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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 11:12AM
Microsoft's chief executive officer says
Fargo has the company's third-largest presence in the United States
behind Seattle and the Silicon Valley.
Steve Ballmer was in Fargo on Tuesday, two days before the
launch of Windows 7, Microsoft's new W
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 25 2009 4:13PM
North Dakota State University says its
first-day enrollment is 13,855 students, 7.6 percent higher than
last year.
Vice President Prakash Mathew says there are several reasons for
the rise, including an increase in student retention, transfer
s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 19 2009 4:13PM
As Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health
prepares to merge with Fargo, N.D.-based MeritCare, it also is
seeking to offer health insurance in North Dakota.
Sanford has requested permission from the state Insurance
Department. Insurance Commissio
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 19 2009 4:06PM
Montana education officials report that
Montana's 2009 graduating class earned an average composite score
of 22 on the ACT exam, compared to the national composite score of
21.1.
The national and state averages were the same last year.
The
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 19 2009 2:15AM
Scores from a popular college entrance exam
show that North Dakota high school students continue to be
better-prepared for college courses than the average students
nationwide. The state's overall results are lower than neighboring
states.
The
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| 911 caller says 5 or 6 shots fired Aug 18 2009 1:33PM
A frantic 911 caller reported the gunman
who police say killed three brothers before fatally shooting
himself fired five or six shots.
The Dunn County Emergency Communications Center on Tuesday
released several 911 calls reporting the Saturday n
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 18 2009 11:12AM
Bond is set at $50,000 cash for a woman
charged with a probation violation in connection with what might be
a murder-suicide involving a Dickinson couple.
Court documents say Melissa Cady-Angerer told law officers she
drove Jamie Osborn into Mon
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Dickinson Deaths Aug 17 2009 11:06PM
Dickinson Police are investigating a murder suicide.
This morning 43 year old Dickinson resident Tracey Osborn was found dead in the trunk of her car, 51 miles north of Dickinson in Dunn County at an oil rig site.
Authorities do not have all o
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Dickinson Murder-Suicide Aug 17 2009 6:58PM
Dickinson Police are investigating a murder suicide....
This morning 43 year old Dickinson resident Tracey Osborn was found dead in the trunk of her car, 51 miles north of Dickinson in Dunn County at an oil rig site.
Authorities do not have all o
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| Murdersuicide suspected in couple's deaths Aug 17 2009 4:35PM
Authorities say the deaths of a Dickinson
couple may be the result of a murder-suicide.
Police say the body of 41-year-old Jamie Osborn was found by
passers-by in a wooded area in Miles City, Mont., on Sunday
afternoon. Police say the body of hi
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| Murdersuicide suspected in couple's deaths Aug 17 2009 4:34PM
Authorities say the deaths of a Dickinson
couple may be the result of a murder-suicide.
Police say the body of 41-year-old Jamie Osborn was found by
passers-by in a wooded area in Miles City, Mont., on Sunday
afternoon. Police say the body of hi
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Section 8Day 1 Jul 22 2009 11:08PM
In 30 games, they scored 312 runs...
which means all season, the Mandan A's have AVERAGED over 10 A GAME.
If that doesn't make them the team to beat in the Section 8 Tournament, maybe the fact that they're hosting the tournament does?
They drew Dunn Cou
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jul 21 2009 7:07AM
The niece of imprisoned American Indian
activist Leonard Peltier says he will get his first full parole
hearing in 15 years on July 28 in a Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley in Fargo, where Peltier was convicted,
says he ha
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| Dunn County Memorial Wall grows Jul 20 2009 6:18AM
More than 1,100 names have been submitted
for the Dunn County Veterans Memorial Wall in Killdeer, and
organizers say they expect about 100 more.
Committee member Dean Bergstedt says organizers had expected
about 800 or 900 names, but the project
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 2 2009 11:05AM
North Dakota is getting about $108,000 as
part of a larger $95.5 million settlement with Aventis
Pharmaceutical Inc. over the cost of nasal sprays.
The Justice Department recently said the subsidiary of drug
maker Sanofi-Aventis agreed to pay th
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Bismarck rain video Jun 16 2009 11:00PM
This afternoon the National weather service has received several reports of tornado's being spotted and touching down in Sioux County and one in Dunn County.
And the RAIN It just keeps coming down...
These are some sights we f
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 29 2009 11:26AM
Browns Valley, Minnesota a small
town along the South Dakota-Minnesota border is embarking on a
flood-control plan that's some 80 years in the making.
