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Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 7 2009 2:13AM
The Stark County sheriff says preliminary
autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death of three
college softball players whose vehicle went into a livestock pond
in southwestern North Dakota. The women were believed to have gone
on a stargazin
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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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| Judge Robert Wefald says he'll retire next year Nov 6 2009 10:51AM
South Central District Judge Robert Wefald
says he's retiring at the end of next year.
Wefald, a former state attorney general, was elected to the
bench in 1998. In a letter to state Supreme Court Chief Justice
Gerald VandeWalle, he said he will
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| Bismarck woman faces child abuse charge Oct 13 2009 7:42AM
A Bismarck woman is accused of getting
drunk and passing out while caring for her 6-year-old daughter.
Twenty-six-year-old Kacey Bell faces a felony abuse or neglect
of a child charge that carries a maximum sentence of five years in
prison.
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 13 2009 1:38AM
Two experienced climbers fell more than
2,000 feet to their deaths on Alaska's Mount McKinley, raising this
year's death toll on the mountain to four.
Doctors Andrew Swanson, of Minneapolis, and John Mislow, of
Newton, Massachusetts, were roped
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 12 2009 4:49PM
A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash for
a man who seemed confused at a hearing over whether he would fight
a return to Minnesota to face a murder charge.
Clarence Burcham of Center is charged with second-degree murder
in the death of Sharon St
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| Bail for 1993 murder suspect set Jun 12 2009 4:28PM
A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash for
a man who seemed confused at a hearing over whether he would fight
a return to Minnesota to face a murder charge.
Clarence Burcham of Center is charged with second-degree murder
in the death of Sharon St
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| Bail for 1993 murder suspect set Jun 12 2009 4:28PM
A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash for
a man who seemed confused at a hearing over whether he would fight
a return to Minnesota to face a murder charge.
Clarence Burcham of Center is charged with second-degree murder
in the death of Sharon St
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 9 2009 11:33AM
Bismarck residents woke up to a chilly
morning after the city tied a record low set more than 100 years
ago.
The National Weather Service said the overnight low in Bismarck
was 35 degrees, tying the mark set in 1877.
Information from:
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| Teen sentenced to prison for looting after flood Jun 9 2009 9:13AM
A teenager accused of looting a home after
spring flooding has been sentenced to prison.
Dustin Henrickson of Bismarck pleaded guilty to charges of
conspiracy to commit burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia and
possession of marijuana.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 1 2009 2:07AM
The racing community is mourning the
death of long-time Fargo driver John Schulz.
The Cass County sheriff's office says the 47-year-old Schulz
died after the car he was driving rolled on the back straightaway
of the second lap in the Modified di
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| Organizers say attendance down at Boys State, Girls State... May 31 2009 2:35PM
Summer brings Boys State and Girls State,
the weeklong conferences that give high school juniors a chance to
be politicans and form their own city, county and state
governments. But organizers say the attendance has been dropping.
Boys State sta
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| Child abuse charges dismissed Mar 21 2009 9:35AM
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Child abuse charges dismissed
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A judge in Bismarck has dismissed five
felony child abuse charges against a man accused of leaving
children in a hot car while shopping last Augus
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| Man sentenced for providing alcohol to minor Feb 12 2009 3:59PM
A South Dakota man accused of giving
alcohol to a 20-year-old woman and forcing her to have sex will
spend no more time in jail.
Authorities say 28-year-old Burton Mollman, of Faith, S.D.,
reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on Feb. 6.
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| Man sentenced for providing alcohol to minor Feb 12 2009 3:59PM
A South Dakota man accused of giving
alcohol to a 20-year-old woman and forcing her to have sex will
spend no more time in jail.
Authorities say 28-year-old Burton Mollman, of Faith, S.D.,
reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on Feb. 6.
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Blunt in Court Aug 25 2008 7:04PM
Former North Dakota workers compensation
director Sandy Blunt pleads not guilty to misspending agency funds.
Blunt is charged with two felony counts of misapplication of entrusted property.
Blunt is accused of spending about $18,000 in WSI fu
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Hearing Set for Blunt Aug 7 2008 11:14PM
A court hearing for the former director of Workforce Safety and Insurance will be held later this month.
Sandy Blunt faces felony charges of misapplication of entrusted
property.
