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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 8 2010 11:05AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| Fargo flight delayed by 'bomb' investigation Feb 8 2010 8:24AM
A flight at the Fargo airport was delayed for
about three hours over the weekend when federal security officers
at Hector International Airport apparently mistook photographic
equipment for a possible bomb.
Bismarck videographer Chris Klein said
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 6 2010 4:13PM
A woman from the northeast North Dakota
town of Thompson who had a rifle shell explode in her face during a
hunting trip is suing the company that made the ammunition.
Forty-six-year-old Sheri Sponsler says a defect in the design or
production o
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| Police: ND man suffered fatal head injury in slip Feb 6 2010 3:52PM
Police say a man found dead outside his north
Fargo home likely slipped on the ice and hit his head.
The victim has been identified as 47-year-old David Volk. His
body was found about 11:30 a.m. Friday between his condo and
detached garage.
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| I29 rollover in ND kills MN woman Feb 4 2010 7:14AM
A rollover on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 93-year-old
woman from Akeley, Minn., who died at the scene shortly before
11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Author
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| I29 rollover in ND kills MN woman Feb 4 2010 7:14AM
A rollover on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 93-year-old
woman from Akeley, Minn., who died at the scene shortly before
11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Author
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Jan 29 2010 6:32AM
Two people have died in a crash in south
Minneapolis. Police say the crash happened about 10 p.m. in the
Diamond Lake neighborhood. A third person was injured when the car
hit a tree. Neighbors say two young women were killed and a young
man was inju
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| Cass County to hold water rescue exercise Jan 29 2010 5:15AM
Police, fire fighters and other
officials from Cass County are diving into the icy waters of Cass
Lake to learn about water rescue.
Participants planned Friday to experience a mock snowmobile
crash, a K-9 assisted recovery of a victim under the
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 20 2010 11:06AM
North Dakota college presidents are
defending their practice of offering tuition breaks to graduate
students and students from outside the United States.
The North Dakota Legislature's interim Higher Education
Committee is looking at the practic
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| Bond set for woman accused of child neglect Jan 20 2010 7:56AM
Bond has been set at $1,000 for a Mapleton
woman accused of being drunk while driving with her 4-year-old son
in a Fargo Walmart parking lot.
Judge Steve Marquart also ordered 23-year-old Chelsey Jo Hanson
to have no contact with the child, who
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 5 2010 1:45AM
Two leading Minnesota lawmakers say its
unlikely that the Legislature will return to the Capitol early to
vote on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for delaying school aid.
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Senate Majority
Leader Larry Pogemil
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| Son of Hutchinson couple who died of CO also dies Jan 4 2010 8:04PM
A memorial service will be held Friday
for a Hutchinson man who died about two months after being found
unconscious in a northern Minnesota cabin where his parents died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
An obituary says 22-year-old Michael Schwarze
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 3 2010 4:13PM
Wahpeton-area ice fisherman are dealing
with excess water around their fish houses.
Heavy snow and the weight of vehicles and equipment on the ice
has caused water and slush to come up around the houses.
Tim Phalen of the state Game and Fis
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| Suspect in SD standoff expected to plead guilty Jan 3 2010 12:22PM
A man charged in a nine-hour standoff with
Fargo police is expected to plead guilty to one of the charges
against him.
Leonard Ritter's attorney Steve Mottinger says Ritter will
change his plea to guilty for possession of a firearm by a felon
M
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 2 2010 2:13AM
A Dickinson woman is praising a newspaper
carrier who saw smoke coming from the woman's house and awoke her
and her two children.
Rodney Hauck says he noticed smoke coming from a corner of the
house just before 7 a.m. Thursday.
Angie Brans
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| Fire destroys mobile home near Ayr, ND Jan 1 2010 12:15PM
No injuries were reported in a fire that
destroyed a mobile home near Ayr.
Deputy Joe Gress of the Cass County Sheriff's Department says
the fire was reported by a passer-by around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Casselton Fire Chief Tim McLean says th
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 31 2009 2:13AM
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem is one of 13 Republican attorneys general who wants
federal health care legislation stripped of a provision that favors
the state of Nebraska.
