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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 3 2010 10:58AM
North Dakota regulators have given the OK
for Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health Plan to sell health
insurance in the state.
Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the company still needs to
get its insurance products and rates approved.
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| Aberdeen considers wind turbine ordinance Feb 3 2010 6:25AM
The Aberdeen City Council is considering
an ordinance that would prohibit wind turbines within city limits
and 1 mile outside.
Final adoption could come when the council meets on Monday.
The proposed ordinance calls for an exception for any
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| Geithner to scout Minnesota's 'green' economy Jan 28 2010 5:15AM
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in
Minnesota on Thursday to tout efforts to build an energy-efficient
economy.
Green boosters say Minnesota a natural place to do it. The state
was among the first to push ethanol as a fuel additive and
th
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| Obama to focus on job growth in Ohio Jan 22 2010 4:26AM
Job growth is the focus as President Barack
Obama visits Ohio's Lorain County.
Friday's trip is the second stop on his "White House to Main
Street Tour." The first was last month's visit to Allentown, Pa.
While in Ohio, Obama will tour a wi
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 14 2010 2:13AM
Democratic U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan has a $4
million campaign fund and no election race to run, and that is
making North Dakota Republicans nervous.
State GOP Chairman Gary Emineth says Dorgan could use the money
to influence state races well into
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| Hearing on Logan County wind towers canceled Jan 13 2010 11:54AM
Developers of a wind energy project have
asked North Dakota's Public Service Commission to cancel a public
hearing on the proposed locations of six wind towers.
The commission agreed on Wednesday to cancel the hearing on the
Just Wind LLC projec
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| Pickens buying only 300 turbines for wind farms Jan 13 2010 9:06AM
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is buying only
about 300 wind turbines less than half of what he planned to
order to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas.
Pickens said Tuesday in Dallas that he plans to take delivery of
the turbines
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 13 2010 4:05AM
A 48-year-old man who was charged with
driving while having a potentially fatal blood alcohol level has
been sentenced to 13 months with the Department of Corrections for
felony drunken driving.
Timothy J. Goggins was sentenced Tuesday by Distri
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Wind Turbines Jan 9 2010 9:17AM
It's an important step in helping Bismarck land a major manufacturing plant...
a wind turbine plant...but it's far from a done deal.
North Dakota's congressional delegation says Schuff Steel Company is getting $7.1 million in tax credits to
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Wind turbine plant to Bismarck Jan 9 2010 9:16AM
Could a major manufacturer of wind turbines choose Bismarck for a new plant? A piece of the puzzle is revealed today....
It's a big step in helping Bismarck land a wind tower turbine plant.
North Dakota's congressional delegation
says Schuff S
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Big step for potential plant in Bismarck Jan 9 2010 9:09AM
It's an important step in helping Bismarck land a major manufacturing plant...but it's far from a done deal.
It's a big step in helping Bismarck land a wind tower turbine plant.
North Dakota's congressional delegation
says Schuff Steel Co. is getti
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| Feds side with tribes in Cape Cod wind farm case Jan 4 2010 3:25PM
Federal officials have agreed to a request by
two Indian tribes for special protections for Nantucket Sound, a
move that could delay construction of a proposed offshore wind farm
off Cape Cod.
The National Park Service on Monday said Nantucket S
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Year End, Part 4 Jan 1 2010 7:03PM
Time to continue our look at the stories making headlines in 2009.
Jim Olson continues our Year in Review with the major events of July and August.
Summer brought a sometimes heated debate of plans in Congress to overhaul the nation's health care system
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Year in Review, Part 3 Jan 1 2010 4:06PM
Time to continue our look at the top news stories of 2009.
Tonight, Jim Olson helps us remember what was making news during May and June as our Year in Review continues.
The longest state legislative session in North Dakota history ended May 5th - aft
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Cramer on EPA Dec 29 2009 10:53PM
The North Dakota Public Service Commission is asking for help from the delegation.
The three PSC Commissioners have written letters to Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad, as well as Congressman Earl Pomeroy...