Blunt's attorney has indicated his client will plead not guilty to
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| Blunt hearing set for Aug. 25 Aug 7 2008 12:37PM
A court hearing is scheduled later this
month for Sandy Blunt, the former state workers compensation
director facing felony charges of misapplication of entrusted
property.
Blunt's attorney, Michael Hoffman, has indicated Blunt will
plead not g
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Did Ness Get Special Treatment? Jul 15 2008 7:29PM
The Burleigh County State's Attorney says North Dakota Aeronautics Commissioner Gary Ness got special treatment when he was released from jail last week on a felony theft charge.
Gary Ness made his initial appearance in court today.
He's charged with T
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| Man pleads guilty to reduced accomplice charge Jul 15 2008 11:48AM
A man charged with breaking into a
Bismarck hotel room where another man was killed has pleaded guilty
to a reduced charge.
James Wisbey originally was charged with burglary. He was
accused of breaking into the Bismarck hotel room of Alden Fast
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| Prosecutor says judge cut ND director a break Jul 15 2008 10:44AM
A prosecutor says North Dakota Aeronautics
Commission director Gary Ness got a break when he was released from
jail last week on a felony theft charge.
After a morning court appearance, Ness remains free on his
promise to attend future hearings.
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| ND aero director to appear Tues on theft charge Jul 14 2008 2:21PM
The director of North Dakota's Aeronautics
Commission is due in court Tuesday on a theft charge.
Gary Ness is accused of picking up an envelope with $1,770 in it
at a Bismarck gas station last week. A woman says she left the
envelope by accident
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| ND aeronautics commissioner charged with theft Jul 11 2008 5:52PM
North Dakota Aeronautics Commissioner Gary
Ness faces a felony theft charge for allegedly taking an envelope
containing almost 18-hundred dollars from a Bismarck gas station.
Ness was held in the Burleigh County jail for about an hour late
this
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| ND Supreme Court revives workers comp charges Jun 30 2008 2:57PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court has
reinstated two felony charges against former North Dakota workers'
compensation director Sandy Blunt.
A district judge dismissed the charges last year. The high court
ruled South Central District Judge Robert Wef
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WSI From the Eye's of the Injured Feb 11 2008 11:10PM
For the last several month's we've heard reports of corruption in North Dakota's Workforce Safety and Insurance Program and of injured workers being denied benefits.
Tonight we begin a series looking at the story inside those reports and the lives of tho
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| Supreme Court schedules appeal hearing in Blunt case... Dec 20 2007 2:08PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court has scheduled
arguments next month in a dismissed criminal case against the
state's former workers compensation director.
A judge dismissed two felony charges against Sandy Blunt.
Burleigh County prosecutors want t
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| Repeat drunken driver says new program is helping Dec 20 2007 7:56AM
A man known as North Dakota's "poster
boy" for tougher drunken driving laws says he wants a chance to
prove he can stay sober.
Forty-seven-year-old Craig Irwin has had 15 drunken driving
convictions since 1991, and another charge still pending i
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| Repeat drunken driver gets jail sentence Dec 8 2007 9:35AM
A Mandan man has been sentenced to serve
nine months in jail for his fourth drunken driving conviction in
seven years.
It was the 15th DUI conviction for the 47-year-old Craig Irwin
since 1991. South Central District Judge Robert Wefald also
se
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Trial Date Set Oct 13 2007 11:28PM
A judge is finally found for the trial of two state workers being charged with a felony.
The criminal case against two state workers compensation officials has been assigned to South Central
District Judge Robert Wefald.
Sandy Blunt, the chief execu
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WSI officials get trial judge, arraignment date Oct 13 2007 9:49AM
The criminal case against two state
workers compensation officials has been assigned to South Central
District Judge Robert Wefald.
Sandy Blunt, the chief executive officer of Workforce Safety and
Insurance, and Romi Leingang, the director of it
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Charges Dropped Against State Official Aug 23 2007 7:44PM
Two felony charges have been thrown out against the director of the state's worker's compensation agency.
Sandy Blunt had been charged with two felony counts of misapplication of entrusted property involving more than 18-thousand dollars in gifts and bon
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Blunt - Charges Dropped Aug 23 2007 7:08PM
WSI director, Sandy Blunt, is cleared of two criminal acts...
Judge Robert Wefald has dismissed two felonies against North Dakota Worforce Safety and Insurance director Sandy Blunt.
