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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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| ND regulators won't reopen wind farm siting case Aug 10 2009 12:16PM
State regulators say they won't hold
another hearing to debate the siting of a wind farm in east-central
North Dakota.
The Public Service Commission says it will ask the wind
project's developer to move four of the project's 80 wind turbines
to
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| Company exploring Ramsey County wind farm Aug 10 2009 6:25AM
Economic development officials in
Devils Lake say a Napoleon-based company is exploring a possible
wind farm in Ramsey County.
Forward Devils Lake director Chris Schilken says Just Wind LLC
is only in the beginning stages, and wants to gauge the
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Aug 10 2009 2:15AM
Police say an Oakes man is in custody and
three children who were locked in his home are safe following a
more than nine-hour stand-off. Oakes police say 36-year-old
Francisco "Frank" Castro was arrested after talking with
negotiators yesterday, thou
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Aug 10 2009 2:14AM
The cooler weather that slowed bugs in North
Dakota also affects the growth of toads, salamanders and other
creatures.
Ken Cabarle of Minot is a University of North Dakota graduate
student working on an amphibian growth project. He says bugs hav
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| Rugby getting summer economic boost from projects Aug 9 2009 4:55PM
The Pierce County community of Rugby is
getting an economic boost this summer.
Officials say construction is halfway finished for the Rugby
Wind Project, which will include 71 wind turbines. The work has
brought more business to town.
Bren
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| EERC wants to put up wind turbines Aug 9 2009 6:39AM
The University of North Dakota's Energy
and Environmental Research Center wants to put up two small wind
turbines that could provide electricity to city buildings while
serving as educational tools.
Engineer Brad Stevens says the federally funde
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| US energy secretary studies Minn. renewables Aug 3 2009 5:29AM
A mobile self-contained ethanol plant
and solar-powered cars will be on display in Rochester for an
important audience: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
He'll be in the southern Minnesota town Monday to get a
firsthand look at some renewable en
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 30 2009 11:12AM
Police say the driver of an SUV that
crashed into a dump truck in Independence had been stopped about 90
minutes earlier for driving erratically.
The Tuesday morning crash killed four people, including the
driver, 30-year-old Starrett Delano Jen
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| Wind farm studied at Avon Jul 25 2009 4:41PM
A pair of towers have been installed near Avon
in southeast South Dakota to see if the area is suitable for a wind
farm.
The towers will collect measurements of wind speed and direction
for two or three years for B&H Wind of Avon.
B&am
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| NOAA chief: New ocean uses sparking conflicts Jul 20 2009 6:33PM
New pressures being put on the nation's ocean
waters, including wind turbines and fish farming, are sparking
conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and
recreational boating and show the need for better planning.
That's accor
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Basin Building Power Plant in Montana Jul 10 2009 7:30PM
We hear a lot about power companies erecting wind turbines to generate electricity.
But power companies are also expanding their ability to produce electricity from more conventional sources.
Jim Olson reports on a new power generating station going up
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| Minn. tribe to dedicate wind turbine plant Jul 9 2009 6:25AM
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is
investing in a new type of wind turbine designed for use by homes
and businesses.
On Thursday, tribal officials plan to dedicate a new
manufacturing plant where workers will make a part for the
Windspire. That's
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| AP Minnesota Daybook Jul 8 2009 11:54AM
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Associated Press Minnesota Daybook for Wednesday, July 8:
July 8-9. NUCLEAR DRILL The Minn
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| AP Minnesota Daybook Jul 7 2009 9:14PM
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Associated Press Minnesota Daybook for Tuesday, July 7:
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| AP Minnesota Daybook Jul 6 2009 9:07PM
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jul 6 2009 4:14PM
Minnehaha County has reached a proposed
settlement in a class-action lawsuit by teens who were
strip-searched at the Juvenile Detention Center in Sioux Falls.
Once a judge approves the deal, the potential plaintiffs can decide
whether to accept it
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| AP Minnesota Daybook Jul 6 2009 8:18AM
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Associated Press Minnesota Daybook for Monday, July 6:
July 9. 11 a.m. WIND TOUR The Mille
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jul 5 2009 2:13AM
Odds are good that South Dakota will collect
more tax money on gambling over the next year. That's because the
tax on revenue from Deadwood casinos rose from 8 percent to 9
percent last week. That's expected to generate about $1.5 million
that will h
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jul 5 2009 2:13AM
Interest in a new wind turbine program at
Mitchell Technical Institute has surpassed expectations.
Instructor Stacey Eddy says the program, which offers one- and
two-year options, will have 50 students in its first year double
what was expected
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| Interest high in wind turbine program Jul 4 2009 1:11PM
Interest in a new wind turbine program at
Mitchell Technical Institute has surpassed expectations.