The language exempts Nebraska from paying for expanded M
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| Briarwood, ND, man gets probation for abuse Dec 30 2009 4:41PM
A Briarwood man has been ordered to serve two
years of probation after pleading guilty to a charge of child abuse
or neglect for inappropriately touching a girl more than 10 years
ago.
Fifty-eight-year-old Charles Elmer Engler also must pay fees
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 27 2009 4:27PM
The rest of Interstate 29 in North Dakota
has reopened, and state officials have lifted its no-travel
advisory.
The section of I-29 between Fargo and Grand Forks was opened on
Sunday morning. The rest of the interstate, along with I-91, had
bee
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| ND courtrooms getting wireless Internet coverage Dec 27 2009 8:18AM
Courtrooms in North Dakota's four largest
cities are likely to be equipped soon with wireless Internet
access.
Northwest District court administrator Carolyn Woolf says the
Ward County Commission requested the equipment earlier this month.
Sh
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 25 2009 4:13PM
Interstate 94 in North Dakota is closed from
the [[kxtopic:montana:t[Montana]:t]] border to the [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] border because of the major
snowstorm moving through the Plains states.
The [[kxtopic:north-dakota-department-of-
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| 11monthold ND girl dies from crash injuries Dec 25 2009 12:57PM
An 11-month-old girl has died of injuries she
sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota.
Kirsten Booke of Fairmount died at a hospital Thursday. She was
taken there Wednesday evening after the crash in Fargo.
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Dec 21 2009 2:13AM
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee
says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health
care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the
Senate. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad said on "Fox News Sunday"
that the 60 v
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 20 2009 4:27PM
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee
says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health
care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the
Senate.
Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, said on "Fox
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| ND county considers break for delinquent taxpayers Dec 20 2009 2:07PM
Cass County officials are again considering
whether to forgive nearly $320,000 in fines and interest owed for
back property taxes.
Records shows the amount is part of more than $3.6 million owed
in property taxes and assessments from 2005, '06 a
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 12 2009 4:13PM
A Fargo mother and her neighbor face charges
of child neglect after three children were found wandering outside.
Charges against Lesley Carol Youngbird and Ashley Hahn were
filed this week in Cass County District Court.
A police report says
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| Fargo mom, neighbor charged with child neglect Dec 12 2009 4:06PM
A Fargo mother and her neighbor face charges
of child neglect after three children were found wandering outside.
Charges against Lesley Carol Youngbird and Ashley Hahn were
filed this week in Cass County District Court.
A police report says
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 29 2009 1:46AM
Hundreds of people attended a memorial
service Saturday for a St. Paul soldier killed in the shooting
rampage at Fort Hood in [[kxtopic:texas:t[Texas]:t]].
The service was the first of three days of traditional
remembrances for 23-year-old Pfc.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 28 2009 2:13AM
As the clock ticks on toward his Dec. 8
address to South Dakota lawmakers, Gov. Mike Rounds says most of
the decisions on the next state budget already have been made and
that no one will be happy with the budget plan.
The governor says the cha
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 28 2009 1:45AM
St. Paul police have identified a
15-year-old who was shot to death on Thanksgiving.
Police say Darion Joseph Smith, of St. Paul, died at the scene.
Police were called at about 10 a.m. Thursday and found him with a
gunshot wound to his upper b
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 2:42PM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus,
Minn.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 2:42PM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus,
Minn.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 11:33AM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
The sta
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| ND man accused of trying to shoot brother Nov 26 2009 5:16PM
A 24-year-old Fargo man whose Minnesota
family was featured on a cable channel reality show has been
arrested, accused of trying to shoot one of his brothers.
Police say Joseph Heppner pointed a loaded pistol at his
26-year-old brother, Samuel,
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| ND man accused of trying to shoot brother Nov 26 2009 5:16PM
A 24-year-old Fargo man whose Minnesota
family was featured on a cable channel reality show has been
arrested, accused of trying to shoot one of his brothers.