Blunt was charged with two counts of missaplication of entruste
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Judge dismisses felonies against workers comp director; appeal... Aug 23 2007 2:35PM
A judge has thrown out two felony charges
against the director of North Dakota's workers compensation agency.
But Sandy Blunt's legal troubles aren't over. A prosecutor says
the dismissal will be appealed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
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| Judge dismisses felony counts against workers comp head... Aug 23 2007 12:43PM
A judge in Bismarck has dismissed two
felony charges against the head of the state workers compensation
agency.
Judge Robert Wefald (WEE'-fald) says he found no evidence that
Workforce Safety and Insurance Director Sandy Blunt personally
benefi
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| Judge dismisses felony charges in workers comp probe... Aug 23 2007 12:22PM
A judge has dismissed two felony charges
against the head of the state workers compensation agency.
Judge Robert Wefald said he found no evidence that Workforce
Safety and Insurance Director Sandy Blunt personally benefited from
gifts and bonuse
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| Judge delays decision on putting workers comp director on trial... Aug 7 2007 5:33PM
A judge has put off a decision on whether
North Dakota's workers compensation director should go on trial for
allegedly wasting agency money.
Sandy Blunt is accused of two felonies. Prosecutors say he
illegally spent more than eleven-thousand do
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| Prosecutors outlining evidence in workers comp probe... Aug 7 2007 2:42PM
Prosecutors are telling a judge today that
the director of North Dakota's workers compensation agency should
go on trial for two felony charges of misspending agency money.
Sandy Blunt is accused of illegally spending more than
11-thousand-dolla
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| Man accused of school threats in blog pleads guilty... Jul 23 2007 8:24PM
A Bismarck man accused of posting school
threats on a blog saying the Virginia Tech massacre was funny has
pleaded guilty to a terrorizing charge.
20-year-old Scott Young Bear is scheduled for sentencing on
November 7th. He entered a plea today
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| Workers Comp officials make first court appearance May 30 2007 10:33AM
The head of the state workers compensation
agency and an agency investigator made their first court
appearances today on charges involving questionable spending and
possible illegal use of driver's license photos.
Workforce Safety and Insurance
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| Mandan man charged with terrorizing in high school graduation... May 30 2007 8:33AM
Bail has been set at ten-thousand-dollars
for a man accused of making a threat that led to the evacuation of
the Bismarck Century High School graduation.
Twenty-year-old Brian Brandner of Mandan is charged with
terrorizing.
In court yester
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| Bismarck woman acquitted of child abuse May 10 2007 8:15PM
Jurors in Bismarck have acquitted a woman
of child abuse and neglect charges.
Authorities said 42-year-old [[kxtopic:stacey-hildebrand:t[Stacey Hildebrand]:t]] of Bismarck was
found sleeping in a parked car in a school parking lot with her
11-mo
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| Couple pleads not guilty to child abuse, drug charges... Apr 3 2007 7:45AM
A Bismarck couple have pleaded not guilty
to child abuse.
Paul and Crystal Hoiland also pleaded not guilty yesterday to
possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Bismarck Police Officer Jerry Stein says officers knocked on
doors and windo
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| Bismarck man sentenced for having sex with minor Feb 27 2007 9:51AM
A judge has sentenced a Bismarck man to 10
years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Gomez was charges with gross sexual
imposition, violation of a restraining order and stalking.
South Central Distr
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| Bismarck woman pleads "not guilty" to child abuse or neglect... Feb 8 2007 7:24AM
A woman who was found sleeping in a car
with her infant son in Bismarck has pleaded "not guilty" to
charges of abuse or neglect of a child and "guilty" to
possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Forty-one-year-old Stacey Hildebran
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| Bismarck man pleads guilty to attempted murder Aug 8 2006 7:05PM
A Bismarck man accused of choking a woman
until she was unconscious and smashing her cell phone when she
tried to call for help has pleaded guilty to attempted murder.
Forty-one-year-old Dale Ezell also pleaded guilty to criminal
mischief, viola
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| Wilton firefighter's lawsuit may continue against landowner... Aug 3 2006 7:20AM
A judge says a Wilton volunteer
firefighter can sue a landowner for injuries he suffered fighting a
fire.
Mark Keller is suing Clark Coleman and D-J Coleman Incorporated.
