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Trial scheduled, Chase Iron Eyes

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An American Indian activist accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted. Trial has been scheduled early […]

Jamestown

Jamestown man pleads guilty child porn images

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — A Jamestown man whose wife tipped off authorities has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography. Authorities say the wife of 55-year-old Alexander McManus reported finding a cellphone containing child porn wedged behind a refrigerator. They say McManus also had other devices in his home […]

State

Rural Jud teen dies attempting to rescue puppy

Jud  (CSi)  A rural Jud teen has died, after trying to save a puppy from a vertical sewer drain last Saturday. LaMoure County Sheriff Bob Fernandes says 19 year old Jesse Wagner, attempted to retrieve the dog after it had fallen into the sewer drain at around 7-p.m. Wagner crawled into the […]

Valley City

Barnes County has lifted burn ban

Valley City  (CSi)  The Barnes County Commission, Monday rescinded the previously imposed burn ban, as dry conditions improved in Barnes County. so the previous burn ban has been lifted. Tinder dry conditions caused issuing a burn ban on Friday, June 9th.

State

Cara Mund, Bismarck, Miss ND 2018

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck’s Cara Mund is this year’s Miss North Dakota. Mund was crowned Saturday in Williston and will compete for the title of Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September. Mund also won the Community Service Award at the state pageant. The Bismarck Tribune reports […]

Jamestown

Unit offering net proceeds to Soybean plant, Spiritwood

Bismarck  (CSi)  North Dakota Soybean Processors (NDSP), LLC has announced that it had initiated a $120 million non-brokered private placement offering of units of the company. The company reports that each unit will cost $10,000 with a minimum of a $40,000 investment (4 units) and in increments of $10,000 thereafter. […]