Wednesday, April 12, 2006

KFYR TV North Dakota's NBC News Leader (KFYR)

What Was in the Glen Ullin Bar? A STRANGE STORY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK. AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT EXACTLY WAS IN THE GARBAGE AT A GLEN ULLIN BAR -- THE OWNER OF JUNIOR'S BAR AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A BABY.
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Anthrax discovered in Sully County (AberdeenNews.com)

ABERDEEN, S.D. - An outbreak of anthrax has been reported in South Dakota, with the disease killing 40 buffalo and two bulls in a Sully County pasture.
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S.D. squad in 4th spot at NHSFR (Rapid City Journal)

GILLETTE, Wyo. - South Dakota's cowboys and cowgirls moved into fourth place in the overall team standings after Thursday morning's performance. The South Dakota squad has tallied 2,775 points so far at this year's finals. Texas is leading the way with 4,630 points.
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Down the Road Calendar (AberdeenNews.com)

The Beach Boys, 7 and 9 p.m., Shooting Star Casino & Hotel, Mahnomen, Minn. Tickets are $14-$40. Call 1-800-313-7469. Tim McGraw, 8 p.m., North Dakota State Fair, Minot, N.D. Call (701) 825-FAIR or visit www.ndstatefair.com.
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Gonzales Visit (KXMA-TV Dickinson)

Alberto Gonzales was in Fargo today to meet with North Dakota U-S Attorney Drew Wrigley and law enforcement officials. Gonzales says he came here to thank the North Dakota office for doing a good job, especially in high-profile cases.
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Send-Off Ceremony Planned for North Dakota Guard Members (KFYR)

The North Dakota National Guard is holding a send-off ceremony for 13 public affairs specialists who are being deployed overseas. The event at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon is for members of the 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. It will be in the Raymond J. Bohn armory in Bismarck.
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North Dakota`s Population is Increasing (KFYR)

The State Data Center says eleven North Dakota counties had population gains in 2005, and those gains combined added 369 people to North Dakota`s population.
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NORTH DAKOTA (Grand Forks Herald)

Anhydrous ammonia tank security is the subject of public meetings today in Grafton and Cavalier, N.D. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman will review the law, which requires that anhydrous ammonia tanks be secured against theft.
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Six youths become N.D. 4-H Ambassadors (Farm And Ranch Guide)

Six youths have been selected as North Dakota 4-H ambassadors. They are Heidi Jo Bassen, LaMoure County; Kyle Faught, Cass County; Laura Hall, Walsh County; Allyse Hoge, Griggs County, Paul Lukach, Cavalier County; and Courtney Wolff, Dickey County. They are among 51 4-H ambassadors in the state.
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Storms cause damage in northwestern SD (Sioux City Journal)

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- Grand Electric Cooperative said more than 500 of its customers were without power Friday after thunderstorms rolled through northwest South Dakota.
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Lakers boss bothered by N. Dakota nickname (Colorado Springs Gazette)

In the old days, Phil Jackson didn’t mind his alma mater’s nickname. He played four seasons for the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota, and it never bothered him.
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State ag research board has 2 new members (Farm And Ranch Guide)

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has approved two new members to the board that oversees agricultural research and the Extension Service at North Dakota State University.
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Man pleads innocent to failing to register as sex offender (Grand Forks Herald)

CAYUGA, N.D. - A man wanted in Texas on child indecency charges has pleaded guilty to a string of burglaries in southwest North Dakota.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

North Central Conference seeking money to affiliate with Washington schools (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

FARGO, N.D. - The North Central Conference wants to ask the NCAA to help defray the cost of a scheduling alliance with two schools in Washington state.
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Area: Seven S.D. counties to receive federal aid (AberdeenNews.com)

Federal disaster funding will be available for parts of South Dakota damaged by severe storms in June, the White House said Friday.
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Addition of slots at casino denied (AberdeenNews.com)

