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Suit filed for manhunt costs

Fargo (CSi)    A company that was transporting an inmate, Joseph Megna, who escaped and hid for nearly a day in a North Dakota cornfield in 2011 is suing its insurance carrier for refusing to cover fines and reimbursement costs related to the escape and an ensuing manhunt. Megna took the […]

Sports State

Hill back in ring

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Five-time world champion boxer Virgil Hill is stepping into the ring for a final time.        The North Dakota boxer says he will fight Seattle boxer Roger Cantrell at the Bismarck Event Center on Feb. 28. Tickets go on sale Friday.        Hill will […]

Celebrate

Arts Center wine & cheese tasting Jan 17

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center will host the annual Wine and Cheese Tasting event, on Saturday January 17, 2015, from 7-p.m., to 9-p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Jamestown Arts Center www.jamestownarts.com Tickets are $30 per person and area available at the Arts Center, Cork & Barrel, and Arts […]

State

Drilling rig count drops

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Energy regulators say North Dakota set a new record high for the number of barrels of oil produced per day in November, but the number of rigs has since decreased.        The state produced over 1.18 million barrels a day in November, about 2,571 more […]

Jamestown

SB 2035 would provide incentives CHS plant

GRAND FORKS — A bill introduced in the North Dakota Legislature would provide incentives to construct new fertilizer or chemical processing plants in the state. The proposal, Senate Bill 2035, would exempt sales and use taxes for materials used to construct or expand a fertilizer or chemical processing facility. State […]

Sports

VCSU signs Huber

VALLEY CITY (VCSU) – Valley City State University head coach Jill DeVries announced Tuesday that Mackenzie Huber, a 6-foot-1 center, has signed a letter of intent to play women’s basketball for the Vikings next fall. Huber is currently a standout post player for the Clark/Willow Lake Cyclones (Clark, S.D.) averaging […]

State

Court hears abortion ban reinstatement arguments

ST. LOUIS (AP) – North Dakota and Arkansas have asked a federal appeals court in St. Louis to reinstate two of the nation’s most stringent abortion bans.        The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the cases Tuesday. The states want to reinstate abortion restrictions […]

Sports

Ohio St fans raucous after Buckeyes win

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State University says revelers who got into Ohio Stadium after the football team’s championship victory tore down a goal post on the south end of the field.        University spokesman Dan Hedman says the goal post was one used for high school games and […]