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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 7 2009 4:27PM
A Belcourt man says his son was treated
for wounds from bullet fragments during Thursday's shooting spree
at a Texas Army base.
Patrick Blue Jr., says his son, 23-year-old Patrick Blue III,
was one of the luckier ones.
The younger Blue is
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 4:13PM
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she will
oppose the health care reform bill expected to be considered this
weekend in the House.
The South Dakota Democrat says the plan falls short of her goals
for health care reform and could threaten exist
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| State expands eligibility for H1N1 vaccine Nov 6 2009 2:07PM
The South Dakota Health Department says the
H1N1 vaccine will be available to more high risk groups, effective
Monday.
In a release, the department says the vaccine will be available
to more high-risk groups: all children age 5 through 18, peopl
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
The state Health Department has
confirmed four more swine flu-related deaths in South Dakota,
bringing the total to 13.
Details on where the latest deaths occurred weren't immediately
available.
Deaths have previously been reported in Shan
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says the
White House is demonstrating a renewed commitment to addressing the
chronic problems plaguing Indian Country. President Barack Obama
thanked the South Dakota representative for her leadership on the
issue durin
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| 4 more swine flurelated deaths in SD Nov 5 2009 6:54PM
The state Health Department has
confirmed four more swine flu-related deaths in South Dakota,
bringing the total to 13.
Details on where the latest deaths occurred weren't immediately
available.
Deaths have previously been reported in Shan
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 1:45AM
The nation's top aviation official says the
Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a
larger problem of professionalism among commercial airline pilots.
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt told
an i
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Trinity Maintains Visitor Policy Nov 4 2009 7:24PM
The number of comfirmed flu cases in North Dakota is nearing 25-hundred.
The State Health Department reports 2,475 confirmed flu cases this season - almost all of them are believed to be H1N1.
That's about one thousand more cases than were found in the
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| 4 more flu deaths in Minn., 3 confirmed swine flu Nov 4 2009 12:22PM
Minnesota health officials are reporting
three more deaths from swine flu and another death from a flu-like
illness.
The state Health Department didn't immediately release details
on the cases on Wednesday.
Health officials say 15 people h
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H1N1 Clinic Nov 3 2009 7:22PM
Small children and pregnant women remain a top priority when it comes to getting the H1N1 vaccine.
The Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health opened its doors this afternoon for another H1N1 flu-shot clinic. They have roughly 400 doses of the H1N1 vaccine.
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 1 2009 2:41AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.
Tribally owned casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban
while some enrolled tribal members who own reservation bars and
casinos aren't enforcing t
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| Smoking rules differ for reservation bars, casinos Oct 31 2009 11:26AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.
Tribally owned casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban
while some enrolled tribal members who own reservation bars and
casinos aren't enforcing t
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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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H1N1 Answers Oct 29 2009 7:03PM
There is a lot of information out there about the flu season.
But there are still many questions.
We went to the Burleigh County H1N1 Flu Clinic to see what people are asking and then took those questions to the Health Department to get the
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| 5 more swine flurelated deaths in SD Oct 29 2009 5:44PM
The state Health Department has
confirmed five more swine flu-related deaths in South Dakota,
bringing the total to nine.
Details on where the latest deaths occurred weren't immediately
available.
Deaths had previously been reported from S
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Oct 29 2009 4:13PM
A top commander says the U.S. military would
have launched fighters to track down an errant Northwest Airlines
flight if it had been notified quickly enough. General Gene Renuart
says he learned of the incident four or five minutes before the FAA
reg
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 1:45AM
Prosecutors have laid out for jurors how
Minnesota businessman Tom Petters allegedly engineered a Ponzi
scheme that bilked investors out of billions of dollars.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Dixon made his opening statement
Wednesday after a jury
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Flu Continues to Spread Oct 28 2009 7:25PM
The flu - especially H1N1 - continues its spread across North Dakota.
This week's figures from the State Health Department show...
1,577 confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota.
That's up from 1,216 last week.
And although the rise of 361 was sign
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Flu continues to spread Oct 28 2009 7:24PM
The flu - especially H1N1 - continues its spread across North Dakota.