WATERTOWN - A proposal by the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe to expand the number of gambling machines at the Dakota Sioux Casino has been rejected by Gov. Mike Rounds.
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The Secretary announced the following Farm Bill Forum: (USDA)

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will continue his nationwide farm bill listening tour when he hosts a Farm Bill Forum in Iowa on August 11, in addition to the previously announced events in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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The Secretary announced the following Farm Bill Forum: (USDA)

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will continue his nationwide farm bill listening tour when he hosts a Farm Bill Forum in Iowa on August 11, in addition to the previously announced events in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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South Dakota Livestock Foundation starts junior points show (Tri-State Neighbor)

South Dakota youth will have another opportunity this summer to get out there and show their livestock projects.
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Citicorp Credits S. Dakota Deal of 25 Yrs. (AP via Yahoo! News)

In the early 1980s, rising inflation and a prime rate hovering around 20 percent put South Dakota's farm economy in a crisis.
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Feldner elevated to CIO in North Dakota (Government Computer News)

North Dakota Republican Gov. John Hoeven has appointed Lisa Feldner to serve as the state’s new CIO. Feldner starts her new position May 8.
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North side dump only closed temporarily (AberdeenNews.com)

Editor's note: Readers with questions of the what's-going-on-in-northeastern-South-Dakota variety called the American News Line recently. Those questions - which may have been edited - and the answers appear below.
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Texas, North Dakota men face illegal hunting charges (Plainview Daily Herald)

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Solar cars race across North America (Minnesota Public Radio)

The North American Solar Challenge is a competition among 20 solar powered cars designed by college students. The solar car race is held every two years. This year racers travel along a 2,600 mile route from Texas to Calgary Alberta. At a Fargo, ND checkpoint a car built by University of Minnesota students led the race.
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Teton Energy Announces Participation in North Dakota Bakken Oil Play (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Teton Energy Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with American Oil and Gas, Inc. to acquire a 25% working interest in approximately 45,000 net acres in the Williston Basin located in North Dakota.
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Bank of North Dakota will Pay Default Fee for New Student Loans (KFYR)

The Bank of North Dakota has announced that it will pay the one percent federal default fee for new Stafford loans. The bank will pay the fee on loans guaranteed from July 1st, 2006 through June 30th, 2007.
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Orville Joseph Laber (Salinas Californian)

Orville Joseph Laber, 84, of Salinas, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005. He was born Oct. 7, 1920, in Sykeston, North Dakota.
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Students hop, raise money for MDA (Crookston Daily Times)

Last week, 11 youngsters ranging in age from less than 2 to 12 years learned just how much they could accomplish by working together for a cause: They managed to raise more than $1,000 amongst themselves for the Muscular Dystrophy Association-Greater North Dakota Chapter.
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N.D. shelterbelts on exhibit in art museum (Grand Forks Herald)

A photographic study of land use and the changing landscape of North Dakota is the topic of "Shelterbelts," showing until Aug. 1 in the North Dakota Museum of Art.
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Subscriber Services (Grand Forks Herald)

University of California at Berkeley solar vehicle drives towards North Dakota State University on Thursday afternoon as part of the North American Solar Challenge.
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Minnesota social workers upset with North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune)

FARGO (AP) - Social workers in Minnesota's Clay County say mental health care providers in North Dakota are unethically moving patients to their state to take advantage of better public health care.
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State Fair kicks off in Minot (KXMA-TV Dickinson)

North Dakota State Fair gets under way today in Minot. State Fair Manager Jerry Iverson says it's the 40th anniversary of the fair. He says the fair features 36 rides, 610 commercial exhibits and six concerts.
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Monday, April 10, 2006

KFYR-TV North Dakota's NBC News Leader (KFYR)

The state of North Dakota is just like any other investor. It puts its money in places that can earn a good return without a lot of risk. That means the money might be invested in another state or another country.
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE MEN'S MATCH PLAY: A belated birthday present for Anderson (Grand Forks Herald)

