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Eye on Ag - Thanksgiving Meal Nov 25 2009 7:16PM
With costs for food always a concern, consumers should find a little relief while shopping for this years Thanksgiving meal.
(Gail Slinde, Ward Co. NDSU Extension Agent) "For a family of ten would be about four percent less than last year. Last year th
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| Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M Nov 20 2009 11:54AM
A high-profile South Florida attorney under federal
investigation for allegedly running a huge fraud scheme has been
sued for $100 million by a group of investors.
The 147-page lawsuit was filed Friday in Broward County against
attorney Scott Ro
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| 3 teens plead not guilty in burning of Fla. boy Nov 19 2009 5:02PM
Three teenagers accused of setting
a 15-year-old south Florida boy on fire have pleaded not guilty to
attempted second-degree murder.
Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, both 15, and 16-year-old Jesus
Mendez are charged as adults. The Broward State
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County Board Debates Home Rule Change Nov 18 2009 2:43PM
Should Ward County amend its Home Rule charter to allow more time to finalize yearly budgets?
And does the existing Home Rule wording comply with state law?
Those were questions debated today at the Ward County Commission meeting in Minot.
Voters approve
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Accident Victim IDd Nov 17 2009 7:17PM
The victim of yesterday's fatal car crash near Surrey has been identified.
Ward County officials say 17-year-old Reiny Inman was killed when the car she was driving overturned in a ditch, throwing her from the car.
The accident happened on 97th Street
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 4:13PM
A North Dakota program that distributes
venison to the needy is halfway toward its goal of getting 700 deer
from hunters this fall.
The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers
the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, accepted o
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 11:54AM
One of two people charged in the 2002
abduction of Elizabeth Smart has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
In a deal with prosecutors, Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty
to charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor
Tuesday in U
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| Surrey teen killed in crash Nov 17 2009 7:07AM
A teenage girl from Surrey has died in a
crash.
Ward County Sheriff's Capt. Todd Keller says the 17-year-old was
alone in the vehicle when she lost control shortly before 8:30 a.m.
Monday and the vehicle went off a rural road in the Surrey are
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Fatal Accident Nov 16 2009 7:24PM
A seventeen year old girl died this morning after losing control of her car.
The accident happened at about 8:25 this morning just north of Surrey.
The Ward County Sheriff's Department says the driver, who was alone at the time, lost control and drove o
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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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| 3 Florida teens charged as adults in fire attack Nov 9 2009 4:55PM
Three Florida teenagers accused of
setting another teen on fire will be charged as adults.
Denver Jarvis, Matthew Bent and Jesus Mendez were charged Monday
with one count each of attempted second-degree murder. Jarvis and
Bent are 15 years old a
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Sawyer Fire Nov 5 2009 7:22PM
A late night fire damaged a restaurant in Sawyer.
Ward County Sheriff's Deputy Rob ROOD Roed says a fire was reported at the Cowboy Corner Cafe sat about 10:20 Wednesday night.
Roed says the building's interior suffered heavy smoke damage.
There's not
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 11:12AM
Law enforcement officials in the region
are mourning the death of Maj. Mike Fonder, a longtime chief deputy
and spokesman for the [[kxtopic:grand-forks-county-nd:t[Grand Forks County]:t]] Sheriff's Department.
Fonder died Wednesday after a long b
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| Cafe in Sawyer succumbs to fire Nov 5 2009 7:21AM
Authorities say a Wednesday night fire
gutted the Cowboy Corner Cafe in Sawyer, southeast of Minot.
A deputy sheriff in Ward County, Bob Roed (ROOD), says the fire
was reported about 10:20 p.m. He says the building's interior was
gutted but that
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County Board Nov 3 2009 7:29PM
The level of asbestos in the Ward County-owned Emerson Apartment Building is actually much smaller than previously assumed.
That was the report presented today at a meeting of the Ward County Commission.
Tim Blessum is president of Weathermen, Incorpor
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| Calif. man indicted in 4 Va. bludgeoning deaths Nov 3 2009 12:08PM
An aspiring California rapper has been
indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of four people
found bludgeoned to death at a central Virginia home in September.
The Prince Edward County Circuit Court indictments were returned
for 20-yea
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New District Judge Selected Nov 2 2009 7:18PM
The newest Judge in the Northwest Judicial District Court is Todd Cresap of Minot.