This week's figures from the State Health Department show 1,577 confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota.
That's up from 1,216 last week.
And although the rise of 361 was signific
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| 2 more swine flu deaths in Minnesota Oct 28 2009 1:46PM
Minnesota health officials say two more
swine flu deaths are confirmed in the state.
The latest victims are an adult from south-central Minnesota
with no underlying health conditions and an adolescent from the
Twin Cities who did have underlying
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First H1N1 Death Reported in ND Oct 26 2009 7:45PM
North Dakota has recorded its first death blamed on H1N1 flu.
The Health Department reports a man from northwest North Dakota
who was older than 60 died of complications from the flu.
State Health Officer Terry Dwelle says the man suffered from an und
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 26 2009 1:40AM
Federal investigators were interviewing the
crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis
airport by 150 miles.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway
says investigators were to interview the pilot an
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| Minn. hospital exec. dies, swine flu suspected Oct 25 2009 3:52PM
The 54-year-old administrator of the Waseca
Medical Center has died after being diagnosed with the swine flu
virus. However, an official cause of death has not been determined.
A news release says Mike Milbrath died Saturday night at
Immanuel St
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Statewide Flu Update Oct 24 2009 7:44PM
And across our region, health officials say more than 20,000 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine are expected in the state late next week.
The Health Department released a statement saying the vaccine to prevent the new flu strain will include both the nasal s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 2:14AM
New reports show September home sales in
Fargo were the best in the Midwest region, up 23 percent from a
year ago.
The median sales price declines were moderate, slipping about 3
percent year-over-year to $139,950.
North Dakota's unemploym
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| Some ND well storage show excessive natural gas Oct 23 2009 4:55PM
State and industry officials say companies
tapping the rich Bakken shale and the formation below it in western
North Dakota have reported excessive natural gas emissions from oil
storage tanks.
The finding surprised them, and they're working to
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| ND in line for more swine flu vaccine Oct 23 2009 4:13PM
State health officials say about 21,200
doses of swine flu vaccine are expected in the state late next
week.
A statement from the Health Department says the vaccine to
prevent swine flu, or the new H1N1 strain, will include both the
nasal spray
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 11:12AM
Officials say an Israeli arms company
will open a plant in Rapid City sometime in the next year.
The Rapid City economic development partnership recruited the
TDI Arms company and is offering a $50,000 grant for the move.
The company sells
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| Minn. baby who died of swine flu had heart ailment Oct 23 2009 9:34AM
The family of the Freeborn County
infant who died of swine flu says the 5-week-old also had critical
heart and lung ailments.
Addie Rust is the grandmother of William Anton Cech (CHEK'). She
tells the Albert Lea Tribune the boy had a condition t
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| 2 more swine flu deaths in SD Oct 23 2009 7:36AM
The state Health Department has
confirmed two more swine flu-related deaths in South Dakota,
bringing the total to four.
Officials say deaths have occurred in Minnehaha and Pennington
counties.
The Health Department does not name victims o
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 3:44AM
The Swiss government says the U.S. has
formally requested the extradition of imprisoned director Roman
Polanski for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
The Justice Ministry says the U.S. filed its request late
Thursday and that it has be
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 1:45AM
Investigators have arrested a woman in
the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in northern Minnesota.
Authorities were called to a home near Kelliher on Tuesday and
found Matthew David Albert had been shot in the head. Albert was
taken to a Twin
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| Taiwan lifts ban on US beef in bone Oct 23 2009 1:45AM
Taiwan says it will lift a ban on imports
of a range of U.S. "beef in bone" products including Porterhouse
steak.
In its Friday announcement, the Health Department says all
imported beef products will have to carry a label of approval from
the
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| NY officials rescind order mandatory flu shot order... Oct 23 2009 1:10AM
New York's state health department is
rescinding its controversial order requiring swine flu shots for
all health care workers.
