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Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Mar 20 2010 5:36AM
North Dakota farmers are rushing to
combine corn before their fields flood. Duane Nitschke says corn
was being combined across from his Argusville home yesterday.
Nitschke says he had never seen combines harvesting corn when the
fields were surroun
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| Kansas man accused of assault in ND bar bathroom Mar 19 2010 2:28PM
A Kansas man has been arrested in connection
with a sexual assault in the bathroom of a south Fargo bar.
Twenty-one-year-old Mojak Wany Anyit of Olathe, Kan., was being
held Friday on suspicion of sexual assault in the Cass County jail.
Pol
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Mar 19 2010 2:27AM
Officials in Grand Forks and
neighboring East Grand Forks, Minnesota, have closed two of the
three bridges connecting the two cities as the Red River continues
to rise. The National Weather Service predicts the river will crest
in Grand Forks at betw
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| 7 attorneys apply for Fargo judgeship Mar 18 2010 4:34PM
North Dakota's labor commissioner and a
county prosecutor are among seven attorneys who've applied for a
state district judgeship in Fargo.
They're competing to succeed incumbent East Central District
Judge Georgia Dawson, who's retiring Sept. 1
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| Sandbagging under way in Red River communities Mar 17 2010 1:31AM
One of the people coordinating volunteer
sandbaggers near the Red River in North Dakota says today is going
to be a "critical day" for getting people to help.
Officials say volunteer turnout on the first day of sandbagging
was steady in Fargo, N
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| Firefighters rescue Minn. woman from flooded home Mar 17 2010 1:10AM
A central [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] woman had to be
rescued by boat from her home after an ice jam on the Crow Wing
River led to flooding.
Officials say a few homes in [[kxtopic:cass-county-nd:t[Cass County]:t]] and in Morrison County
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Mar 17 2010 1:10AM
A CNN analyst and top adviser to former
President Bill C[[kxtopic:linton-nd:t[Linton]:t]] will be a featured speaker at the North
Dakota Democratic convention. Paul Begala will give the
convention's keynote speech on March 27. The convention is being
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 17 2010 12:42AM
Autopsy reports released Tuesday point
to heat stroke as the cause of death for two people following a
sweat lodge ceremony and multi-system organ failure for a third
person.
A Yavapai county judge ordered the first and last pages of the
report
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Fargo Sandbagging Efforts Mar 16 2010 5:58PM
Fargo-Moorhead gets a little break from the weather...
The National Weather Service now says the Red River will crest on Sunday, rather than Saturday...
It's expected to crest at 20 feet above flood stage on Sunday morning.
That gives the cities a lit
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 16 2010 3:10PM
Officials say volunteer turnout for flood
fighting is steady in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn. but slow outside
the cities.
Cass County volunteer coordinator Chip Ammerman says about 50
people signed up to help with sandbagging in the county, which
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| Volunteer turnout slow in Cass County Mar 16 2010 2:21PM
Officials say volunteer turnout for flood
fighting is steady in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn. but slow outside
the cities.
Cass County volunteer coordinator Chip Ammerman says about 50
people signed up to help with sandbagging in the county, which
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| Volunteer turnout slow in Cass County Mar 16 2010 2:21PM
Officials say volunteer turnout for flood
fighting is steady in Fargo and Moorhead, Minn. but slow outside
the cities.
Cass County volunteer coordinator Chip Ammerman says about 50
people signed up to help with sandbagging in the county, which
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Fargo Sandbagging Mar 15 2010 6:13PM
A new sense of urgency has boosted the sandbagging effort in the Red River Valley.
The number of volunteers increased significantly compared to other weekdays.
By noon today, 142 individuals, plus about one hundred students filled sandbags for Fargo.
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 15 2010 4:05AM
The health care overhaul continues to take
center stage with President Barack Obama still trying to nail down
enough votes to pass it.
Obama is set to head to northeast Ohio today with another sales
pitch for a bill the top Democratic vote-count
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| Red River rising faster than expected in ND, Minn. Mar 15 2010 3:02AM
Officials say it's like last year all over
again for North Dakota and Minnesota residents along the rising Red
River.