... urging them to work with the
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Cramer on EPA Dec 29 2009 7:09PM
The North Dakota Public Service Commission is asking for help from the delegation.
The three PSC Commissioners have written letters to Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad as well as Congressman Earl Pomeroy...
... urging them to work with
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Plans for Bobcat building Dec 23 2009 7:08PM
Today is it for Bobcat in Bismarck.
As Bismarck's major manufacturer closes shop...city leaders turn the page...looking for that next company to come in and fill the void.
Brad Feldman gets some answers as to what the future might hold.
Th
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| Minn. agency rejects New Ulm wind energy project Dec 22 2009 8:45AM
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
has rejected a permit for New Ulm's proposed wind-power project.
But New Ulm City Attorney Hugh Nierengarten says the project is
not dead. Nierengarten says city officials will regroup with staff
and dis
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Prairie Winds Project Dec 20 2009 11:21PM
Basin Electric Power Cooperative says its 250 million dollar wind farm project south of Minot is slated to come on line by year's end.
Basin spokesman Daryl Hill says the last of the 80 wind turbines was erected earlier this month.
The wind farm con
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| Construction nearly complete on ND wind farm Dec 20 2009 5:43AM
Basin Electric Power Cooperative says its
$250 million wind farm project south of Minot is slated to come on
line by year's end.
Basin spokesman Daryl Hill says the last of the 80 wind turbines
was erected earlier this month.
The wind farm
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| LM Glasfiber lands wind deal with Samsung Dec 17 2009 12:36PM
LM Glasfiber has announced a five-year
deal to use its factories in Little Rock and Grand Forks, N.D., to
produce windmill blades for Samsung.
Denmark-based Glasfiber said Thursday that Samsung Heavy
Industries Ltd. will use the blades for a new
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 15 2009 4:14PM
Legislators say they won't endorse a $1.5
million cost overrun for building a new home for the president of
North Dakota State University.
However, lawmakers did approve a smaller overrun for building a
new home for the president of the Universi
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| Glasfiber work force in GF reduced Dec 15 2009 1:25PM
Wind turbine maker LM Glasfiber has cut
its work force in Grand Forks through attrition.
Plant manager Bill Burga says the plant's work force has
decreased over the past year from 900 to 750.
Burga also told Grand Forks City Council members
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| Top 2009 stories Dec 14 2009 10:44AM
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| Top 2009 stories Dec 13 2009 10:44AM
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| Top 2009 stories Dec 12 2009 10:44AM
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 10 2009 4:13PM
Job Service North Dakota says the
best-paid workers in the state live in Williston.
Oil industry wages pushed Williston to the top spot on the
agency's list. The average wage in Williston in 2008 was $49,567,
up from $42,250 in 2007.
The j
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| ND regulators balk at wind tower locations Dec 10 2009 11:33AM
North Dakota regulators say they're leery
of a wind developer's request to locate six turbines less than a
quarter-mile from people's homes.
The Just Wind company wants to build 160 turbines in rural Logan
County, near Napoleon. North Dakota's P
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| GE gets $1.4B pact to supply wind farm turbines Dec 10 2009 6:11AM
General Electric says it has received a $1.4
billion contract to supply wind turbines and related services for a
wind farm project that is expected to be the largest ever.
The company says the order from independent power producer
Caithness Ener
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Wind Turbines in Town Dec 8 2009 7:03PM
Some people want a cheaper way to light their homes....
Bismarck officials introduce an ordinance to allow home owners to use wind to power their homes.
City planners have spent the past several months writing the regulations because some resident
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Wind Farm Near Wilton Dec 3 2009 7:02PM
A windfarm near Wilton could double next year.
Renewable energy has been a big point of emphasis in recent years.
In North Dakota Wind Farms have been popping up all over the state.
Now, a proposal would double the size of the wind farm near W
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| Oregon co. gets OK for wind project on MT land Dec 1 2009 5:51PM
Montana officials have approved a
79-megawatt wind power project on private and state-owned land in
central Montana.
