on icy interstate kills Bismarck man Apr 6 2008 11:54AM
The Highway Patrol says a pickup slid on an
ice-covered stretch of Interstate 94, rolled into the median and
came to rest of its roof, killing the driver.
He's identified as 27-year-old Derek Heimbuck of Bismarck.
The patrol says the crash
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| Billing County ranchers deciding on federal land offer... Mar 25 2008 12:29PM
Half of the 16 Billings County ranchers
who were offered land by the U.S. Forest Service have decided to
buy, so far.
The Forest Service in February offered to sell 5,200 acres of
federal land to the 16 ranchers to offset the amount of land the
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Badlands Land for Sale Feb 14 2008 1:09PM
The Forest Service has offered to sell land to 16 Billings County ranchers, to offset the agency's acquisition of a historic Badlands ranch.
Forest Service officials met with the ranchers this week. Ranchers
have six months to make a decision.
Th
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| Forest Services offers to sell land to Billings County ranchers... Feb 14 2008 8:04AM
The Forest Service has offered to sell
land to 16 Billings County ranchers, to offset the agency's
acquisition of a historic Badlands ranch.
Forest Service officials met with the ranchers this week. They
have six months to make a decision.
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A New Purpose for the Chokecherry Aug 25 2007 11:38PM
North Dakotans are really embracing the new state fruit.
Last week, we told you about a chockecherry festival in Williston.
Turns out folks in Billings County are also celebrating the berry.
In fact, some of you will be able to taste the fruits of thei
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Chokecherry Wine Aug 21 2007 7:16PM
North Dakotan's are really embracing the new state fruit.
Last week, we told you about a chockecherry festival in Williston.
Turns out folks in Billings County are also celebrating the little red berries.
In fact, some of you wi
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Chokecherry Wine Aug 21 2007 7:14PM
North Dakotan's are really embracing the new state fruit.
Last week, we told you about a chockecherry festival in Williston.
Turns out folks in Billings County are also celebrating the little red berries.
In fact, some of you wi
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| Sheriff says former football player's death a suicide... Jun 8 2007 8:03PM
Authorities say an autopsy has confirmed
that a former Montana Tech football player died of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound in the North Dakota Badlands.
The body of 24-year-old Jens Jensen was found Tuesday, about
five miles south of Medora (muh
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| Sheriff says former football player's death a suicide... Jun 8 2007 7:51PM
The Billings County sheriff says an autopsy
has confirmed that a former Montana Tech football player died of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound in the North Dakota Badlands.
The body of 24-year-old Jens Jensen was found Tuesday, about
five miles sou
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Body Found in ND Badlands Jun 7 2007 7:44PM
The body of a former Montana Tech football player was found near Medora, North Dakota this week.
A Butte television station reports Jens Jensen had died of a gunshot wound.
Billings County officials confirm there's been a death but won't provide further
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MT Tech Football Player's Body Found Jun 7 2007 1:09PM
A former Montana Tech football player from Missoula has been found dead in North Dakota from a gunshot wound.
A Butte-Montana television station is reporting that the body of Jens Jensen was found Tuesday.
Jensen was a Tech running back, who complet
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| Former Montana Tech football player found dead in North Dakota... Jun 7 2007 8:43AM
A former Montana Tech football player from
Missoula has been found dead from a gunshot wound in North Dakota.
A Butte T-V station reports the body of Jens Jensen was found
Tuesday.
Jensen was a Tech running back, who completed his senior se
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| Former Montana Tech football player found dead in North Dakota... Jun 7 2007 7:51AM
A former Montana Tech football player from
Missoula has been found dead from a gunshot wound in North Dakota.
A Butte T-V station reports the body of Jens Jensen was found
Tuesday.
Jensen was a Tech running back, who completed his senior se
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| Former Montana Tech football player found dead in North Dakota... Jun 7 2007 7:33AM
A former Montana Tech football player from
Missoula has been found dead from a gunshot wound in North Dakota.
A Butte T-V station reports the body of Jens Jensen was found
Tuesday.
Jensen was a Tech running back, who completed his senior se
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| Officials looking at Missouri River crossing in Billings County... Mar 6 2007 1:03PM
Officials are looking at options for a
crossing over the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota.