Instructor Stacey Eddy says the program, which offers one- and
two-year options, will have 50 students in its first year double
what was expected
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| Morton County considering turbines Jun 30 2009 11:12AM
Morton County commissioners are considering
Minnesota Power's request for a special use permit to put up 17
wind turbines
The company, based in Duluth, Minn., plans 33 turbines in south
central North Dakota within the next two years. A permit
app
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| Morton County considering turbines Jun 30 2009 11:12AM
Morton County commissioners are considering
Minnesota Power's request for a special use permit to put up 17
wind turbines
The company, based in Duluth, Minn., plans 33 turbines in south
central North Dakota within the next two years. A permit
app
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 29 2009 4:34PM
The Agriculture Department says development
of small grains crops remains behind average in North Dakota
because of the cool, wet spring.
But the agency's weekly crop report says the condition ratings
for spring wheat, durum wheat and barley are
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 29 2009 4:06PM
The Agriculture Department says development
of small grains crops remains behind average in North Dakota
because of the cool, wet spring. The agency's weekly crop report
says the condition ratings for spring wheat, durum wheat and barley
are mostly g
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| Neighbors to wind turbines find them noisy Jun 29 2009 3:31PM
A proposed wind energy center expansion
is drawing objections from neighbors who worry about the noise and
other potential health problems.
The state requires wind turbines to be at least a quarter-mile
from the nearest occupied dwelling. Some s
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Wind Energy Building in North Dakota Jun 25 2009 7:16PM
Energy development in North Dakota has been battling one major obstacle for years........... how to get the energy to where it's needed.
That's especially true for electricity development as power grids are already at capacity through out the country.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 22 2009 11:13AM
The post office section of the Pierre
federal building has reopened, about 12 hours after a body was
removed.
Police crime tape had been taken down by Monday morning, and
people could access their mailboxes.
Authorities have released no de
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| Review committee approves PUC rules Jun 22 2009 5:15AM
The Public Utilities Commission said a
legislative review committee has approved new rules that make it
easier for small producers of electricity such as wind turbines and
solar panels to connect to the electric grid.
The PUC adopted the rules i
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Jun 21 2009 2:13AM
Heavy rains this past week and the prospects
of more on the way has weather forecasters and others keeping a
close eye on the Red River. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to
move through Fargo today and some could bring heavy rain.
MOORH
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 21 2009 2:13AM
North Dakota Sens. Byron Dorgan and
Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy say their meetings to
learn about flood protection efforts have been productive.
The delegation met with local leaders yesterday in Valley City
and Jamestown. They're w
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| Work planned on Logan County wind center Jun 20 2009 3:03PM
Work is expected to start this month on a
wind center project in Logan County, near Napoleon.
Just Wind, LLC, plans to put up 153 wind turbines over two years
in a project estimated to cost about $850 million. Company
President Jeff Metzger says
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Wind Projects in Coop's Future Jun 11 2009 7:22PM
What's the future for energy production in North Dakota?
The answer could be in the wind, according to the CEO of Basin Electric Coop.
Ron Harper is the keynote speaker for Verendrye Electric Coop's annual meeting which is on now in Minot.
Harper says
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| AP Minnesota Daybook Jun 9 2009 2:14AM
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Associated Press Minnesota Daybook for Tuesday, June 9:
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| Pair of wind turbines in Willmar near completion Jun 8 2009 7:35AM
Two wind turbines are expected to be up
and running in Willmar by the end of July.
The city is finishing up construction of the turbines, which
will each generate two megawatts of power. That's enough to cover
about 3 percent of the city's annua
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| Pipestone wind turbine plant laying off up to 160 Jun 8 2009 7:29AM
A wind power company in southwestern
Minnesota has announced it will eliminate 70 jobs this summer with
another 90 layoffs possible by the end of September.
According to a letter sent to city officials, Suzlon will make
the first round of layoff
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| Commissioner says ND wind energy not stalled Jun 8 2009 6:18AM
Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark
says the credit crunch hitting companies worldwide may have slowed
North Dakota's wind energy industry, but he says it's not at a
standstill.
The PSC says 488 wind turbines are operating in the state. They
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| Hearing held on wind farm proposal Jun 5 2009 5:58PM
North Dakota regulators are weighing
proposed wind turbines on the Griggs County-Steele County line.
Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, which has projects
throughout North Dakota, intends to add 120 megawatts to its
Ashtabula project north
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 2 2009 3:59PM
The clerk in the Yellowstone Club
bankruptcy case says Judge Ralph Kirscher will issue a ruling
confirming the sale of the posh resort as soon as Tuesday.
Court documents show CrossHarbor Capital Partners of Boston
which already was owed tens o
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| NW governors urge green energy power grid funding Jun 2 2009 1:46PM
The governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
and Washington are urging Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to support
funding for integrating wind-generated electricity into the
Northwest grid.
In a letter, the governors say new generating plants are nee
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jun 1 2009 4:13PM
The director of North Dakota's only abortion
clinic says clinic officials will review security measures after
the shooting death of a Kansas abortion doctor.
Red River Women's Clinic Director Tammi Kromenaker says she's
shocked and saddened by t
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