Thursday night's decision says that the H1N1 vaccine supply is
limited and should be reserved for the highest-risk gr
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| Minn. Health Department promises improvements to flu nurse line... Oct 22 2009 4:55PM
State officials are conceding Minnesota's new
nurse hot line was overwhelmed by flu patients on its first day,
and they're pledging to make improvements.
Assistant Health Commissioner Craig Acomb (AY'-kohmb) says
operators took 2,100 calls from
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| Minnesota reports 3 more swine flu deaths Oct 22 2009 12:22PM
Three more Minnesota residents have died from
complications of the swine flu, including two children less than 7
years old. All three had underlying health conditions.
That makes 10 people in Minnesota who have died of complications
from the vir
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| Minn. Health Department to report new flu stats Oct 22 2009 5:15AM
The Minnesota Department of Health is set
to release updated statistics on the swine flu situation in the
state.
The weekly updates are typically released on Wednesday, but was
delayed a day while the department worked on its new statewide
nurs
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 22 2009 2:13AM
Prosecutors have rested their case against
a woman charged with manslaughter in the death of her infant
daughter.
Stevie Buckley's trial began Tuesday. The 18-year-old Buckley is
charged in the Feb. 4 death of her 6-month-old daughter, Kyra, who
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Flu Numbers Skyrocket in State Oct 21 2009 8:18PM
The number of confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota more than doubled last week.
The jump continues a trend of a very early flu season in the state this year.
The North Dakota Department of Health reports 1,216 confirmed cases of the flu so far this
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Flu Numbers Skyrocket in State Oct 21 2009 7:22PM
The number of confirmed cases of the flu in North Dakota more than doubled last week.
The jump continues a trend of a very early flu season in the state this year.
The North Dakota Department of Health reports 1,216 confirmed cases of the flu so far this
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| Flu cases going up in ND Oct 21 2009 3:03PM
State health officials say the number
of confirmed flu cases in North Dakota more than doubled over the
past week and most of them likely are the swine flu or the new H1N1
strain.
Health Department figures released Wednesday show 1,216 flu
case
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Oct 21 2009 7:35AM
The Minnesota Health Department is
setting up a dedicated phone line to provide support and treatment
options for people with flu symptoms. It's hoped the phone line
will take the pressure off emergency rooms inundated with flu
sufferers. The health
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| State announces details of Minnesota FluLine Oct 21 2009 5:15AM
The Minnesota Health Department will soon
become the latest state to announce details of a toll-free nurse
line for those who think they have the flu.
The department has called a news conference for Wednesday
morning to present the specifics of
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 21 2009 2:13AM
State health officials say about 150 North
Dakotans should get another flu shot in wake of temperature
problems with some of the swine flu vaccine. Tim Wiedrich,
(WEED'-rich) head of the Health Department's emergency preparedness
section, says some o
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Flu Hotline Oct 20 2009 7:36PM
Question about the flu and vaccinations have kept a new state hotline busy.
Amber Schatz reports.
"Did she receive the flu-mist or injection?"
For the first time... State health workers have launched a state flu hotline... Where around 20 people in t
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Flu Shot Schedule Oct 20 2009 7:36PM
About 150 North Dakotans who received vaccinations against H1N1 flu will have to be re-vaccinated.
The Health Department is now dealing with the problem.
Officials say they received about 11-hundred doses of the vaccine that - they now know - may have
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Vaccine Clinic Oct 20 2009 6:55PM
It's the biggest H1N1 flu clinic for Burleigh County, so far.
But here, and all around the country, the vaccine is stretching thin...
Reporter Amber Schatz is there as local medical workers and their children get some of the first doses.
Whether by f
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| ND finds temperature problems with flu vaccine Oct 20 2009 4:55PM
State Health Department officials say
about 1,100 doses of swine flu vaccine shipped to North Dakota may
not work because of questions about the temperature levels during
shipping. Officials say the vaccine is safe but it might not
prevent swine flu,
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 4:13PM
American Colloid Co., is seeking to
expand its mining operations north of Belle Fourche.
The Illinois-based company operates bentonite plants in Belle
Fourche and in Colony, Wyo. It placed the Belle Fourche plant on
"idle status" in April.