People who fought off record flooding a year ago in a frantic
one-week sandbagging effort face the prospect of a repeat
perfor
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 13 2010 4:20PM
A handful of delegates to North Dakota's
Republican convention will have their registration fees paid by GOP
U.S. House candidate Kevin Cramer, and that bothers some party
activists.
Delegates pay a $75 registration fee. The cost drops to $30 if
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| Fargo, ND, insurance agent ordered to prison Mar 13 2010 2:14PM
A Fargo insurance agent has been sent to
prison for violating his probation in a securities case.
District Judge Wickham Corwin has ordered Bruce Hager to serve
two and a half years in prison.
Hager pleaded guilty last year to eight felony
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Mar 12 2010 2:13AM
A Ward County man has been seriously wounded
in an attack at a gas station near Minot. Sheriff Vern Erck says
the victim was slashed in the neck with a box cutter or knife
yesterday morning at the Tesoro Dawn to Dusk east of the city. A
30-year-old M
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| GF County jail plans for possible Fargo inmates Mar 11 2010 5:43AM
The administrator of the Grand Forks
County jail says the facility is prepared to once again take
inmates from Fargo if spring flooding forces evacuations from the
state's largest city.
Last year, the Grand Forks County Correctional Center house
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 11 2010 1:38AM
The investigation of the Web threats that led
to the lockdown of schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul has
investigators looking down under.
St. Paul police spokesman Paul Schnell says the department's
computer experts have tracked the messages to
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| ExItasca Co deputy sentenced for sex crimes Mar 10 2010 5:30PM
A former Itasca County sheriff's
deputy has been sentenced to roughly 12 years in prison and six
years of supervised release for sexually abusing a teenager over
several years.
Forty-four-year-old Gregory Alan Snyder of Bovey pleaded guilty
in
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 6 2010 2:13AM
A man charged in an armed standoff in Fargo
last summer has been sentenced to five years in prison, but will be
released later this month.
At Friday's sentencing, Leonard Ritter was ordered to serve 180
days of his sentence, with the rest suspen
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 6 2010 1:38AM
An updated spring flood outlook finds there's
still a strong chance of major flooding in Montevideo, Delano and
downtown St. Paul.
The National Weather Service on Friday listed an 80 percent
chance of major flooding in Montevideo on the Minnesot
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| ND man gets no more jail time for firing at bro Mar 5 2010 6:26PM
A Fargo man whose Minnesota family was
featured on a reality show won't face further jail time for trying
to shoot one of his brothers.
Joseph Heppner pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday in
Cass County District Court. The 24-year-old
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| ND man gets no more jail time for firing at bro Mar 5 2010 6:26PM
A Fargo man whose Minnesota family was
featured on a reality show won't face further jail time for trying
to shoot one of his brothers.
Joseph Heppner pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday in
Cass County District Court. The 24-year-old
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| Fargo organization may be continuing 211 service Mar 5 2010 4:33AM
State officials hope North Dakota's state
211 service will survive until the Legislature decides whether to
help pay for it.
A Fargo nonprofit called FirstLink has been running the
statewide service since late last fall. It helps people get acce
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| ND agencies may salvage state 211 service Mar 4 2010 8:25PM
North Dakota's state 211 service may be
able to survive until the Legislature decides whether to help pay
for it.
Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark says the state
departments of human services, health and emergency services may be
able to
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| Sandbag operations start in Fargo, Moorhead Mar 1 2010 1:25PM
Sandbag making operations are under way in
Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn.
The city of Fargo has moved garbage trucks out of a storage
warehouse to make room for volunteers. City spokesman Bruce Grubb
says he's hoping to have 100,000 sandb
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| Sandbag operations start in Fargo, Moorhead Mar 1 2010 1:25PM
Sandbag making operations are under way in
Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn.
The city of Fargo has moved garbage trucks out of a storage
warehouse to make room for volunteers. City spokesman Bruce Grubb
says he's hoping to have 100,000 sandb
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The 411 on 211 Feb 19 2010 7:15PM
How to keep a help line running... That's a problem the Public Service Commission is trying to help solve...
The 211 statewide hot line helps hundreds of people each month, but the service could be discontinued unless North Dakota finds a way
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211 Needs Funds Feb 19 2010 1:05PM
How to keep a help line running... That's a problem the Public Service Commission is trying to help solve...