It could go anywhere from Interstate 94 to the border of
Billings and McKenzie counties.
Billings County Commissioner Jim Arthaud says a
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Little Missouri Crossing Mar 5 2007 11:12PM
There's a possibility it won't even happenbut right now state officials are looking at adding a crossing over the Little Missouri River in Billings County.
Here's a map to give you a better idea of what were talking about.
Right now
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| Trapped mountain lion killed after unique effort to save it... Feb 21 2007 11:33AM
Another mountain lion has been caught in a
bobcat trap in western North Dakota.
Randy Kreil (kryl) with the state Game and Fish Department says
the animal had to be euthanized yesterday because of injuries it
suffered when it was snared.
W
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| Trapped mountain lion killed after effort to save it... Feb 21 2007 11:12AM
Another mountain lion has been caught in a
trap in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]].
Randy Kreil (kryl) with the state [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-department:t[Game and Fish Department]:t]] says
the animal had to be euthanized ye
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| BLM oil, gas leases total $2.4 million Feb 4 2007 11:33AM
The Bureau of Land Management's bimonthly
regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled two-point-four (m)
million dollars.
The sale last week in Billings, Montana, was one (m) million
dollars more than the total for the last sale, held in Novembe
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| BLM oil, gas leases total $2.4 million Feb 4 2007 11:12AM
The Bureau of Land Management's bimonthly
regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled two-point-four (m)
million dollars.
The sale last week in Billings, Montana, was one (m) million
dollars more than the total for the last sale, held in Novembe
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Mountain Lion gets a Collar Nov 28 2006 11:30PM
The Mountain Lion season is officially over in North Dakota...but officials with the State Game and Fish Department are still trying to keep track of any cats that are out there...
On Saturday, in Billings county a mountain line was caught in a t
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Collared Cat Nov 28 2006 11:13PM
The Mountain Lion season is officially over in North Dakota...but officials with the State Game and Fish Department are still trying to keep track of any cats that are out there.
As we reported last night, Saturday in Billings county a mountain line was
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Mountain Lion Fitted With Radio Collar Nov 27 2006 7:48PM
The past two years the North Dakota game and fish has been researching the movement of mountain lions in North Dakota through sighting reports and experimental hunting seasons.
Now they've got a one a half year old male cat fitted with a radio collar in
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| Fire south of Fryburg burns CRP land Nov 17 2006 11:42AM
Billings County officials say a fire south
of Fryburg burned about 60 acres of Conservation Reserve Program
land this week.
The rural fire department fought the blaze Tuesday night. Fire
Chief Don Heiser (HYS'-er) says it started off an oil well
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Schools in Medora, Farifield locked down Nov 6 2006 7:34PM
The two schools in Billings County are being locked down during the school day...
The schools are in Medora and Fairfield...
It's not because of an immediate threat but mostly because of tourists.
People walk into the school during the school
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| Doors locked at Billings County schools Nov 6 2006 8:21AM
Schools in Billings County are being locked
down during the school day.
Billings County School Principal Denise Soehren says the doors
at the district's two schools in Fairfield and Medora are being
locked for safety reasons.
She says the
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| Man falls 15 feet from oil rig elevator Jul 20 2006 4:50PM
A man who got hung up on the elevator of
an oil rig and fell 15 feet is reported in stable condition at a
Dickinson hospital today.
The Billings County Sheriff's Department says 21-year-old Jeremy
Helde of Williston was hospitalized Monday
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| Lightning keeps firefighters busy in southwest North Dakota Jul 14 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
DICKINSON, N.D. - Lightning strikes and wind hitting hot, dry land have been keeping firefighters busy in southwestern North Dakota.
The Hettinger Fire Department battled three fires Wednesday, all caused by lightning. The
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| Memorial Day Weekend Travel; Fatality May 27 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The Memorial Day holiday weekend has started in North Dakota with a fatality in northeastern Billings County.
The Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old Spearfish, South Dakota woman was killed e
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| Memorial Day weekend travel starts with Billings County fatal May 26 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - People traveling in North Dakota over the Memorial Day holiday weekend will have plenty of company, including a lot of state troopers.