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| Family says Rapid City boy dies of swine flu Oct 20 2009 7:56AM
The family of an 8-year-old Rapid City
boy says he has died of the swine flu.
The family of third-grader Jack Unkenholz says he died Sunday at
a local hospital. If the death is confirmed it would be the third
in South Dakota attributed to the H1
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Busy Flu Hotline Oct 19 2009 7:03PM
For the first time, state health workers launch a flu hotline... And the calls are pouring in.
Today alone, hotline operators took nearly one hundred calls regarding the H1N1 virus.
Reporter Amber Schatz talks with two hotline operators on the biggest c
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 19 2009 4:13PM
The Army Corps of Engineers has narrowed
a list of possible flood control options for the Fargo-Moorhead
area to three. The corps says those alternatives include a
diversion channel through Minnesota, a diversion channel through
North Dakota and leve
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| Health officials ask employers to be lenient Oct 19 2009 11:54AM
With flu numbers rising in North Dakota,
the state Health Department is asking employers to be a bit more
lenient with employee absences.
State Health Department epidemiologist Kirby Kruger says the
department has asked businesses and schools to
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 18 2009 4:34PM
The Army Corps of Engineers has
identified 14 flood control options in the Fargo-Moorhead area,
ranging from levees and flood walls to ditches. To win federal
approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the cost.
The corps is outlini
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| ND health officials ID oil wastewater for deicing Oct 18 2009 2:57PM
The state Health Department has identified
two wells in the state's oil patch where salty oil field wastewater
can be used free as deicer on roads.
The department halted the practice two years ago after
environmental questions.
Environme
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| ND health officials ID oil wastewater for deicing Oct 17 2009 6:12PM
The state Health Department has identified
sources of salty oil field wastewater to use as a free deicer on
roads some 40 years after halting the practice due to
environmental concerns. Environmentalists are not convinced the
water is safe and say i
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 17 2009 2:14AM
A state Board of Higher Education committee
looking into cost overruns of a new campus presidents' homes is
recommending a state audit.
The group also wants to bar foundations from managing building
projects.
The board's Budget, Audit and
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Vaccine available next week Oct 16 2009 7:01PM
More doses of H1NI flu vaccine are on the way to North Dakota.
Officials says 12-thousand 300 doses of H1N1 vaccine are expected to be here by late next week.
The shipment will include both flumist and injectable vaccine.
Pregnant wo
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 16 2009 4:13PM
North Dakota's Health Department says it
expects to get about 12,300 doses of swine flu vaccine late next
week. That includes doses of the nasal spray and the injectable
vaccine. Pregnant women, children ages 6 months to 18 years, and
health care wor
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| Swine flu vaccine expected in ND Oct 16 2009 12:01PM
North Dakota's Health Department says it
expects about 12,300 doses of swine flu vaccine to arrive in the
state late next week.
Health officials say the shipment will include doses of both the
FluMist nasal spray and the injectable vaccine for s
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| Flu hot line set up in ND Oct 16 2009 5:15AM
North Dakota's Health Department has
launched a toll-free hot line for people with questions about the
flu, including the swine flu.
The hot line at 1-866-207-2880 will operate from 8 a.m. until 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
Information ab
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 16 2009 1:45AM
A state judge has ordered Burlington
Northern Sante Fe railroad to pay $4 million to the families of
four people killed at a train crossing in Anoka County in 2003.
Washington County Judge Ellen Mass ordered the award Thursday
after finding that
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| Children's Hospitals gives swine flu vaccinations Oct 15 2009 7:50PM
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of
Minnesota begin offering swine flu vaccinations to some of the
state's most medically vulnerable children.
Children's received 1,000 doses of injectable vaccine Thursday
morning. Patsy Stinchfield, the hospita
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| SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease rises Oct 15 2009 7:14AM
South Africa's health department says it
will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South
Africans consume.
Health officials said in a statement Thursday that they are
concerned about a rise in lifestyle illnesses such as heart dise
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 15 2009 2:13AM
Officials at Fargo's MeritCare hospital say a
government health care plan could cost their hospital, the state's
largest, tens of millions of dollars.