The 211 statewide hot line helps hundreds of people each month.
The service could be discontinued unless North Dakota finds a way t
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 13 2010 2:13AM
Conservative activists at a rally in
Bismarck say rising federal deficits and the growth of government
power will spark a backlash at the polls in November.
More than 900 people attended the "tea party" rally.
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| 2 men accused of racketeering in Cass County, ND Feb 12 2010 4:48PM
Two men face racketeering charges in Cass
County for allegedly printing fake payroll checks and passing them
on to others to be cashed.
Marcus Royston was being held in the Cass County jail. A warrant
has been issued for Johnny Dorenzo Carter.
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| Okla man accused in ND dentist killing out on bond Feb 11 2010 4:48PM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a Fargo dentist has posted bond and been released
from jail.
The [[kxtopic:cass-county-nd:t[Cass County]:t]] sheriff's office says 63-year-old Gene
Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., posted a $1 m
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 11 2010 2:13AM
North Dakota's four-year colleges are
likely to limit their tuition increases to 3.5 percent for the next
school year. At two-year schools, tuition will stay the same.
A North Dakota Board of Higher [[kxtopic:education:t[education]:t]] subcommitt
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| ND state 211 service might end in March Feb 10 2010 11:47AM
North Dakota's statewide 211 telephone
number for social service referrals might be going out of business
in most of the state next month.
An organization called FirstLink runs the service, but officials
say they can't afford to administer it st
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 8 2010 11:05AM
Snow and cold is socking parts of the
Dakotas.
The National Weather service said as much as 8 inches of snow
could accumulate in northeastern South Dakota and southeastern
North Dakota by Tuesday, with strong winds blowing it around.
Icy r
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| Fargo flight delayed by 'bomb' investigation Feb 8 2010 8:24AM
A flight at the Fargo airport was delayed for
about three hours over the weekend when federal security officers
at Hector International Airport apparently mistook photographic
equipment for a possible bomb.
Bismarck videographer Chris Klein said
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 6 2010 4:13PM
A woman from the northeast North Dakota
town of Thompson who had a rifle shell explode in her face during a
hunting trip is suing the company that made the ammunition.
Forty-six-year-old Sheri Sponsler says a defect in the design or
production o
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| Police: ND man suffered fatal head injury in slip Feb 6 2010 3:52PM
Police say a man found dead outside his north
Fargo home likely slipped on the ice and hit his head.
The victim has been identified as 47-year-old David Volk. His
body was found about 11:30 a.m. Friday between his condo and
detached garage.
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| I29 rollover in ND kills MN woman Feb 4 2010 7:14AM
A rollover on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 93-year-old
woman from Akeley, Minn., who died at the scene shortly before
11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Author
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| I29 rollover in ND kills MN woman Feb 4 2010 7:14AM
A rollover on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota has killed a Minnesota woman.
The Highway Patrol did not immediately identify the 93-year-old
woman from Akeley, Minn., who died at the scene shortly before
11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Author
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Jan 29 2010 6:32AM
Two people have died in a crash in south
Minneapolis. Police say the crash happened about 10 p.m. in the
Diamond Lake neighborhood. A third person was injured when the car
hit a tree. Neighbors say two young women were killed and a young
man was inju
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| Cass County to hold water rescue exercise Jan 29 2010 5:15AM
Police, fire fighters and other
officials from Cass County are diving into the icy waters of Cass
Lake to learn about water rescue.
Participants planned Friday to experience a mock snowmobile
crash, a K-9 assisted recovery of a victim under the
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 20 2010 11:06AM
North Dakota college presidents are
defending their practice of offering tuition breaks to graduate
students and students from outside the United States.
The North Dakota Legislature's interim Higher Education
Committee is looking at the practic
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| Bond set for woman accused of child neglect Jan 20 2010 7:56AM
Bond has been set at $1,000 for a Mapleton
woman accused of being drunk while driving with her 4-year-old son
in a Fargo Walmart parking lot.
Judge Steve Marquart also ordered 23-year-old Chelsey Jo Hanson
to have no contact with the child, who
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 5 2010 1:45AM
Two leading Minnesota lawmakers say its
unlikely that the Legislature will return to the Capitol early to
vote on Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for delaying school aid.