Governor Hoeven appointed Cresap today at a press conference at the Ward County Court House.
The District where Cresap will be serving along with four other judges inclu
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Preparing For Spring Flooding Nov 2 2009 7:18PM
The Puppy Dog coulee is barely a trickle at this time of year.
But come springtime, the stream southeast of Minot has quite a bark - and a bite.
It was a problem this spring as snow melted in the hills to the west and ran off quickly, backing up and fl
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Council to Consider Tax Exemption Nov 1 2009 11:14PM
If you build a new home in the right place, you can save hundreds of dollars in property taxes.
That's because the state allows up to $150,000 to be deducted from the value of a new home for property tax purposes for two years.
It's only available in ci
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Ward County Holds Emergency Exercise Oct 31 2009 7:22PM
When a disaster strikes, some of the first people on the scene are typically local emergency personnel.
But that doesn't happen by chance, in fact, it takes a lot of practice to respond in the proper fashion.
Today, several area emergency groups gather
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 30 2009 2:13AM
Education officials in the Dakotas say they
continually review state testing standards and that their students
typically score above average on a national standardized exam. The
federal Education Department released a report yesterday, comparing
achi
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 30 2009 2:13AM
Education officials in the Dakotas say they
continually review state testing standards and they say their
students typically score above average on a national standardized
exam.
The federal Education Department released a report Thursday that
c
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Fatal Crash Oct 29 2009 11:06PM
A thirty-year-old Granville man was killed in a crash in northeast Ward County this afternoon.
His vehicle was struck at the intersection of Ward County road 23 and 86th street north when he failed to yield at the intersection.
The Granville man was not
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| 1 dead, 1 injured after Ward County, ND crash Oct 29 2009 6:54PM
One man is dead and another injured after a
two-vehicle crash in Ward County.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says two pickups collided at a
county road intersection Thursday shortly before 2:30 p.m.
Investigators say a 30-year-old rural Gr
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| Florida man creates giant rubber band ball Oct 29 2009 4:54AM
The world's largest rubber band ball
will be transported from Florida's Broward County to a Ripley's
Believe it or Not warehouse in Orlando.
The ball was created by 28-year-old Joel Waul of Lauderhill. It
took Waul nearly six years and more than
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Local School Part of H1N1 Reporting Oct 26 2009 7:45PM
State officials estimate at least 90% of confirmed flu cases this year are from H1N1.
And while the state's lone death from the new flu was an older man, H1N1 has been hitting young people more frequently.
That's evident in the number of kids missing sc
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Crime Time - Crisis Negotiation Team Oct 23 2009 7:37PM
You probably have never heard of the Crisis Negotiation Team, and you might not notice their presence on a crime scene...but officers say that's what makes them even more effective in diffusing some of the most tense situations.
Tonight, Catherine Ross t
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Courthouse Security Plan Reviewed Oct 20 2009 7:36PM
Security was a hotly debated topic once again today at the meeting of the Ward County Commission.
A 90-day study period on security has just wrapped up...and the question still stands who should have to go through security when entering the courthouse
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County Secures Emerson Building Oct 16 2009 7:16PM
The end is near for the Emerson apartment building complex in downtown Minot.
This morning county officials, including commissioners John Fjeldahl and Jack Nybakken toured the facility making sure all renters had left and the 14-unit facility was read
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Burlington Burglary Oct 15 2009 11:06PM
A Minot man has been arrested for burglary and unlawful entry into a vehicle.
Ward County Sheriff's Department received a report of a burglary in progress in Burlington at approximatly 3:40 this morning.
A deputy responded and stopped 21 year old Mark J
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Getting Word to Disabled Vets Oct 15 2009 8:39PM
The Disabled American Veterans Department is offering an information session tonight to help veterans apply for government services...in areas ranging from education, home loans, medical benefits, pensions, to compensation for disabilities.
While the pap
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| 5 charged with setting Fla. teen on fire Oct 13 2009 4:14PM
Authorities say five Florida
teenagers have been charged after they doused a 15-year-old with
rubbing alcohol and set him on fire because he stopped someone from
stealing his father's bicycle a day earlier.