Police say Joseph Heppner pointed a loaded pistol at his
26-year-old brother, Samuel,
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Murder Suspect Coming to ND Nov 25 2009 7:15PM
An Oklahoma man is on his way to North Dakota to face a murder charge.
Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Oklahoma is due in Cass County court Friday morning to be charged in the death of his son-in-law.
Authorities say Kirkpatrick paid his handyman three thous
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| ND Supreme Court hears Fargo murder appeal Nov 25 2009 12:57PM
An attorney for a Fargo man who was
convicted of murder says police stopped and questioned his client
only because he is black.
Ross Brandborg told the North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday
that police illegally stopped Elijah Addai (ah-DAY')
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 25 2009 11:12AM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a North Dakota dentist is being brought to North
Dakota to face charges.
Sixty-three-year-old Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., was
released from the custody of an Oklahoma County jail Wedne
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| Gattuso grandfather being moved to ND Nov 25 2009 8:17AM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] dentist is being brought to North
Dakota to face charges.
Sixty-three-year-old Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., was
released from the custody of
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 2:13AM
The brother of a slain Fargo dentist says an
Oklahoma judge has given North Dakota jurisdiction in a custody
battle over the dentist's daughter.
Roy Gattuso said a judge in Fargo may decide at a hearing
Tuesday who gets custody of 3-year-old Ken
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| Former jailer serving life sues over jail fall Nov 16 2009 7:57PM
A former jailer sentenced to life in prison
for killing a Valley City State University student is suing Cass
County and jail officials for $24 million, saying he injured his
right wrist in a 2007 fall in the jail in Fargo.
Moe Gibbs filed the la
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| Man serving life sentence sues over jail fall Nov 16 2009 4:13PM
A man sentenced to life in prison for killing
a Valley City State University student is seeking $24 million for
injuries he says he suffered in a fall at the Cass County Jail.
Moe Gibbs filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing a correctional
offi
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| Kathy Hogan picked as new Fargo ND House member Nov 16 2009 1:53PM
A former social services director has been
picked for a Democratic seat in the North Dakota House.
Kathy Hogan will represent District 21 in central Fargo. She
succeeds Jasper Schneider in the Legislature. He resigned to take
an appointment as s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 2:13AM
Veterans groups in North Dakota are coping
with dwindling numbers.
Steve Hoikkala, an Army National Guard staff sergeant, is the
quartermaster for the Fargo Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He's
also coordinator for eastern North Dakota military f
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 11 2009 11:12AM
The number of confirmed flu cases in North
Dakota is nearing the 3,000 mark.
The state Health Department reports 2,965 cases of the flu this
week, with a majority of those the swine flu, or H1N1 strain.
Health officials say more than 2,100
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| ND confirmed flu cases near 3,000 Nov 11 2009 10:51AM
The number of confirmed flu cases in North
Dakota is nearing the 3,000 mark.
The state Health Department reports 2,965 cases of the flu this
week, with a majority of those the swine flu, or H1N1 strain.
Health officials say more than 2,100
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 4:13PM
Gov. John Hoeven has directed all
government agencies in the state to fly the U.S. and North Dakota
flags at half-staff until Veterans Day in honor of the victims of
the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings.
Hoeven's order issued Friday was in accordance
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| Bail set at $1M for man accused in dentist slaying Nov 6 2009 9:55AM
Bail has been set at $1 million for a man
accused of killing a Fargo dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Cass County deputies drove Michael Nakvinda from Oklahoma City
after his arrest there last weekend.
The 41-year-old Nakvinda (nak-VIN'
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
Dickinson State University retired the
numbers of three college softball players today, at a packed
memorial service for them.
The softball jerseys of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar (ge-MAR') of
San Diego, 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld of Brandon, Manit
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| Man accused in dentist slaying brought to ND Nov 5 2009 7:01PM
The man accused of killing a Fargo dentist in
a murder-for-hire scheme has been brought to the city where he will
face charges.
Cass County deputies drove Michael Nakvinda from Oklahoma after
his arrest last weekend. Officials say the 41-year-ol
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 2:13AM
Police say three missing North Dakota
college softball players have been found dead in their Jeep, which
was pulled from a pond northwest of Dickinson.
