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\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Cass County sheriff’s deputy was treated for minor injuries after authorities say he was assaulted by an inmate, who also suffered minor injuries.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sheriff’s office says the inmate struck and head-butted Deputy Sean Brekke during morning cell inspections on Saturday. Brekke was able to fend off the inmate until other deputies came to his aid.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The deputy and the inmate both were treated by the on-site nursing staff.
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\u00a0WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have identified a Williston man who died in a camper fire at a truck stop near the city last week.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says the death of 23-year-old Phillip Unnerstall Jr. has been ruled accidental. The state medical examiner’s office determined that Unnerstall died of smoke inhalation.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The fire was reported shortly after 7 a.m. on March 21 near the Pilot truck stop. A Williston woman who also was in the camper was able to escape through a window. Fifty-seven-year-old Patty Fouse was treated at a hospital for undisclosed injuries and released.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sheriff’s office says the fire is believed to have been caused by a small propane heater that was being operated inside the camper.<\/p>\n
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MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) – Voters in the Mapleton School District have approved a $7.2 million bond referendum to build a new elementary school.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were two measures on the ballot Tuesday, and both passed by more than the required 60 percent. One measure raised the district’s debt limit, and the other approved the bonds.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The same referendum lost by a narrow margin last October.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The new school will replace the existing 92-year-old building, which district officials say has outdated infrastructure and doesn’t meet safety standards. Ground-breaking is expected in several months, with the new school ready by the fall of 2017.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About 85 students attend classes in Mapleton. Administrators expect enrollment to climb in coming years.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new lottery game that began in North Dakota less than two months ago has its first big winner.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The game is called Lucky for Life. State officials say a ticket that was purchased for the draw on Monday matched five numbers to win $25,000 a year for life, or a lump sum cash payment of $390,000.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ticket was sold at the Utter Stop on Highway 5 East in Belcourt. The winner has yet to come forward.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lucky for Life was launched in North Dakota on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple says he’s willing to talk to Democrats about ways to deal with the state’s projected budget shortfall, but doesn’t think a special session is necessary. Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider asked the Republican governor on Tuesday to convene a brief session that would help tackle money problems due primarily to low oil and crop prices.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved for circulation a petition to put on the ballot a measure that seeks to increase the state’s tobacco tax.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jaeger on Tuesday said the measure’s backers must gather about 13,500 qualified signatures by July 11 to put it to a statewide vote in the November general election.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Raise It For Health North Dakota coalition wants to raise the state’s 44-cent cigarette tax to $1.76 per pack.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tax on other tobacco products would increase up to 58 percent.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota ranks 47th among states in the amount of tax paid by smokers. Retailers have successfully fought off several attempts to raise the state’s tobacco tax in the past two decades. The last increase was imposed in 1993.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Mild March weather in North Dakota has been a boon for the state’s ranchers. The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop report that warm conditions during the month limited livestock losses and hay usage. Cattle, calf, sheep and lamb losses are rated mostly average to light. The condition of North Dakota’s winter wheat crop is rated 65 percent good to excellent.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) – Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes are protesting a planned pipeline to carry oil from western North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields to Illinois.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tribal officials are planning a protest ride Friday across the Standing Rock Reservation, which straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Standing Rock tribe opposes the $3.8 billion pipeline planned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners because it fears a spill could contaminate its drinking water.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Energy Transfer Partners maintains the pipeline will be a safe and cost-effective way to transport crude oil, and also will create jobs and boost the economy.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 20-mile ride will go from Fort Yates to Cannon Ball. Spokeswoman Dakota Kidder says the protest will be conducted “in a respectful manner.”<\/p>\n
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In sports…<\/p>\n
Jamestown (CSi) Hillcrest Golf Course will open for the season on Monday, April 4, 2016.<\/p>\n
All 18 holes will be open and carts will be allowed.<\/p>\n
Proshop hours are 8 a.m.-8 p.m. starting April 4.<\/p>\n
Driving range is open and Proshop hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. until April 4. Season passes, range passes and cart rental season passes are available for purchase.<\/p>\n
For more information call 252-4320.<\/p>\n
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T.V. Sports\u2026<\/p>\n
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University football games will continue to be broadcast on NBC affiliates in North Dakota.<\/p>\n
NDSU announced it has reached a three-year, $1.2 million deal with KVLY-TV, CSi 11, in Fargo and other NBC affiliates. That continues a partnership that has existed since 2007.<\/p>\n
The Bison Football Show will continue to air live statewide in North Dakota on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
All KVLY-produced games will be provided to the ESPN3 cable network for national coverage.<\/p>\n
NDSU is the five-time defending champion in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision.<\/p>\n
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Two schools from southeastern North Dakota took top honors in the recent National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About 530 archers competed in the event earlier this month in Minot. The state Game and Fish Department reports that Hankinson claimed top honors in the elementary and middle school divisions. North Sargent took first place in the high school division.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overall individual winners were Spencer Brockman of North Sargent and Kate Loewen of Hankinson.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winning teams and the top 10 individuals qualify for the national tournament in May in Louisville, Kentucky. Game and Fish and the North Dakota Youth Archery Advisory Council help fund the trip. The council also provides college scholarships to top archers.<\/p>\n
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Vikings stadium…<\/p>\n
\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The purple seats are in at the Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium. Construction of the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis has reached another milestone. Irwin Seating Company has installed more than 58,000 fixed seats and nearly 6,000 retractable seats. The closest seats will be just 41 feet from the sideline.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Jared Spurgeon, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter scored in the third period to lift surging Minnesota to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Marian Hossa had the goal for Chicago. The Blackhawks played without their two top defensemen. Jarret Stoll scored with the first on-target shot of the night for the Wild.