The motorists' club AAA estimates that more than 31 million Americans w
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| Four western counties get higher federal payments for leases May 24 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - Four western North Dakota counties have more money for schools and roads, thanks to Forest Service checks covering mineral and grazing leases and oil royalty income on the Little Missouri National Grasslands.
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| Man sentenced in quadruple fatal crash Mar 3 2006 12:00AM
A 22-year-old Amidon man charged with four felony counts of negligent homicide in a crash last summer that killed his two brothers, a friend and a truck driver has been given a deferred one-year prison sentence on a lesser charge.
Ry
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| Judge delays trial for man charged in crash that killed four Jan 18 2006 12:00AM
Trial is being delayed for an Amidon man charged in a car crash that killed his two brothers, a friend and a truck driver.
Twenty-year-old Ryan Jacobson is charged with four counts of negligent homicide in the June crash on U.S. 85 n
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| Dickinson man agrees to plead guilty to elk killing in national park Dec 16 2005 12:00AM
A Dickinson man charged with killing two elk in Theodore Roosevelt National Park has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
A federal judge will decide whether to accept the agreement in the case of 46-year-old Michael Re
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| Deal could be in the works for Eberts ranch Dec 2 2005 12:00AM
The owners of a scenic Badlands ranch near the area where Theodore Roosevelt raised cattle have been trying to sell the land for public use and now they may be closer to a deal.
The Forest Service says it hopes to buy the Eberts ran
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| Man appears in court on negligent homicide charges in four deaths Sep 23 2005 12:00AM
An Amidon man charged with four counts of negligent homicide in a fiery head-on crash with an oil truck has made his first court appearance.
Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Jacobson is accused of driving a car that veered across the center
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| Big burn planned at Theodore Roosevelt National Park Sep 22 2005 12:00AM
The National Park Service is planning its biggest burn ever in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The agency wants to torch 2,500 acres at the same time a burn ban is in effect in Billings County.
Park officials
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| Dickinson man facing charges of shooting elk in national park Sep 15 2005 12:00AM
A Dickinson man has a September 22nd court hearing in Medora on charges that he shot two elk inside Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Forty-six-year-old Michael Renner is facing misdemeanor state charges of exceeding the big game lim
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| Amidon man charged with negligent homicide in crash that killed four Aug 19 2005 12:00AM
An Amidon man has been charged with four counts of negligent homicide in a fiery June 20th collision in southwestern North Dakota.
Authorities say 21-year-old Ryan Jacobson was driving a car that collided with a loaded oil tanker nea
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| Survivor of Billings County crash in critical condition Jun 23 2005 12:00AM
A man who survived a fiery head-on crash in Billings County that killed four people is listed in critical condition at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck.
The Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Ryan Jacobson of Bowman was driving a
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| Car-semi collision kills three in Billings County Jun 21 2005 12:00AM
A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer and a car in Billings County has killed three people from Bowman.
Their names were not immediately released. Authorities say they were 19, 20 and 25 years old.
The Highway Patrol sa
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| Billings County commissioners want to approve new construction Apr 13 2005 12:00AM
Billings County commissioners want to take a closer look at development in the county.
They want the power to review and approve all new construction for a year, while county zoning rules are updated.
The county's zoning policies
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| Rancher escapes major injury when train hits tractor Jan 27 2005 12:00AM
Authorities say a southwestern North Dakota rancher was thrown from his tractor when it collided with a train earlier this week in Billings County.
They say Fryburg-area rancher Allan Richard escaped serious injury.
Billings Coun
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| Billings County takes Badlands road dispute to state Supreme Court Nov 9 2004 12:00AM
The state Supreme Court will hear a dispute over Billings County's attempts to build a road near the historic Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The county wants to build about four miles of road on the ranch belongin
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| Family objects to Billings County plans for road through ranch Sep 21 2004 12:00AM
Brothers Ken, Allan and Dennis Eberts have been trying to sell their Badlands ranch to national and state park services. Now they say Billings County is trying to disrupt the sale by building a road through their property.
The case w
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| National Grasslands fire burning about 2,000 acres. Aug 16 2004 12:00AM
Cool weather is helping firefighters get a handle on a wildfire in western North Dakota.
The blaze started yesterday but the cause is still under investigation. The U-S Forest Service says that up to 25-hundred acres have burned in
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