Keller says they helped start the fire by hiring someone to burn a
pile
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| Judge rejects Bismarck man's plea bargain Jun 27 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - A judge has rejected a plea agreement for a man accused of choking a woman until she was unconscious and smashing her cell phone when she tried to call for help.
Dale Ezell, 41, of Bismarck, sought to plead
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| Attempted Murder Charge Jun 27 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A judge has rejected a plea agreement in an attempted murder case in Bismarck. Forty-one-year-old Dale Ezell (EH'-zul) wanted to plead guilty to attempted murder yesterday. &nb
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| Bismarck Man Charged in Standoff Jun 7 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A Bismarck man is facing charges after a weekend standoff.
Sixty-six-year-old Lynn Christianson is accused of ramming his girlfriend's house with his car and then barricading himself in his o
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| Bismarck Man Charged In Fatal Stabbing Jun 6 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A Bismarck man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman whom police believe was his wife.
South Central District Court Judge Robert Wefald ordered Russell Craig to be held
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| Fatal Stabbing Jun 5 2006 12:00AM
South Central District Court Judge Robert Wefald ordered Russell Craig to be held without bond because of past convictions for various felonies.
Police say the 43-year-old Craig is being held in the Burleigh County jail. The stabb
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| Supreme Court revives lawsuit over medical privacy Jun 5 2006 12:00AM
DALE WETZEL
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's Supreme Court has revived a Beulah man's lawsuit against a doctor for informing police about evidence he used marijuana before he caused a fatal traffic accident.
Jerric Ballensk
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| Judge orders murder suspect held without bond Jun 5 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - A murder charge has been filed against a man accused of fatally stabbing a woman here.
Russell Craig, 43, was charged Monday with murder in the death of Pamela Sue Johnson-Craig, 47. Police believe the coup
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| Judge dismisses case against former Mandan office manager Jun 2 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
MANDAN, N.D. - A judge has dismissed theft and forgery charges against the former office manager for a coffee wholesaler.
South Central District Judge Robert Wefald dismissed the case against Nancy Lee Fettig, 44, of Bismar
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| Theft Charges Dismissed Jun 2 2006 12:00AM
MANDAN, N.D (AP) _ A judge has dismissed charges of theft and forgery against a former manager of a Mandan coffee wholesale office.
Nancy Lee Fettig was accused of raising her own pay and getting more than 13-thou
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| Child Death; Plea May 23 2006 12:00AM
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) _ A Mandan man has pleaded not guilty in the death of his four-month-old son.
Twenty-five-year-old Joshua Coleman pleaded not guilty yesterday to manslaughter and child abuse.
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| Mandan man pleads not guilty in death of 4-month-old son May 23 2006 12:00AM
A Mandan man has pleaded not guilty in the death of his four-month-old son.
Twenty-five-year-old Joshua Coleman pleaded not guilty yesterday to manslaughter and child abuse.
He is accused of biting the arm of his son and causing
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| Mandan man pleads not guilty in death of 4-month-old son May 22 2006 12:00AM
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - A Mandan man charged in the death of his infant son has pleaded not guilty.
Joshua Glen Coleman, 25, was charged in April with felony child abuse for biting his son on the arm, and with manslaughter for cau
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| Judge considering dancers in downtown Mandan Feb 14 2006 12:00AM
Two Mandan bar owners have made their case to a judge, to try to bring back exotic dancers downtown.
Attorneys for the Silver Dollar Bar and Tree City Lounge say the city of Mandan had no authority to impose the downtown ban last yea
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| Mandan man sentenced in fatal crash Jan 24 2006 12:00AM
A Mandan man has been sentenced to ten years in prison on manslaughter and drunken driving charges in connection with a deadly car crash.
Todd Dailey was charged in a December 2004 crash that killed 67-year-old Alice Olson of Sterlin
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| Baby sitter pleads innocent to sexually abusing child Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
A Bismarck woman has pleaded innocent to sexually abusing a seven-year-old boy she was baby-sitting.
Twenty-two-year-old Erin Seehafer is charged with continual sexual abuse of a child, a Class AA felony. She faces up to life in pris
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| Judge rejects guilty plea in fatal Interstate 94 crash Jul 28 2005 12:00AM
South Central District Judge Robert Wefald has refused to allow a Mandan man to plead guilty in a deadly crash late last year.