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Senate Majority
Leader Larry Pogemil
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| Son of Hutchinson couple who died of CO also dies Jan 4 2010 8:04PM
A memorial service will be held Friday
for a Hutchinson man who died about two months after being found
unconscious in a northern Minnesota cabin where his parents died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
An obituary says 22-year-old Michael Schwarze
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 3 2010 4:13PM
Wahpeton-area ice fisherman are dealing
with excess water around their fish houses.
Heavy snow and the weight of vehicles and equipment on the ice
has caused water and slush to come up around the houses.
Tim Phalen of the state Game and Fis
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| Suspect in SD standoff expected to plead guilty Jan 3 2010 12:22PM
A man charged in a nine-hour standoff with
Fargo police is expected to plead guilty to one of the charges
against him.
Leonard Ritter's attorney Steve Mottinger says Ritter will
change his plea to guilty for possession of a firearm by a felon
M
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 2 2010 2:13AM
A Dickinson woman is praising a newspaper
carrier who saw smoke coming from the woman's house and awoke her
and her two children.
Rodney Hauck says he noticed smoke coming from a corner of the
house just before 7 a.m. Thursday.
Angie Brans
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| Fire destroys mobile home near Ayr, ND Jan 1 2010 12:15PM
No injuries were reported in a fire that
destroyed a mobile home near Ayr.
Deputy Joe Gress of the Cass County Sheriff's Department says
the fire was reported by a passer-by around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Casselton Fire Chief Tim McLean says th
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 31 2009 2:13AM
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne
Stenehjem is one of 13 Republican attorneys general who wants
federal health care legislation stripped of a provision that favors
the state of Nebraska.
The language exempts Nebraska from paying for expanded M
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| Briarwood, ND, man gets probation for abuse Dec 30 2009 4:41PM
A Briarwood man has been ordered to serve two
years of probation after pleading guilty to a charge of child abuse
or neglect for inappropriately touching a girl more than 10 years
ago.
Fifty-eight-year-old Charles Elmer Engler also must pay fees
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 27 2009 4:27PM
The rest of Interstate 29 in North Dakota
has reopened, and state officials have lifted its no-travel
advisory.
The section of I-29 between Fargo and Grand Forks was opened on
Sunday morning. The rest of the interstate, along with I-91, had
bee
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| ND courtrooms getting wireless Internet coverage Dec 27 2009 8:18AM
Courtrooms in North Dakota's four largest
cities are likely to be equipped soon with wireless Internet
access.
Northwest District court administrator Carolyn Woolf says the
Ward County Commission requested the equipment earlier this month.
Sh
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 25 2009 4:13PM
Interstate 94 in North Dakota is closed from
the [[kxtopic:montana:t[Montana]:t]] border to the [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]] border because of the major
snowstorm moving through the Plains states.
The [[kxtopic:north-dakota-department-of-
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| 11monthold ND girl dies from crash injuries Dec 25 2009 12:57PM
An 11-month-old girl has died of injuries she
sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 in southeast
North Dakota.
Kirsten Booke of Fairmount died at a hospital Thursday. She was
taken there Wednesday evening after the crash in Fargo.
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Dec 21 2009 2:13AM
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee
says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health
care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the
Senate. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad said on "Fox News Sunday"
that the 60 v
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 20 2009 4:27PM
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee
says the House must stick close to the Senate's version of health
care reform or risk losing the 60 votes needed to pass it in the
Senate.
Sen. Kent Conrad, a Democrat from North Dakota, said on "Fox
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| ND county considers break for delinquent taxpayers Dec 20 2009 2:07PM
Cass County officials are again considering
whether to forgive nearly $320,000 in fines and interest owed for
back property taxes.
Records shows the amount is part of more than $3.6 million owed
in property taxes and assessments from 2005, '06 a
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Dec 12 2009 4:13PM
A Fargo mother and her neighbor face charges
of child neglect after three children were found wandering outside.
Charges against Lesley Carol Youngbird and Ashley Hahn were
filed this week in Cass County District Court.
A police report says
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| Fargo mom, neighbor charged with child neglect Dec 12 2009 4:06PM
A Fargo mother and her neighbor face charges
of child neglect after three children were found wandering outside.