Michael Brewer was hospitalized with b
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| Sports Editors: 2010 PRO BOWL & SUPER BOWL XLIV ACCR... Oct 11 2009 9:55AM
Sports Editors:
2010 PRO BOWL & SUPER BOWL XLIV ACCREDITATION NOTICE
Requests for credentials for the 2010 Pro Bowl and Super Bowl
XLIV are now being accepted. The Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday,
Jan. 31. Super Bow
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| Sports Editors: 2010 PRO BOWL & SUPER BOWL XLIV ACCR... Oct 10 2009 9:20AM
Sports Editors:
2010 PRO BOWL & SUPER BOWL XLIV ACCREDITATION NOTICE
Requests for credentials for the 2010 Pro Bowl and Super Bowl
XLIV are now being accepted. The Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday,
Jan. 31. Super Bow
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County Corrects Budget Error Oct 9 2009 7:36PM
Ward County Commissioners gathered at the courthouse today for a special meeting to correct an error in the 2010 budget.
Commissioners voted to rescind the preliminary budget and the final budget because of a mix-up in the total mill levy numbers that W
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 8 2009 2:13AM
Officials say schools in Fort Yates, south
of Bismarck, have closed for the rest of the week because of the
number of students absent due to the flu.
Keith Johnson is the administrator of the Custer Health
District, which includes the Fort Yates
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Bio-Fuel Oct 7 2009 7:17PM
The past several years biofuel has been at the forefront of talks as a solution to breaking our dependency on fossil fuels.
With all the talk about biofuel though, just how many people know how it is made?
Today kids from Berthold's 4-H club were findi
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| 3 attorneys are finalists for ND judgeship Oct 7 2009 5:16PM
Three attorneys have been picked as
finalists for a new [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] district judgeship in [[kxtopic:minot-nd:t[Minot]:t]].
A screening committee voted to recommend Minot lawyers William
Bergman and Todd Cresap and [
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| Fla. mayor's dad jailed after gun confrontation Oct 7 2009 2:42PM
Police say a Florida mayoral
candidate upset because his politician daughter endorsed someone
else was arrested after confronting her with a gun.
Police records show 84-year-old Edward Portner was arrested
Tuesday night after showing up at Browa
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County OKs Asbestos Assessment Oct 6 2009 7:17PM
Residents at Emerson Apartments in Minot have just over a week to get out, as the building's owner - Ward County - gets closer to demolishing it.
People living in Emerson Apartments - located across the street from the county courthouse - must vacate by
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Fire Forces Evacuation Oct 6 2009 7:17PM
Ward County's sheriff and chief deputy turned into firefighters today.
Sheriff Vern Erck and his deputy were first at the scene of a fire at Country Kitchen just west of Minot.
They joined staff at the restaurant to use fire extinguishers, trying to ke
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 4:13PM
A North Dakota disease specialist says
closing schools is not the best way to help prevent the spread of
swine flu.
Kirby Kruger told the Legislature's interim Education Committee
that students should get flu shots when they're available, and
y
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| Kitchen fire spreads at Minot truck stop Oct 6 2009 3:10PM
Authorities say a small kitchen fire got out
of control at a truck stop west of Minot, forcing about 30 people
to leave the restaurant and gas station. No injuries were reported.
The fire broke out about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Behm's Truck
Stop.
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| Dolphins practice squad player accused of battery Oct 6 2009 2:35PM
A player on the Miami Dolphins
practice squad has been arrested after a domestic incident in South
Florida.
Twenty-five-year-old Wilfred "Will" Billingsley was released
from Broward County jail on $4,000 bond Tuesday. He faces charges
of batter
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Stridiron Appealing Case Oct 2 2009 11:47AM
A Minot man serving life in prison for murdering another man is appealing his case...
Antonio Stridiron was found guilty of murder in July 2008 in Ward County.
Stridiron was charged with shooting Joshua Velasquez to death a year before.
Str
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Stridiron Appeals Case Oct 1 2009 7:09PM
A Minot man serving life in prison for murdering another man is appealing his case...
Antonio Stridiron was found guilty of murder in July 2008 in Ward County.
Stridiron was charged with shooting Joshua Velasquez to death a year before.
Str
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 11:12AM
The post office in the northeast North Dakota
town of Crary is closing and its future is uncertain.