Todd Dailey pleaded innocent to manslaughter and drunken driving charges in March. Wefald says Dailey will
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| Authorities charge man with setting fire, say he was trying to kill former girlfriend Jun 1 2005 12:00AM
Authorities say a Bismarck man who's charged with setting an apartment fire did it to try to kill his former girlfriend.
Benjamin Newman is being held without bond in the Burleigh County jail. He's accused of setting a fire last week
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| Man charged with murder in Bismarck fire. May 31 2005 12:00AM
A Bismarck man is facing a murder charge today. Benjamin Newman is accused of torching a Bismarck apartment building last weekend. An elderly woman died in the fire.
A judge ordered 59-year-old Benjamin Newman held without bail in th
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| Former commodities groups director gets deferred sentence Apr 4 2005 12:00AM
The former director of two agricultural commodity groups has been sentenced to probation for stealing more than $110,000.
And if he doesn't get into trouble for the next two years, Lance Hagen could have the felony convictions wiped
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| Meth Charges Mar 29 2005 12:00AM
Sheriff Steve Berg says it started when a deputy spotted a vehicle that had no illuminated license plate because the bulb was burned out.
Berg says the deputy stopped the vehicle Sunday night, and smelled a strong ammonia odor. He
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| Sentenced for a friend's death Jan 5 2005 12:00AM
The driver of a sport utility vehicle that broke through the icy Missouri River south of Bismarck last January has been given a one-year suspended sentence in the death of a passenger.
Forty-eight-year-old Dan Phillips of Bismarck wa
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| Sentence in murder case Oct 29 2004 12:00AM
A man who confessed to a Burleigh County killing 14 years after it happened will spend at least the next 30 years in prison.
Fifty-two-year-old Edward Reitan called the sheriff's office in May from a phone across the street to turn h
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| Bismarck man loses bid for damages from cow Jun 3 2004 12:00AM
A man who said he was hit by a cow that leaped over a livestock ring fence has lost a bid for damages.
Lee Harsche of Bismarck had sued the Farmers Livestock Exchange over the incident. He said he was sitting in the front row of the
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| Man says he was hurt by cow that jumped into sale crowd May 29 2004 12:00AM
Lee Harsche wants money for his medical costs, lost wages and pain and suffering.
The incident happened more than four years ago. Harsche says his back was seriously injured when he tried to get out of the way of the rampaging bovine
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| Burleigh Cty. Courthouse mural gets facelift... Mar 19 2004 12:00AM
The early history of North Dakota is coming to life in the Burleigh County Courthouse. Workers are gently washing murals in the courthouse that were painted by the late artist Clell Gannon. Tom Deitz says he's using a vinegar-and-water s
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| West Fargo man pleads not guilty in Bismarck shootout.... Oct 9 2003 12:00AM
19-year-old Brandon Keller faces a number of charges, including attempted murder, conspiracy and terrorizing.
27-year-old Michael Sherman of Fargo was killed by a police gunshot and a police officer was injured during the standoff
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| McClary Sentence Jul 29 2003 12:00AM
Twenty-six-year-old Michael McClary was convicted in May of abusing Lacey Rain Howe, the daughter of his former girlfriend. The baby died last October.
McClary was found guilty of child abuse but not guilty of murder.
The child
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| Child abuse case... Jun 11 2003 12:00AM
A man convicted by a jury of child abuse is asking a judge to throw out that conviction.
26 year old Michael McClary of Bismarck was found guilty last month of child abuse and neglect, after a four day trial.
Jurors acquitted
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| Shaken baby trial.... May 13 2003 12:00AM
A judge has denied a request to dismiss murder and child abuse charges against a Bismarck man.
25 year old Michael McClary is accused of shaking his girlfriend's 15 month old daughter to death last October.
McClary's attorney,
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| Mandan Dancers Mar 17 2006 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Two Mandan bars fighting to keep exotic dancers have lost a court battle.
The Silver Dollar and Tree City bars had challenged the city's authority to regulate adult entertainment and ban th
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| Judge upholds Mandan's ban on exotic dancers downtown Mar 17 2006 12:00AM
MANDAN, N.D. - A judge has upheld this city's ban on exotic dancers downtown, saying the city has the right to regulate adult entertainment.
South Central District Judge Robert Wefald dismissed challenges by the Silver Dollar and Tree City bars, which had
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