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Oakes area door-door scammers posing as students

OAKES, N.D. (AP) – Authorities in the southeastern North Dakota community of Oakes are getting the word out about a group of scammers posing as students raising money for a trip. Police say boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 visited residences Sunday claiming to sell magazines to […]

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Bird quarantines lifted in LaMoure, Dickey Counties

BISMARCK, N.D. – The State Board of Animal Health has lifted quarantines that have been in place in Dickey and LaMoure counties since the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 in poultry flocks there in April. The quarantines restricted the movement of poultry and poultry products in the […]

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ND average gas price up

June 1, 2015 – Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.55/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.4 cents per gallon in […]

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Buffalo Museum free admission, miltary

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Several North Dakota museums are offering free admission this summer to active duty military personnel and their families. The Blue Star Museum program is available from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Mercer County Museum, Gateway to Science, the Plains Art Museum, the National Buffalo Museum,  […]

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Escapee, Redroad captured Sunday evening

Update…. BISMARCK, N.D. – The Northd Dakota Highway Ptrol reports that the 17-year-old who escaped from the North Dakota Youth Correctional Center in Mandan on Saturday is in custody.   Sunday night, the Mandan Police Department received a tip that Malachi Redroad was near a business on Memorial Highway in Mandan. […]

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ND legislature to reconvene in June

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Legislature will reconvene next month to settle an unresolved measure that affects public employee benefits.        Senate Majority Leader Rich Warder says the Legislature tentatively will return to Bismarck on June 16.        The House and Senate were at odds during […]

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Merricourt wind farm gets PSC approval

Bismarck (CSi) The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved the proposed 150-megawatt wind farm in McIntosh and Dickey counties,on a split vote. The ruling Wednesday was based on the information from an earlier hearing. The plan is amended to use 75 2-megawatt turbines rather than 100 1.5-megawatt turbines that […]

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Etherington named to head State Hospital

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Department of Human Services Executive Director Maggie Anderson has appointed Rosalie Etherington, Ph.D., as North Dakota State Hospital Superintendent. In this role, Etherington is responsible for oversight of business and clinical operations for the hospital. Etherington brings 22 years of experience in quality management, program […]

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Police ID victims in Grand Forks Walmart shooting

 Update… UNDATED (AP)  Police have identified the man who was killed and the woman who was injured when a U.S. airman walked into a North Dakota Wal-Mart Supercenter and opened fire before turning the gun on himself.        Seventy-year-old Gregory Weiland was killed and 47-year-old Lisa Braun was injured […]

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ND gas prices slighly rising

May 26, 2015- Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 0.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.53/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.5 cents per gallon in the […]