The Coyote Wind Project, approved Tuesday, will include eight
wind turbines that can generate up to 14.4 megawatts of electricit
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| Wind Farm Public Input Meeting Nov 25 2009 12:00AM
A public input meeting on wind farms will be held at the Baldwin School to hear from area residents. The meeting will be held on Thursday December 10th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Burleigh County will be establishing standards for
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Wind Towers Springing Up Nov 24 2009 7:22PM
The landscape along Highway 83 south of Minot has changed in the past 98 days.
Dozens of wind turbines have sprouted from the prairie.
And by the end of the year, eighty, 262-foot towers will be producing enough electricity to power some 36,000 homes.
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| Clemson to get $98M for wind energy test facility Nov 23 2009 4:34PM
Clemson University is getting nearly $100
million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Monday that
the South Carolina school had been picked for the facility that
will test new wind
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| Burleigh County Wind Turbine Facility Meeting Nov 20 2009 12:00AM
The Burleigh County Wind Turbine Facility (WTF) Committee will be meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, in the Tom Baker Meeting Room located on the lower level of the City-County Building at 221 North 5th Street in Bisma
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| Burleigh County Wind Turbine Facility Meeting Nov 17 2009 12:00AM
The Burleigh County Wind Turbine Facility (WTF) Committee will be meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in the Community Development Department Conference Room located on the second floor of the City-County Building, 221 No
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 20 2009 11:12AM
Police say three college softball players
who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a pond in a
southwestern North Dakota pasture were not trespassing on private
property.
Dickinson Police Lt. Rod Banyai (BAN'-yeye) says there were
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 15 2009 2:57PM
Attorney General Marty Jackley is calling
for better monitoring of prescription drugs in South Dakota. He
says a system is needed for doctors to see what drugs have been
prescribed to the patients they encounter.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The head
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| Utilities commission to seek small wind tax cuts Nov 14 2009 11:05AM
The state Public Utilities Commission
plans to ask the South Dakota legislature to pass tax cuts for
small wind power producers.
The cuts on construction and property taxes are part of a
five-point plan to make it easier for people to build pers
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 3 2009 11:05AM
The search has resumed for three missing
Dickinson State softball players.
Dickinson Police Officer Thomas Grosz says at least three
airplanes are being used. He says the Dickinson Rural Fire
Department is taking a boat out to check Patterson La
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 11:05AM
Potato growers in the Red River Valley
say they've harvested about 95 percent of their crop but still have
4,400 acres of spuds left in the fields.
Ted Kreis is a spokesman for the Northern Plains Potato Growers
Association in East Grand Forks,
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| Bismarck considering wind turbine rules Oct 28 2009 5:15AM
Bismarck planners are discussing rules for
small wind turbines in the city.
City Planner Gregg Greenquist says a proposed ordinance would
focus on wind turbines that produce fewer than 25 kilowatts of
power. It would establish setback and noise
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 22 2009 4:13PM
A Republican candidate for North Dakota's
U.S. House seat says he'll be focusing on taxes, the economy and
national security.
Paul Schaffner is the only declared Republican candidate for the
party's endorsement to oppose incumbent Democrat Earl
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 22 2009 4:13PM
The South Dakota Gaming Commission says
it can't investigate allegations against the chairman of the
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe over a firing and alleged conflicts
of interest.
A worker for Dakota Nation Gaming Enterprise has said Chairman
M
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| TVA to buy 450 megawatts from Dakota wind turbines Oct 22 2009 2:21PM
The Tennessee Valley Authority, looking
outside the region for major quantities of renewable energy, has
agreed to buy 450 megawatts from two [[kxtopic:wind-farm:t[wind farm]:t]]s in North and South
Dakota.
The nation's largest public utility an
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| TVA to buy 450 megawatts in Dakotas' wind turbines Oct 22 2009 2:00PM
The Tennessee Valley Authority, looking
outside the region for major quantities of renewable energy, has
agreed to buy 450 megawatts from two wind farms in North and South
Dakota.