Police Lt. Rod Banyai (BAN'-y-eye) said Tuesday night that
police are still investigating the
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| Former fatherinlaw charged in dentist slaying Nov 3 2009 5:44PM
Charges have been filed in North Dakota
against an Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill his
former son-in-law.
Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., is charged in Cass County with
conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit b
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| Cass County supports ND diversion Nov 3 2009 12:08PM
Cass County commissioners are supporting a
diversion project on the North Dakota side of the Red River for
flood protection.
The commissioners voted unanimously to support the idea Monday.
A member of the Cass County Joint Water Resource Di
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| Cass County supports ND diversion Nov 3 2009 12:08PM
Cass County commissioners are supporting a
diversion project on the North Dakota side of the Red River for
flood protection.
The commissioners voted unanimously to support the idea Monday.
A member of the Cass County Joint Water Resource Di
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| Former N. Dakota St. SID appeals ruling Nov 3 2009 11:26AM
A former North Dakota State University sports
information director is appealing the dismissal of his age
discrimination lawsuit.
George Ellis is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate a
Cass County judge's 2006 order that awarded him more t
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 2 2009 4:13PM
The chairman of North Dakota's higher
education board says it appears more likely that the University of
North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo will be changed.
Richie Smith is responding to a letter from Standing Rock Sioux
tribal chairma
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| Okla. man charged with murder in ND dentist death Nov 2 2009 3:52PM
Cass County authorities have filed charges of
murder, robbery, burglary and theft against an Oklahoma man in the
death of a North Dakota dentist.
Michael Nakvinda (nak-VIN'-dah) appeared Monday in Oklahoma
County District Court to say he would n
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| Man charged in death of 2monthold Fargo child Nov 2 2009 2:35PM
Cass County authorities have charged a man
with manslaughter in the weekend death of a 2-month-old child,
saying he got drunk, passed out and lay on top of the child while
babysitting.
Arthur Berger also is charged with child abuse or neglect.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 31 2009 4:13PM
The western North Dakota bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he's talked with
pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian
clergy.
Bishop Mark Narum heads 192 congregations that make up the
Western No
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| Man arrested in death of 2monthold in Fargo, ND Oct 31 2009 3:24PM
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child
abuse or neglect in the death of a 2-month-old in Fargo.
Forty-six-year-old Arthur Mark Berger, a transient, was being
held Saturday at the Cass County jail.
Fargo police Sgt. Michael Erbes says
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| Health officials say ND flu hotline busy Oct 30 2009 9:41AM
North Dakota's flu hotline has been
getting a healthy dose of calls since it started nearly two weeks
ago.
The public health hotline is set up to answer questions about
swine flu, also known as the H1N1 strain, as well as seasonal flu.
The
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 11:12AM
The National Weather Service says a winter
storm system in the Plains is expected to drop significant rainfall
in the southern Red River Valley of North Dakota.
Forecasters say up to 1 1/2 inches of rain could fall, and it will
run off quickly i
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| Cass County group supports ND diversion Oct 29 2009 10:23AM
Cass County officials are supporting a
Red River diversion project around Fargo for flood protection.
A member of the county's joint watershed board, Tom Fischer,
said a diversion project on the North Dakota side of the river
would protect peopl
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| Cass County group supports ND diversion Oct 29 2009 10:23AM
Cass County officials are supporting a
Red River diversion project around Fargo for flood protection.
A member of the county's joint watershed board, Tom Fischer,
said a diversion project on the North Dakota side of the river
would protect peopl
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 27 2009 2:14AM
It's a top ranking Bismarck might not be
so proud of.
Transportation Department figures show Bismarck was the leader
among North Dakota's largest cities last year in the number of
vehicle crashes per 1,000 people. It had 34.
Minot was next
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| Bismarck area leads in 2008 crashes Oct 26 2009 4:41PM
It's a top ranking Bismarck might not be
so proud of.