U.S. Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says the postmaster
resigned and no one applied to fill the job. Service at the post
office was being
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| Rare whooping crane sighted in ND Sep 29 2009 10:02AM
North Dakota wildlife officials say a
whooping crane has been sighted in Ward County, and they're
reminding hunters to be on the lookout for the endangered birds as
they make their way through the state.
Mike Szymanski (shuh-MAN'-skee), migrator
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 2:13AM
The Highway Patrol has identified the
victims of a fatal crash involving a pickup and a cement truck
north of Bismarck.
Authorities say the pickup driver, 56-year-old Jeffrey Burgess
of Bismarck, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene
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Surrey School Drug Bust Sep 27 2009 11:35PM
Ward County authorities say a search of the Surrey school building and parking lot turned up drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Three juveniles and an 18-year-old student are facing charges this week after drug-sniffing dogs found marijuana in their vehicles.
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| 4 face charges after drug search in school Sep 27 2009 7:14AM
Ward County authorities say a search of the
Surrey school building and parking lot turned up drugs and drug
paraphernalia.
Three juveniles and an 18-year-old student face charges after
drug-sniffing dogs found marijuana in their vehicles.
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Housing Authority Sep 26 2009 11:21PM
It's an ongoing trend that Minot's Housing Authority has been struggling to overcome- the trend of increasing rental costs and decreasing availability of housing units.
Throughout the year, the organization provides rental assistance to the elderly, lo
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Surrey High Speed Chase Sep 26 2009 11:21PM
A motorcyclist led area law enforcement officers on a high speed chase early this morning.
23-year-old Sidney Lauver of Minot was charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding a police officer in a motor vehicle after
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| Undercover corruption probe nets 3 Fla. politicians... Sep 23 2009 9:14PM
An FBI undercover probe has
resulted in the arrests of three prominent political figures in
Broward County, Fla.
They face federal corruption charges after allegedly accepting
thousands of dollars in cash from undercover FBI agents posing as
bu
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MSU Reports Enrollment Sep 22 2009 8:54PM
Mark it down as a recording setting fall for the 10th straight year for enrollment numbers at NDSU.
The Fargo school announced today that official enrollment is 14-thousand 189 undergraduates, graduate and professional s
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| Suspect in 4 Va. killings appears in court Sep 21 2009 10:44AM
An aspiring California rapper suspected in
the slayings of a Virginia pastor and three other people will
remain in jail following his first court appearance.
Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III appeared Monday by video
conference in Prince Edward
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| 4 presumed dead in plane crash in Fla. Everglades Sep 21 2009 7:36AM
Rescue crews are returning to the
Florida Everglades to comb the site of a small plane crash that
killed as many as four people on board.
A Broward County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman says the
single-engine plane went down about 6 p.m. Sunday we
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Minot Immigration Violation Sep 20 2009 11:20PM
The Minot Police Department detained two men on suspicion of being in the country illegally yesterday.
Officers stopped a vehicle on South Broadway yesterday afternoon for driving with expired registration.
In the course of the stop, the senior officer
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| Killer caught...Husband sought...Amnesty extension Sep 20 2009 9:42PM
A legally insane killer who'd slipped away from
the staff of a mental institution during a field trip has been
recaptured in south-central Washington state. Phillip Arnold Paul
was picked up about 180 miles away from the Spokane County fair
where he'
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| Plane with 4 aboard crashes in Fla. Everglades Sep 20 2009 9:14PM
Authorities say a plane with four people aboard has
crashed in the Florida Everglades, with rescue teams finding no
survivors.
A news release from the Broward County Sheriff's office says the
small, twin-engine plane crashed near the Broward/Pal
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| Police investigate 4 killings in central Va. Sep 19 2009 6:25AM
Police say they have found four bodies in
a central Virginia home and are investigating a quadruple homicide.
Prince Edward County Commonwealth's Attorney James R. Ennis
tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the bodies were found Friday
afterno
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Mountrail County Turns 100 Sep 18 2009 7:17PM
Summer is always a popular time for centennial celebrations in North Dakota, and as the season nears its end, residents of one century-old county are going out with a bang.
Dan Erdmann has more.
(Natural Sound: Happy Birthday Song)
(Dan Erdmann, KX New
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County Board Sep 15 2009 7:29PM
A project to build nearly 80 wind turbines south of Minot is now in full swing, and engineers say so far, things are going well.