The nation's largest public utility announced Thursday that it
h
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| TVA to buy 450 megawatts in Dakotas' wind turbines Oct 22 2009 2:00PM
The Tennessee Valley Authority, looking
outside the region for major quantities of renewable energy, has
agreed to buy 450 megawatts from two wind farms in North and South
Dakota.
The nation's largest public utility announced Thursday that it
h
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| GE 3Q earnings drop on finance woes Oct 16 2009 6:04AM
GE says the continued woes of its big
financial unit fueled a big drop in third-quarter earnings,
outweighing signs of improvement in its divisions that make heavy
machinery and other industrial equipment.
General Electric Co.'s profit fell 44 p
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 14 2009 11:05AM
The Williams County sheriff's office says
four prisoners in the Williston jail failed in their attempt to
escape.
Detective Lt. Verlan Kvande (KWON'-dee) says the inmates planned
to stab one another with makeshift knives so they would be brought
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| Proposed Fargo wind project appears dead Oct 14 2009 5:22AM
A proposed wind turbine project involving the
Fargo Park District and Fargo School Board appears to be dead.
The plan was to build the turbine near Oriska and sell the power
on the electric grid. Park District spokesman Jim Larson says that
afte
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| Shakopee Mdewakanton raise 386foottall turbine Oct 7 2009 5:15AM
A wind turbine as tall as a 38-story
building is now standing on Shakopee Mdewakanton
(med-WAH'-kuh-tuhn) Sioux Community land in Shakopee.
Tribal officials say they'll have the 386-foot-tall turbine
operating by later this month. It will operat
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| Minn. regulators approve Wis. utility's wind farm Oct 1 2009 11:12AM
Minnesota regulators have approved a wind
farm in southern Minnesota that would be paid for by Wisconsin
utility ratepayers.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday said
Wisconsin Power & Light Co.'s project can be built just n
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| ND regulators approve New Salem wind project Sep 29 2009 12:01PM
North Dakota regulators have approved a
new 75.9-megawatt wind power project.
Minnesota Power wants to build 33 wind turbines north of New
Salem, almost 30 miles west of Mandan.
North Dakota's Public Service Commission approved a constructi
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 26 2009 5:02PM
Authorities are searching for a man who
robbed a Sioux Falls casino at knifepoint.
Sioux Falls police say the man was wearing sunglasses and a dark
bandanna over his face when he entered VIP Casino about 1:40 a.m.
Saturday. He displayed a larg
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| Energy bill would create 5,000 new jobs in state Sep 26 2009 12:22PM
Repower South Dakota director Matt McGovern
says transitioning to a clean energy economy with passage of an
energy bill pending in the Senate would create 5,000 South Dakota
jobs, break the nation's dependence on oil and help solve the
climate crisis
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 25 2009 1:45AM
Republican Tim Pawlenty's next quest for
campaign cash will allow him to haul in larger checks with fewer
restrictions than the Minnesota governor faced previously.
Pawlenty is about to form a national fundraising committee that
he says is geare
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 24 2009 4:13PM
The South Dakota Department of Labor is
notifying employers that the amount they pay into the state
unemployment trust fund is going up.
Department Secretary Pam Roberts says a $150-per-employee
surcharge starts at the end of the month because h
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| Minn. gets $3 million in renewable energy aid Sep 24 2009 2:21PM
The U.S. Department of [[kxtopic:agriculture:t[Agriculture]:t]] is giving
almost $3 million in renewable energy grants and loans to 60
Minnesota farmers and small businesses.
The money is part of the $62.5 million in loans and grants
announced T
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| Yankton School District to add small wind turbine Sep 24 2009 9:55AM
The Yankton School Board has decided to add
a wind turbine to the district's new administration building-bus
barn complex.
The district's buildings and grounds supervisor, Chuck Turner,
says the site should have good wind potential.