Transportation Department figures show Bismarck was the leader
among North Dakota's largest cities last year in the number of
vehicle crashes per 1,000 people. It had 34.
Minot was next
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| Man gets arm stuck in seed machine Oct 25 2009 10:24PM
Cass County authorities say a man was taken
to a Fargo hospital after his arm got stuck in a machine at the CHS
Sunflower processing plant in Grandin.
The Cass County Sheriff's Department says Randal Kloehn's arm
got stuck in a seed separator ma
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 25 2009 4:41PM
County officials in North Dakota are not
of the same mind when it comes to accepting federal stimulus money
to help pay for certain economic development projects.
[[kxtopic:grand-forks-county-nd:t[Grand Forks County]:t]] commissioners have declar
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| Counties differ on 'recovery zone' program Oct 25 2009 6:46AM
County officials in [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] are not
of the same mind when it comes to accepting federal stimulus money
to help pay for certain economic development projects.
[[kxtopic:grand-forks-county-nd:t[Grand Forks County]
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| Man gets arm stuck in seed machine Oct 25 2009 5:43AM
Cass County authorities say a man was taken
to a Fargo hospital after his arm got stuck in a machine at the CHS
Sunflower processing plant in Grandin.
The name of the 49-year-old Grandin man has not been released.
The Cass County Sheriff's
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| ND man arrested on suspicion of assaulting girl Oct 24 2009 5:30PM
An 18-year-old man has been arrested on
suspicion of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl at a private
gathering in Fargo.
Welden Douglas Littleghost of Sheyenne was being held Saturday
at the Cass County jail on suspicion of sexual assault and
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 11:12AM
An Iowa college president has been named
the interim president at North Dakota State University.
North Dakota's Board of Higher Education picked Richard Hanson
for the job today. He is now president of Waldorf College in Forest
City, Iowa.
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| University of ND gets permission to sell land Oct 23 2009 10:16AM
The University of [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] has
permission to sell 253 acres of [[kxtopic:cass-county-nd:t[Cass County]:t]] farm land.
The property was part of a larger donation that was willed to
UND by alumnus Burton Aarestad w
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 1:45AM
Six imams who were removed from a US Airways
flight in Minneapolis in 2006 have reached a tentative settlement
of their discrimination lawsuit.
The imams' attorney, Omar Mohammedi (moh-HAM'-med-dee), said
Tuesday that all sides agreed to the set
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| CO poisoning ruled in Minn. couple's death Oct 20 2009 7:15PM
The Cass County sheriff says a husband
and wife found dead in their cabin near Longville over the weekend
died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Relatives found the bodies of 58-year-old Lee Schwarze and his
55-year-old wife, Nancy, on Saturday af
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 4:13PM
Officials say North Dakota is again
setting monthly oil production records and is on pace to set a
record for the year.
It's a turnaround from just a few months ago, when slipping
crude prices and a slumping U.S. economy led officials to believe
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| Cass officials approve tax increase for courthouse Oct 20 2009 10:44AM
Cass County commissioners have narrowly
approved a tax increase to pay for a $14.7 million addition to the
county courthouse.
Monday's vote was 3-2. Commissioners Ken Pawluk and Vern Bennett
agreed the addition is needed but said the county shou
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 19 2009 1:45AM
The attorney for the family of a
Minnesota woman who died more than a week after being overcome in
an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony says he plans to sue over her
death.
Authorities say 49-year-old Liz Neuman of Prior Lake died
Saturday at a Flag
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| Couple found dead in Cass County cabin Oct 18 2009 7:50PM
A husband and wife were found dead
inside their cabin in rural Longville over the weekend, and
authorities suspect a poorly ventilated gas heater may be to blame.
Cass County authorities say 58-year-old Lee Schwarze and
55-year-old Nancy Schwarz
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| Moose tranquilized in Fargo Oct 14 2009 11:33AM
Law enforcement and animal experts in the
Fargo area surrounded a young bull moose at a local hotel,
tranquilized it with a dart gun and released it in a wildlife area
in northern Cass County.
Thirteen officers with the Fargo and West Fargo poli
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