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\u00a0NEW YORK (AP)- It’s Valparaiso (val-pur-AY’-zoh) against George Washington in Thursday’s NIT final. Dave Skara came off the bench to score a season-high 15 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in Valpo’s 72-70 win over BYU. George Washington beat San Diego State 65-46 behind Tyler Cavanaugh’s 20 points and 11 rebounds in the other semifinal.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNDATED (AP)- College basketball is losing two of its brightest stars from the NCAA tournament. Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. and Demetrius Jackson, who helped Notre Dame advance to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in back-to-back seasons for the first time in 37 years, are entering the NBA draft.<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNDATED (AP) – The Associated Press has announced its 2015-16 All-America team. Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine and Buddy Hield (HEELD) of Oklahoma were unanimous picks, having been chosen on every first-team ballot from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly poll.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tyler Ulis of Kentucky was next with 43 first-team votes, while Brice Johnson of North Carolina received 39 and Malcolm Brogdon of Virginia had 36.
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The United States men’s soccer team is still alive for the 2018 World Cup.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Americans routed Guatemala 4-0 in a must-win game for Team USA in World Cup qualifying after their embarrassing 2-0 loss in Guatemala last Friday.<\/p>\n
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OLYMPICS…<\/p>\n
\u00a0Chris Paul won’t play for the U.S. basketball team in this summer’s Olympics, passing up a chance for a third gold medal. Paul played for the U.S. in 2008 and 2012 and could have joined LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in trying to become the first players to win three Olympic basketball gold medals.<\/p>\n
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In world and national news…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. is trying to lend optimism to allies in Eastern Europe who are increasingly concerned about a more aggressive Russia. The Army plans to announce today the deployment of an armored combat brigade along with their equipment to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to rotate troops in and out of the region. Training equipment pre-positioned in the region would be removed and refurbished.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – As of now, no one can mistake the three Republican presidential candidates for members of a mutual admiration society. All now say they won’t commit to support whoever the party chooses as its standard-bearer in the fall campaign. That contradicts the stance that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich took early in the campaign.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LONDON (AP) – Economic confidence in the Eurozone has hit a 13-month low. A survey from the European Union’s executive arm finds its economic sentiment indicator fell 0.9 points to 103.0 in March. That was a bigger fall than anticipated and has reinforced worries that the economic recovery is losing pace. Lowered confidence is everywhere, with Italy and France faring especially badly. Germany, the region’s biggest economy, held up better.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ISLAMABAD (AP) – Nearly 7,000 Pakistani security forces are awaiting a government order to move in on hundreds of radical Islamists rallying outside the parliament building in Islamabad. The protesters have been warned that the government will use force if they don’t go quietly. They’re upset that a man was hanged for killing a secular governor and they want the government to impose Sharia (shah-REE’-yuh), or strict Islamic law. The government is ignoring the demands.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PARIS (AP) – A recent international crackdown on a multi-billion dollar criminal industry is giving up some stomach-churning results. A statement today by Interpol says that roughly 11,000 U.S. tons of toxic and counterfeit food has been recovered across 57 countries the past three months — a record. A sampling includes Italian olives painted with copper sulphate solution, Sudanese sugar tainted with fertilizer, and hundreds of thousands of gallons of bogus alcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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