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Stenehjem: Burgum overstepped veto authority

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — ND Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says Gov. Doug Burgum overstepped his authority on some vetoes he issued after the Legislature adjourned. The state Constitution gives the governor power to veto provisions in a spending bill without rejecting the entire measure. Republican House Majority Leader Al Carlson […]

Sports

Social media campaign to restore former UND logo

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) —  A man who is helping lead a social media campaign in support of restoring the University of North Dakota’s retired Fighting Sioux nickname says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in another case offers hope. Justices ruled the government can’t refuse to register trademarks considered offensive […]

Obits

Eugene Lyle Komrosky – June 16, 2017

Eugene Lyle Komrosky, age 82, was called home by the Lord to the glory of heaven on Friday, June 16, 2017. He passed peacefully in his sleep at the Sheyenne Care Center in Valley City, ND following a brief illness with lung cancer. Gene was born on September 11, 1934 […]

Sports

Breeding duck numbers drop

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota has dropped below 3 million for the first time in nearly a quarter century. A state Game and Fish Department survey that gives hunters their first glimpse of how duck numbers might shape up for the fall hunt […]

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Van Semi crash west of Carrington injures one

Carrington (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a man has been charged with a DUI following a two-vehicle crash between a van and semi Sunday evening about 7:20-p.m., on Highway 52, two miles west of Carrington. Sgt. Benjamin Kenelly reports  both vehicles were eastbound on Highway 52 when the […]

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Farmers Union encourages attendance NDSP meetings

Jamestown  (CSi)  North Dakota Farmers Union is encouraging farmers to attend upcoming investor meetings for a soybean crushing facility and refinery that will be located near Spiritwood. The North Dakota Soybean Processors’ (NDSP) project will utilize 125,000 bushels of soybeans per day once completed.   NDFU President, Mark Watne says, […]

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ND average gas prices drop last week

North Dakota  (CSi) June 19, 2017 – Average retail gasoline prices in ND have fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.29/gal Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.4 cents per […]

Jamestown

Corps begins Pipestem releases

Omaha   (CSi)  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports that Pipestem Dam releases have begun in order to evacuate flood storage as outlined in the water control manual.  Releases are currently set at 125 cubic feet per second (cfs). Jamestown Dam releases are set to match the inflow of the […]

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Numerous injuries, Sun, crash near Hope. ND

Hope  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports numerous injuries in a two vehicle crash Sunday about 2:08 p.m., at the intersection of Highways 32 and 38, three miles west of Hope North Dakota. Sgt Ben Kennelly says, a 2015 Toyota Rav 4, operated by 29 year old Nicolas Pietron […]

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Motorcycle crash Sat., north of Oriska

Oriska  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a 40 year old  Page,  man was  injured Saturday just after 11-a.m., on a curve while riding  his 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Highway 32  thee miles north of Oriska. The report says Danny Lindseth was  southbound when he failed to negotiate a curve  entering the east […]