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Fargo Church-goers, Scammed

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man suspected of scamming multiple churchgoers in Fargo.   Prosecutors have charged Alan Farah II with felony theft, after he allegedly swindled people at several churches with bogus stories, such as his need for money to […]

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Parents Sueing, Fatal Accident

Undated — The parents of two children killed in 2010, in an accident where a semi truck ran a red light on U.S. Highway Two, west of Grand Forks have sued the driver and three companies, including UPS. 41 year old Kevin Boyer Jr., and 35 year old Catana Boyer, […]

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Flags Half Staff Thurs Dec 13, Spc. Orgaard’s Funeral

 The funeral for 20-year-old Spc. Tyler Orgaard, of Bismarck, is Thursday Dec. 13, 2012, inthat city.      Orgaard’s body was brought to Bismarck on Monday and turned over to family.      Orgarrd and Sgt.  1st Class Darren Linde, of Devils Lake, members of the Williston-based 818th Engineer Company, died in a roadside […]

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3 Of 5 Boys Caught, Escaped From YCC

 MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have captured three of five boys who escaped from the Youth Correctional Center at Mandan after assaulting a correctional officer.      The  three boys were captured after they crashed a minivan in south Fargo.      Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Fischer says that a vehicle stolen from […]

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Singer Jenni Rivera Dies In Plane Crash

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP)  — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash, December 9, 2012 in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team […]

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Phishing Scam Circulating

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a so-called phishing scam is circulating around North Dakota.        Stenehjem says the Consumer Protection Division has received several reports about recorded telephone messages on supposed problems with a person’s bank account or credit card. The scam artist then asks […]

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S.D. Interstates, Reopened

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota transportation officials have reopened all stretches of Interstates 90 and 29 that were closed due to a weekend snow storm.      The last closed stretch, on I-29 between Watertown and Sioux Falls, reopened Monday morning.      The storm dumped more than a foot […]

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Walck Arrested, In Bismarck

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Dec 5, 2012) – Police in Bismarck have arrested an Idaho kidnapping suspect after the man allegedly pulled a gun on a truck driver and then fled to a nearby trailer park.        Bismarck Police Sgt. Mark Buschena says 57-year-old Mitchell Lee Walck was arrested shortly […]

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Dalrymple 2-Year Budget, Tax Cuts, Dem. Response

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) –  North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple is recommending a $12.8 billion, two-year budget to the Legislature.        His blueprint includes big spending increases for public works, local schools and North Dakota’s university system.        It provides slight reductions for North Dakota’s income taxes on corporations […]