He say
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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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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 6 2009 6:39AM
A Moorhead woman accused of blackmailing
a minister who paid her for nude dancing and sex has pleaded guilty
to a felony coercion charge. Under a plea agreement, Bunny Byington
would serve 90 days in jail and repay $7,000 to the Rev. Mark
Ostgarden o
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 5 2009 4:20PM
Students in the Grand Forks School
District won't see a live broadcast of President Barack's Obama's
speech on education.
Obama plans to speak directly to students at noon Tuesday about
working hard and staying in school. School districts are no
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| Bismarck State has small wind turbine Sep 5 2009 7:42AM
Bismarck State College and Montana-Dakota
Utilities are joining to teach students about the wind.
The two groups, with state Commerce Department help, have
installed a small wind turbine on the hill on which the BSC campus
sits in Bismarck.
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| BSC and MDU partner on wind power project Sep 4 2009 12:00AM
Bismarck State College and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota) are partnering on installation of a wind turbine for demonstration and educational purposes. The small turbine, recently installed at the southwest corner of the BSC campus, will p
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| Willmar to dedicate 2 wind turbines Sep 3 2009 6:53AM
Two new wind turbines being built near
Willmar will be dedicated during a ceremony on Thursday.
The two 260-foot turbines will supply about 3 percent of
electricity needs for Willmar Municipal Utilities.
The turbines are located just north
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| ND stepping up effort to recruit wind turbine manufacturers... Aug 31 2009 2:14AM
North Dakota is stepping up efforts to
recruit companies that make equipment for the wind energy industry.
The state Commerce Department has extended the contract of a
British consultant that is helping to generate leads. State
Commerce Departme
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Aug 27 2009 6:39AM
The South Dakota Corrections Commission
meets today at the state prison in Springfield, and the panel is
set to hear an update on a new minimum-security prison planned for
an industrial park Rapid City. Earlier this month, a judge ruled in
favor of t
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| Clean energy or nasty twister? Some wind farms give weathermen the... Aug 27 2009 5:22AM
Wind farms have been blamed for
disrupting the lives of birds and bats. And now it turns out the
wind turbine blades attached to 200-foot-high towers can appear on
Doppler radar like a violent storm or even a tornado.
The phenomenon has affected
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 27 2009 2:14AM
Federal statistics show North Dakota and
Minnesota car dealers ranked high in their participation in the
"cash for clunkers" program.
The two states were in the top five in a per-capita tabulation
of money requested through the program, which en
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| Clean energy or nasty twister? Some wind farms give weathermen the... Aug 26 2009 8:32PM
Wind farms have been blamed for
disrupting the lives of birds and bats. And now it turns out the
wind turbine blades attached to 200-foot-high towers can appear on
Doppler radar like a violent storm or even a tornado.
The phenomenon has affected
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| State Fair to feature 'netzero' ecohouse Aug 25 2009 6:39AM
Imagine a home that generates as much
energy as it consumes.
That house is a reality at the Minnesota State Fair.
The Eco Experience exhibit includes a 2,200-square-foot home
that has solar heating, a green roof and LED lighting.
Visi
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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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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 12 2009 4:14PM
A judge says North Dakota's only abortion
clinic does not have to provide audio of a fetal heartbeat for
women who want to end their pregnancies.
Judge Douglas Herman ruled today in a challenge to a new state
law. It requires the Red River Women
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| Regulators approve wind projects in 2 ND regions Aug 12 2009 12:29PM
North Dakota regulators have approved the
construction of two new wind projects capable of generating almost
300 megawatts of power.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative wants to build a 115-megawatt
wind farm about 12 miles south of Minot.
Co
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| Regulators approve 2 ND wind projects Aug 12 2009 11:40AM
North Dakota regulators have approved the
construction of two new wind projects capable of generating almost
300 megawatts of power.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative wants to build a 115-megawatt
wind farm about 12 miles south of Minot.
Ro
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 10 2009 4:13PM
Theodore Roosevelt National Park says its
preferred method for reducing the park's bloated elk herd is teams
of shooters that will include volunteers.
That was one of several options the park studied to reduce the
elk herd in the park's south un
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