Flood waters last hit Browns Valley two years ago, when melting
snow and ice jams caused the
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| Dunn County ordered to correct rerouting of river May 29 2009 9:06AM
Dunn County has been ordered to correct any
damage it caused by filling in part of the Little Knife River
northwest of Manning for a road project.
State's Attorney Ross Sundeen says county officials did not
realize they needed a permit before ch
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 27 2009 11:19AM
The opening rounds of the Scripps National
Spelling Bee are under way in Washington.
North Dakota's representative is 12-year-old Shantanu Srivatsa
(SHON'-tuh-noo sree-VAHT'-sah) of West Fargo, who won the state
spelling be in March. He also qua
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 19 2009 11:19AM
A Fargo company has signed a deal to
handle health payment claims for residents of a region in
east-central China.
Noridian Administrative Services says it will be building a data
center and a call center in China to handle the project in the ci
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... May 19 2009 8:17AM
The latest state crop report says North
Dakota farmers made no significant progress in planting crops over
the past week. The planting is still at least two weeks behind
average.
MANNING, N.D. (AP) Dunn County Sheriff Larry Boepple
(BEP'-
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 28 2009 11:12AM
U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley has a new job.
Wrigley has been hired as a vice president with Fargo-based
Noridian Administrative Services. He's to start in August, dealing
with compliance and ethics issues.
Noridian is affiliated with Blue Cro
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| Lower bond denied for death probe suspect Apr 15 2009 3:52PM
Southwest District Judge Allan
Schmalenberger has denied a bond reduction for a man charged in
connection with the death of a Dickinson man.
Bond was set Monday at $50,000 cash for Benjamin Orf, who's
charged with being a felon in possession of
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 14 2009 11:33AM
Valley City's mayor is recommending
that people considered to be in the 500-year flood plain or people
who are elderly or vulnerable leave the city during the flood
fight.
Mayor Mary Lee Nielson estimates that's about 1,450 homes or
"not quite
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Murder Charges Apr 13 2009 7:09PM
Dunn County Authorities say a Texas man has been charged with murdering a Dickinson man...
Shane Miller was arrested Saturday morning in Alabama after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Miller is accused of shooting and killing Neil Matejo
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 12 2009 2:17AM
The North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon
is being evacuated as a precaution, as the Sheyenne River continues
to rise.
Administrator Mark Johnson says it might be a first for the
117-year-old Veterans Home.
He says 38 residents from the hom
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| Arrests made in Dickinson death Apr 11 2009 3:17PM
Dunn County's lead prosecutor says
arrests have been made in the death of a Dickinson man whose body
was found in a field northeast of the city.
State's Attorney Ross Sundeen declined to release details
Saturday, saying the investigation was ong
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Apr 11 2009 2:14PM
The North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon
is being evacuated as a precaution, as the Sheyenne River continues
to rise. Administrator Mark Johnson says it might be a first for
the 117-year-old Veterans Home.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The federal g
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 11 2009 11:05AM
Authorities say the death of a
49-year-old Dickinson man who had been missing for about a week and
a half is suspicious.
The body of Neal Metajovsky was found Friday in Dunn County.
Sheriff Larry Boepple says it appears the man had been shot.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 4 2009 2:14AM
Governor John Hoeven plans to name a new
state agriculture commissioner Monday morning.
Hoeven's office won't say who the appointee is. Several people
expressed interest in the job.
Yessterday was Roger Johnson's last day as agriculture
co
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| Former school board pres facing new charge Apr 3 2009 4:34PM
Authorities are reviewing a drunken
driving charge against a woman released from prison about a month
ago after serving time for stealing money from the Twin Buttes
school.
Melissa Starr was arrested March 22. Authorities said she
stopped her v
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| Nies, Fornshell share BSC Rising Star Award Apr 2 2009 12:00AM
Alumni in the fields of musical composition and technical consulting have earned recognition from the Bismarck State College National Alumni Association.
Sharing the 2009 Rising Star Alumni Award are composer Troy Nies, '96 and '04, of Killdeer, N.D.
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Wall Funding Mar 1 2009 11:28PM
Organizers of a veterans memorial wall in Dunn County say they have raised about two-thirds of the estimated $110,000 cost. The wall would be near the proposed site of the High Plains Cultural Center in Killdeer, though it's not connected to that project.
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| Minn. doctor found not guilty in sex case Feb 5 2009 10:46PM
A jury found a Duluth, Minn.
gastroenterologist not guilty Thursday night of a sexual assault
allegation made by a former patient.