Today at a meeting of the Ward County Commission, Basin Electric's Prairie Winds Project Engineer, Amanda Wangler gave commis
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| Keanu Reeves inside NY jails, where feds can't go Sep 15 2009 8:31AM
Actor Keanu Reeves had no problem getting
inside Buffalo-area jails. The feds haven't been so lucky.
The star of "The Matrix" film trilogy spent last weekend
scouting locations for a new film. His visit included tours of two
jail facilities that
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Explosives Scare Causes Evacuation Sep 10 2009 8:41PM
Several homes and businesses in Kenmare were evacuated this afternoon after reports of explosives found in the 'Old Kenmare Clothing Store'.
We've been unable to reach officials with the Ward County Sheriff's office, but an evacuee says she was told to l
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HP Vehicle Involved in Accident Sep 9 2009 7:18PM
A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper was not injured early Tuesday morning when he rolled his Highway Patrol vehicle west of Minot.
The HP tells us that the accident happened at 6:15 yesterday morning on Ward County Road 14.
That highway was wet at the
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 3 2009 4:13PM
A state Democratic official says Gov. John
Hoeven should be "ashamed and embarrassed" about the upcoming
induction of former White House political adviser Karl Rove into
the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame in Minot. Hoeven's spokesman
says the gov
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| Ward County woman sentenced for child abuse Sep 3 2009 10:30AM
A Ward county woman convicted two years ago
of child endangerment has been sentenced to serve five months in
jail on a felony child abuse or neglect charge.
Vicky Jo McKinley was arrested March 13 when authorities doing a
probation search of her
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Census Nearing Sep 2 2009 7:37PM
The year 2010 is not far off.
And it's an important year for the nation - the year of the every-ten-year census.
A committee of Minot citizens is busy getting ready to promote participation in the census.
The committee met today and talked about ways
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County Debates Building Sep 1 2009 7:33PM
A tenant of a Minot apartment building under consideration for demolition feels the structure would be better left standing.
Jacob Thomas has lived the Emerson Apartment building for the past year, and argues it would be more costly for Ward County to t
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Arson Suspected Aug 31 2009 8:56PM
The investigation continues into the fire that destroyed two mobile homes just east of Minot at Colony Park on Friday.
The blaze started at about one that morning and authorities believe it may have been a case of arson.
The fire jumped from one hom
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 31 2009 11:12AM
Officials in south central North Dakota's
Emmons County say there is a lot of work still to do as the county
recovers from spring flooding.
Emergency Manager Shawna Paul says road repairs in the county
won't get finished this year. And she says
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| Minot fire might be case of arson Aug 31 2009 7:50AM
Authorities believe an early morning fire
that destroyed two mobile homes on Minot's east edge might have
been a case of arson.
Ward County Sheriff's Capt. Todd Keller says his department and
the state fire marshal's office are investigating the
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Fire Destroys Two Homes Aug 28 2009 7:16PM
A suspicious early morning blaze in Colony Park just east of Minot has destroyed two homes.
The call came out to the Minot Rural Fire Department just after one and when the first crews arrived, there was little that could be done.
Still this morning
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Prairie Winds Project Aug 22 2009 7:36PM
It's a project that will encompass over 30,000 acres and include 77 wind turbines when it's completed.
Work is already underway on the Basin Electric subsidiary known as the Prairie Winds - North Dakota Wind Project.
The area in which the towers are bei
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County Budget Released Aug 18 2009 7:31PM
Ward County's budget would grow by about 20-percent under the 2010 budget plan submitted to commissioners today.
The proposed 2010 budget is just over 25-million dollars.
2009's figure was just under 21-million.
The budget proposal includes the spendi
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County Debates Apartment Building Future Aug 18 2009 7:31PM
Discussion continued today regarding future plans for Minot's Emerson Apartment Building and its surrounding property.
In a meeting of the Ward County Commission, members and county officials discussed several options for the property, currently owned b
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| Montana suspect arrested in Minot Aug 13 2009 7:21AM
Minot police say they have arrested a man
wanted on a felony robbery warrant out of Montana's Missoula
County.
Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Bentz of Minot was taken into
custody at a local restaurant without incident Wednesday night. He
is being
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