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Refinery to operate at 75% capacity

Refinery to operate at 75% capacity

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – The owners of a new oil refinery in western North Dakota plan to operate it at only 75 percent capacity due to continued losses tied to the slumping oil industry. MDU Resources Group Inc. says the Dakota Prairie Refinery...

 

New E-Cig regulations

New E-Cig regulations

WASHINGTON (AP) – Hundreds of electronic cigarette brands will have to seek federal permission to stay on the market under new rules that have the potential to upend a multi-billion dollar industry attempting to position itself as an alternative...

 

Sunflower seed recall, possible listeria

Sunflower seed recall, possible listeria

(CSi) A major sunflower seed producer is recalling some of its kernels due to possible contamination. SunOpta is recalling sunflower kernels under the Planters Sunflower Kernels and Dakota’s Best Biggy’z Roasted and Salted Kernels...

 

ND pilot, USPS new customer service program

ND pilot, USPS new customer service program

Washington  (CSi)  – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp has announced that the U.S. Postal Service, inspired by Heitkamp’s Fix My Mail initiative and survey, is launching a new customer service program aimed at improving mail delivery and service....

 

Haak responds to state budget cuts request

Haak responds to state budget cuts request

Jamesestown (CSi) – Dist 12 State Representative (D) Jessica Haak responding to the Governor’s bueget cut request says:  Further cuts this will continue to hurt District 12’s working families. Rep. Jessica Haak issued the following...

 

Milbank SD Titan Machinery destroyed, fire

Milbank SD Titan Machinery destroyed, fire

MILBANK, S.D. (AP) – Fire has destroyed the Titan Machinery building in the northeastern South Dakota town of Milbank. Police Chief Boyd Van Voren says there were multiple explosions inside the building, and ash from the Wednesday night...

 

State agencies requested to make cuts next 2 years

State agencies requested to make cuts next 2 years

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple is asking agency directors to include 10 percent spending reductions in their proposed budgets for the next two years. The Republican governor’s directive on Wednesday reflects a downturn...

 

Explosive Device Located in car, Fargo

Explosive Device Located in car, Fargo

Fargo  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  Wednesday morning at 9:01 a.m., a  trooper stopped a speeding vehicle traveling south on I-29 between the 32nd Ave and 52nd Ave exits in Fargo.  During the traffic stop, the vehicle...

 

Fire Ban, most of Foster County

Fire Ban, most of Foster County

(CSi)  Foster County has declared a fire emergency and burn ban effective immediately (May 4, 2016). A release from Foster County Emergency Manager Jess Earle states that the lack of snow and rain combined with warm temperatures and high winds...

 

Court upholds conviction, sentence “Spud Scam”

Court upholds conviction, sentence “Spud Scam”

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – An appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a North Dakota farmer who was found guilty of intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments.        A jury in December 2014...

 
 
 
 

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