The ex-patient alleged that 52-year-old Javier De La Garza
sexually assaulted her in 2006 on a boat at Barker's
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| Body exhumed in Dunn County murder case Jan 31 2009 12:15AM
Investigators hunting for DNA evidence
have exhumed the body of a 25-year-old Minneapolis woman who was
stabbed to death and dumped along a Dunn County road in 1974.
Mary Schlais (SHLICE) was an artist working on her master's
degree and may have
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Legislature discussing surplus Jan 19 2009 7:17AM
There is no shortage of bills in the Legislature to spend North Dakota's expected one billion dollar surplus.
They include six million dollars proposed for a "virtual center" for career and technical education at Williston State College, five million dol
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| Dunn County might get memorial wall Dec 14 2008 3:19PM
A committee of nine Dunn County residents
is working on a proposed memorial wall in Killdeer for the names of
area military veterans.
Committee member Dean Bergstedt says the group has been meeting
for six months to come up with a proposal and b
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| 9 inches of snow reported in southwestern ND Nov 6 2008 10:44AM
The National Weather Service says some
parts of southwestern North Dakota report 9 inches of snow from a
slow-moving storm that moved up from the south.
The weather service says areas around Hebron and the tiny town
of Marshall, in Dunn County,
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ND Boy Dies in Hunting Accident Oct 6 2008 7:45PM
A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by his 10-year-old brother in a hunting accident this weekend in southwestern North Dakota.
Dunn County officials say the brothers were hunting with other family members during the state's special youth pheasant hunt
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| Dunn County officials say boy killed while hunting Oct 6 2008 1:33PM
Dunn County authorities say a 15-year-old
Dickinson boy has died after he was accidentally shot by his
10-year-old brother on a hunting trip.
Dunn County Deputy Glen Gietzen says the family was hunting
during the state's youth pheasant season wh
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| Officials say boy killed while hunting Oct 6 2008 1:32PM
Dunn County authorities say a 15-year-old
Dickinson boy has died after he was accidentally shot by his
10-year-old brother on a hunting trip.
Dunn County Deputy Glen Gietzen says the family was hunting
during the state's youth pheasant season wh
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Teen killed in Hunting Accident Oct 6 2008 1:08PM
Dunn County Authorities say a 15 year old Dickinson boy is dead after a hunting accident yesterday...
It happened around 5:30 Sunday afternoon north of Gladstone.
Deputy Glen Gietzen says the family was out hunting during the youth pheasant
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| Dunn County lake drained Sep 27 2008 10:30AM
Lake Ilo in Dunn County is being
drained for only the second time in the 70-year history of the Lake
Ilo National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Wade King says the
reason is an infestation of carp voracious eaters tha
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| Dunn County ranchers worried about water supplies Sep 17 2008 11:05AM
Dunn County ranchers worry the oil
development boom might leave them short of water.
About 40 of them met with members of the state Water Commission
in Manning last night.
Commissioner Bob Kleeman says residents are "really scared"
they'll
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| Officials want traffic to yield Sep 8 2008 6:11AM
Officials in southwestern North Dakota
want drivers to yield to emergency vehicles on the roads.
Dunn County Emergency Manager Denise Brew says other drivers are
not pulling over enough, and those that do are going too fast.
She says that i
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| Grasslands Pipeline expansion planned to capacity Aug 28 2008 5:37PM
A pipeline that carries natural gas from
the Power River Basin in Wyoming to [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] will be reach
capacity in a year because of demand.
The [[kxtopic:williston-nd:t[Williston]:t]] Basin Grasslands Pipeline is a
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Cowboy Hall of Fame Aug 4 2008 12:50PM
The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame has eight new members....including longtime ranchers as well as one ranch and a horse.
Named to the hall are the late George Charging, Mervel
Raymond Hall of the Mandaree area, the late William Connolly and Al
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| Regulators review new oil pipeline in southwest ND Jul 16 2008 11:26AM
State regulators will be reviewing a
proposed new oil pipeline in southwestern North Dakota.
A company wants to build a 6-inch crude oil pipeline for 33
miles from Killdeer in Dunn County to just north of Dickinson. It
would carry about 10,000 b
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| Tests show alcohol levels in 3 fire victims Jul 15 2008 8:05PM
Authorities say three Wisconsin college
students who died in a house fire in April had blood-alcohol levels
from two to almost four times the legal limit in drunken driving
cases.