MeritCare CEO Roger Gilbertson says North Dakota's Medicare
reimbursement rates are among the
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Flu - Airline Rules Oct 14 2009 7:30PM
The flu is off to an roaring start in North Dakota.
The Health Department reports more than 560 cases of the flu already this season - compared with only five at this time last year.
More than 100 of this year's flu cases are H1N1 - known as Swine Flu.
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 14 2009 4:13PM
North Dakota State University President
Joseph Chapman says he's resigning next year. He says he's been
thinking about it for a while and decided to do something else.
He's faced controversy over the cost of his new home and a trip to
Washington, D
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| ND Health Department more flu Oct 14 2009 3:03PM
North Dakota's Health Department is
reporting a big jump in flu cases over the past week.
The department reports 563 people have the flu compared with 159
last week at this time and only five from a year ago. Grand Forks
health director Don Shie
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| West Nile caseload down significantly Oct 14 2009 5:22AM
South Dakota is headed toward its
lowest summer count of human West Nile virus cases since the
disease was found in the state seven years ago.
Only 17 human cases have been reported this summer and the
threat is over because a freeze has killed
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| Early testing urged on Latino AIDS Awareness Day Oct 12 2009 5:15AM
Minnesota will join the rest of the
nation on Thursday in observing National Latino AIDS Awareness Day,
which is held in response to rising HIV infection rates among
Latinos.
The Minnesota Health Department says that since 1982, 610 Latino
men,
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 11 2009 3:44AM
With chilly temperatures sweeping across
the state over the weekend, school marching bands were pulled from
the University of Montana's homecoming parade under threat of
frigid weather Saturday.
[[kxtopic:missoula-mt:t[Missoula]:t]] County Publi
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| Montana reports 2nd death related to swine flu Oct 10 2009 3:45PM
Public health officials say a southwestern
Montana resident died this week after being hospitalized for
complications from the swine flu.
Lewis and Clark County Health Department administrator Mike
Henderson confirmed the death on Friday.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 10 2009 2:13AM
The state Health Department says South
Dakota has recorded its second swine flu death.
The department said Friday the patient was a Todd County
resident in the 30-39 age group.
The Health Department has said victim's names and other details
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 10 2009 2:13AM
The Spink County state's attorney says
a Mansfield juice bar that planned to feature nude dancers violates
state law. Vic Fischbach (FISH'-bahk) says adult-oriented
businesses established after June of last year can't open within a
quarter mile of a
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 9 2009 11:13PM
Democratic activists have appointed Terryl
Jacobs to succeed former state Sen. Aaron Krauter, who resigned
last month to accept a federal appointment.
The 51-year-old Jacobs, of Regent, will serve the remainder of
Krauter's term, which ends in D
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H1N1 Vaccines Oct 9 2009 6:55PM
More protection against the swine flu is expected next week...
The North Dakota Health Department says about 7,900 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine will arrive in the state late next week.
The shipment will include 3,700 doses of the FluMist nas
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| Second H1N1 flu death reported Oct 9 2009 5:16PM
The state Health Department says South
Dakota has recorded its second swine flu death.
The department said Friday the patient was a Todd County
resident in the 30-39 age group.
The Health Department has said victim's names and other details
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| More swine flu vaccine expected in ND Oct 9 2009 12:43PM
North Dakota's Health Department says it
expects about 7,900 doses of swine flu vaccine to arrive in the
state next week.
Health officials say the shipment will include 3,700 doses of
the FluMist nasal spray and 4,200 doses of vaccine for flu sh
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 9 2009 11:12AM
Freezing temperatures across South
Dakota are marking the end of the 2009 growing season, leaving many
farmers with crops that haven't reached full maturity because of
the cool, wet summer.
Overnight lows hovered in the low to mid 20s in eastern
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| State orders more H1N1 vaccine Oct 9 2009 7:35AM
The state Health Department said it's
ordered another 9,800 doses of H1N1 vaccine that will be given to
health care workers, pregnant women, and children with other health
problems.
The shipment of nasal mist and injectable vaccine will bring th
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