Charges against Lesley Carol Youngbird and Ashley Hahn were
filed this week in Cass County District Court.
A police report says
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 29 2009 1:46AM
Hundreds of people attended a memorial
service Saturday for a St. Paul soldier killed in the shooting
rampage at Fort Hood in [[kxtopic:texas:t[Texas]:t]].
The service was the first of three days of traditional
remembrances for 23-year-old Pfc.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 28 2009 2:13AM
As the clock ticks on toward his Dec. 8
address to South Dakota lawmakers, Gov. Mike Rounds says most of
the decisions on the next state budget already have been made and
that no one will be happy with the budget plan.
The governor says the cha
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 28 2009 1:45AM
St. Paul police have identified a
15-year-old who was shot to death on Thanksgiving.
Police say Darion Joseph Smith, of St. Paul, died at the scene.
Police were called at about 10 a.m. Thursday and found him with a
gunshot wound to his upper b
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 2:42PM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus,
Minn.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 2:42PM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus,
Minn.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
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| Vandals target some 500 pine trees near Backus Nov 27 2009 11:33AM
Investigators are trying to determine who
drove six-inch nails into hundreds of red pine trees near Backus.
They think the vandals might have thought they were saving the
trees from logging. But if that was their plan, it backfired.
The sta
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| ND man accused of trying to shoot brother Nov 26 2009 5:16PM
A 24-year-old Fargo man whose Minnesota
family was featured on a cable channel reality show has been
arrested, accused of trying to shoot one of his brothers.
Police say Joseph Heppner pointed a loaded pistol at his
26-year-old brother, Samuel,
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| ND man accused of trying to shoot brother Nov 26 2009 5:16PM
A 24-year-old Fargo man whose Minnesota
family was featured on a cable channel reality show has been
arrested, accused of trying to shoot one of his brothers.
Police say Joseph Heppner pointed a loaded pistol at his
26-year-old brother, Samuel,
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Murder Suspect Coming to ND Nov 25 2009 7:15PM
An Oklahoma man is on his way to North Dakota to face a murder charge.
Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Oklahoma is due in Cass County court Friday morning to be charged in the death of his son-in-law.
Authorities say Kirkpatrick paid his handyman three thous
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| ND Supreme Court hears Fargo murder appeal Nov 25 2009 12:57PM
An attorney for a Fargo man who was
convicted of murder says police stopped and questioned his client
only because he is black.
Ross Brandborg told the North Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday
that police illegally stopped Elijah Addai (ah-DAY')
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 25 2009 11:12AM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a North Dakota dentist is being brought to North
Dakota to face charges.
Sixty-three-year-old Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., was
released from the custody of an Oklahoma County jail Wedne
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| Gattuso grandfather being moved to ND Nov 25 2009 8:17AM
An Oklahoma man accused of hiring his
handyman to kill a [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] dentist is being brought to North
Dakota to face charges.
Sixty-three-year-old Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., was
released from the custody of
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 2:13AM
The brother of a slain Fargo dentist says an
Oklahoma judge has given North Dakota jurisdiction in a custody
battle over the dentist's daughter.
Roy Gattuso said a judge in Fargo may decide at a hearing
Tuesday who gets custody of 3-year-old Ken
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| Former jailer serving life sues over jail fall Nov 16 2009 7:57PM
A former jailer sentenced to life in prison
for killing a Valley City State University student is suing Cass
County and jail officials for $24 million, saying he injured his
right wrist in a 2007 fall in the jail in Fargo.
Moe Gibbs filed the la
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| Man serving life sentence sues over jail fall Nov 16 2009 4:13PM
A man sentenced to life in prison for killing
a Valley City State University student is seeking $24 million for
injuries he says he suffered in a fall at the Cass County Jail.
Moe Gibbs filed a federal lawsuit Monday accusing a correctional
offi
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| Kathy Hogan picked as new Fargo ND House member Nov 16 2009 1:53PM
A former social services director has been
picked for a Democratic seat in the North Dakota House.
Kathy Hogan will represent District 21 in central Fargo. She
succeeds Jasper Schneider in the Legislature. He resigned to take
an appointment as s
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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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