Dunn County Medical Examiner Chris Kruse released toxicology
tes
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A Raise in Oil Impact Money? Jul 4 2008 12:49AM
Legislators are hoping to get more money to the counties that are experiencing a major influx of traffic from oil production.
As of now, 16 oil-producing counties in North Dakota share 6-million dollars in oil impact grants every two years to help keep u
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| Counties seek to raise cap on oil impact money Jul 3 2008 12:02PM
Legislators say they want to raise caps on
the amount of state aid to oil-producing counties, to help the
counties keep up roads and bridges.
Under current law, the 16 counties in North Dakota that produce
oil and gas share 6 million dollars in
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| Western North Dakota sees stormy weather Jun 25 2008 7:56AM
Some bad weather in western North Dakota
last night.
National Weather Service meteorologist Rich Leblang says parts
of the region saw high winds and hail.
Seventy mile per hour winds and golf ball size hail were
reported in Dunn County. Di
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Bakken Well Getting Noticed Jun 17 2008 1:12PM
It's not all talk about the Bakken Oil companies are seeing results in North Dakota.
Good Afternoon, I'm Donnell Preskey...
A new oil well in Dunn County is creating a lot of interest. Continental Resources Inc. says its new oil well produced a
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Oil Leases Strong in ND Apr 10 2008 9:39AM
Big oil companies seem to have their eyes set on North Dakota.
The federal Bureau of Land Management says
its bimonthly regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled more than 3.2 million dollars.
And North Dakota territory was in demand.
Headington Oil
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Oil in High Demand Apr 10 2008 9:39AM
Big oil companies seem to have their eyes set on North Dakota...
The federal Bureau of Land Management says
its bimonthly regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled more than 3.2 million dollars. And North Dakota territory was in demand.
Headington Oi
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Oil in High Demand Apr 10 2008 9:37AM
Big oil companies seem to have their eyes set on North Dakota...
The federal Bureau of Land Management says
its bimonthly regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled more than 3.2 million dollars. And North Dakota territory was in demand.
Headington Oi
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| BLM oil, gas leases total more than $3.2 million Apr 9 2008 3:03PM
The Bureau of Land Management's bimonthly
regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled more than $3.2 million.
BLM officials say Headington Oil of Dallas bid $645,300 for
leasing rights on a 955-acre parcel in North Dakota's Dunn County,
the high
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| BLM oil, gas leases total more than $3.2 million Apr 9 2008 2:42PM
The Bureau of Land Management's bimonthly
regional sale of oil and gas leases totaled more than $3.2 million,
officials said.
Headington Oil of Dallas bid $645,300 for leasing rights on a
955-acre parcel in North Dakota's Dunn County, the highes
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Man Killed in Dunn County Rollover Mar 29 2008 11:49PM
A pickup rollover on state Highway 22 in Dunn County has killed a Mandaree man.
The Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Coleton Fettig lost control of his vehicle on the frost-covered roadway not long after midnight, and it rolled in a field.
Fettig was
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| Dunn County crash kills one Mar 29 2008 2:14PM
A pickup rollover on state Highway 22 in
Dunn County has killed a Mandaree man.
The Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Coleton Fettig lost control
of his vehicle on the frost-covered roadway not long after
midnight, and it rolled in a field.
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| Health officials to discuss asbestoslike mineral in Dunn County... Mar 28 2008 7:35AM
Health officials have been sampling an
asbestos-like mineral found on Dunn County roads, and they say its
particles are the right size to collect in the lungs of people who
breathe it.
The Environmental Protection Agency and state health officia
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| Charges being filed in cougar killing case Nov 15 2007 10:45AM
Misdemeanor charges are being filed
against an Indiana hunter and a North Dakota outfitter in
connection with what authorities say is the illegal killing of a
mountain lion in the badlands.
Dunn County prosecutor Ross Sundeen says the cougar was
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| Dunn County men envision indoor rodeo center Oct 11 2007 11:26AM
Dunn County officials are trying to raise
7 million dollars for an indoor rodeo and events center in
Killdeer.
The 91,000-square-foot High Plains Cultural Center envisioned by
the Dunn County Fair Association also would include a large
gatherin
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| Dunn County rollover kills 2 Oct 3 2007 3:03PM
A rollover on state Highway 200 in Dunn
County has killed two people.
The Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Jessica Strommen was the
driver of a sport utility vehicle that rolled in the ditch three
miles east of Killdeer, about 5:30 Monday afterno
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| Dunn County rollover kills woman Oct 2 2007 10:58AM
A rollover on state Highway 200 in Dunn
County has killed a Killdeer woman.
The Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Jessica Strommen was in a
sport utility vehicle that rolled in the ditch three miles east of
Killdeer, about 5:30 Monday afternoon. S
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| Authorities say cougar was illegally killed Sep 22 2007 9:13AM
Charges are pending against a person in
connection with what authorities say is the illegal killing of a
[[kxtopic:mountain-lion:t[mountain lion]:t]] in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]].
Authorities did not provide details or id
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| 3 mountain lions killed in southwestern ND so far this season... Sep 19 2007 7:08PM
Three mountain lions have now been killed
in western North Dakota.
The area west of state Highway 8 and south of state Highway 1804
has a quota of five kills before the season closes.
Two cougars were reported killed this week. The latest w
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Group Restores North Dakota House Jul 23 2007 12:08AM
A bit of a drive off the fairgrounds rests another attraction garning some attention this summer.
Brad Feldman takes us to one of the first homes built in western North Dakota, and shows us how one group is trying to preserve it.
Sitting almost 11 mi
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House with History Jul 19 2007 6:54PM
Some of the first people to settle this area did not have the lavish homes we do today.
Many of them built homes out of whatever they could find.
One of the first homes to be built in western North Dakota is on display for people to see.
Br
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Endangered Buildings Identified May 4 2007 11:09PM
Two buildings and a collection of properties have made the Three Most Endangered Properties list released by Preservation North Dakota today.
The lodge building at the International Peace Garden is one of the three.
It was built as were many struct
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| Four employees suspended after jail death May 1 2007 11:55AM
Four employees at the St. Croix (KROY) Jail
have been suspended with pay following the death of an inmate.
Dunn County sheriff's officials are handling the case.
Investigator Craig Koser says they're still waiting for autopsy
results to determ
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| Hearing for school board members postponed Mar 14 2007 5:24PM
A hearing on whether to oust three members
of a western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] school board has been postponed.
The hearing for the Twin Buttes school board members was
scheduled for tomorrow morning in [[kxtopic:dickinson-nd:
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| Stenehjem seeks removal of third school board member... Feb 28 2007 7:51AM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is
seeking to remove a third member of the Twin Buttes school board.
Stenehjem filed a complaint on Monday against Darwin Lone Bear.
Federal investigators accuse him of stealing about 25-thousand
dollars in sch
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| Stenehjem seeks removal of second school board member... Feb 21 2007 2:12PM
Attorney General [[kxtopic:wayne-stenehjem:t[Wayne Stenehjem]:t]] is
seeking the ouster of a second member of the Twin Buttes school
board in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]].
Stenehjem filed a complaint today against Hank Star
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| Oil producing counties want greater state tax share... Jan 10 2007 12:33PM
Western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s oil boom is great
for the economy, but it's rough on the roads.
Some county officials are asking the North Dakota Legislature
for a bigger slice of state oil tax collections. They say it's
nee
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| Fuglie leaving as Democratic director Nov 28 2006 6:21PM
The director of [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s Democratic
Party is leaving.
[[kxtopic:jim-fuglie:t[Jim Fuglie]:t]] (FYOOG'-lee) says he'll be retiring to do some
writing and consulting work. His last day is December Fifth.
Fug
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| SecState candidate rebuts questions about her ND residency... Oct 4 2006 6:15PM
The Democratic candidate for secretary of
state is responding to questions about her residency.
Kristin Hedger says her North Dakota credentials are rock solid.
She says Republican activists are trying to use the questions to
distract from iss
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| Heger rebuts questions about her residency Oct 4 2006 4:09PM
The Democratic candidate for secretary of
state is responding to questions about her residency.
Kristin Hedger says her North Dakota credentials are rock solid.
She says Republican activists are trying to use the questions to
distract from iss
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| Man charged in calfshooting incident Sep 21 2006 8:33AM
A southwestern North Dakota man is charged
with mistreating animals, criminal conspiracy and theft.
Thirty-one-year-old Dustin Wolf of Dodge is jailed in Dickinson.
He's accused of shooting a calf belonging to Rodney Stein of
Halliday on Sa
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| EPA investigating Dunn County gravel pits Aug 10 2006 12:48PM
Environmental officials are checking
gravel pits in Dunn County for a cancer-causing mineral called
erionite (er-EYE'-oh-nyt).
The gravel has been used for roads and hiking trails. Most of
the pits are privately owned, near the Killdeer Mountain
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