On Thursday, Aaron Anderson celebrated his 23rd birthday by shooting a four-over-par 76 at King's Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks. That was just barely good enough - by one stroke - to make the cut for the championship flight of the North Dakota state men's match play tournament.
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Idaho murder suspect known as a good student in North Dakota (KBCI Boise)

FARGO, N.D. A North Dakota State University professor who hired Joseph Edward Duncan to work on a research project in 2001 says he was one of the better students in the department.
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South Dakota-specific and SDSU projects in the bill: (Rapid City Journal)

WASHINGTON The new agriculture spending bill passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week is important for what it contains and for what it does not contain, according to Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D.
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Enerplus Resources acquiring Lyco Energy (Oil & Gas Journal)

HOUSTON, July 22 -- Enerplus Resources Fund, Calgary, plans to acquire Lyco Energy Corp., a private oil producer operating in Montana and North Dakota, for $421 million, including assumed debt and working capital.
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FARGO: Top cop talks shop (Kansas City Star)

U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley (left) listens while U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez answers reporters questions in Wrigley's office in the Quentin N. Burdick United States Courthouse in Fargo on Thursday.
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North Dakota gets new CIO (FCW.com)

Lisa Feldner, who has been technology director for the Bismarck Public Schools for the past 15 years, was appointed North Dakota’s chief information officer by Gov. John Hoeven last week. She replaces Curt Wolfe, who retired at the end of last year. Mike Ressler has been serving as interim CIO until Feldner's appointment. In the public school system, Feldner managed the development,
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40th State Fair to offer a top stage lineup (Williston Herald)

When Jerry Iverson pays a visit to this area, you know the height of summer is closing fast, with the North Dakota State Fair waiting in the wings.
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Solar car hits major milestone (CFCN.ca)

The Soleon is back in Canada. The University of Calgary's solar car crossed the border at Emerson, Manitoba Friday afternoon. The day's journey began in Fargo, North Dakota and ended in Winnipeg.
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The Minot Daily News: Welcome to the State Fair Let's celebrate. - - Minot Daily News (Minot Daily News)

Welcome to the State Fair Let's celebrate. The 40th anniversary North Dakota State Fair officially begins today, and the lineup appears jampacked with either free or affordable events and attractions for people of all ages.
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North Dakota, South Dakota Approve Cross-Border Enrollment Plan (KELOLAND)

A new agreement between North Dakota and South Dakota will allow students from both states to attend school in the other. The two states agreed on a cross-border enrollment program for kindergarten through 12th grade students.
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Grand Forks research center cutting nine jobs (Grand Forks Herald)

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The Human Nutrition Research Center here is cutting nine jobs due to higher costs and uncertain funding, its director says. Director Gerald Combs the cuts are the results of contract adjustments with the University of North Dakota.
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North Dakota`s Budget Surplus (KFYR)

North Dakota`s treasury has a growing budget surplus, but lawmakers say a lot of the money is already spoken for. The Legislative Council recently estimated the surplus at $230 million.
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Parade biggest yet (Minot Daily News)

The North Dakota State Fair Parade will celebrate its 25th year by holding one of its biggest parades ever on Saturday morning. Beginning at 9:15 a.m. at the intersection of Burdick Expressway and Broadway, the parade will have former governor Ed Schafer as its Grand Marshal.
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What's Happening to the Pelicans? - Birding (BellaOnline)

What's Happening to the Pelicans? Last spring, 30,000 American White Pelicans migrated north to their traditional breeding grounds at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota, as they have done for decades.
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Canyon Lake earns Joplin trip (Rapid City Journal)

RAPID CITY -- Abby Jensen put on quite a performance on Thursday night as the Canyon Lake All-Stars beat the Harney All-Stars 11-0 in four innings in the championship game of the North Dakota-South Dakota Challenge Little League Softball Tournament at Rushmore Field.
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Special to the Times-Record (Valley City Times Record)

The 83rd Annual Barnes County 4-H Achievement Days were held at the North Dakota Winter Show building on July 15-16. Static exhibits were judged on Friday, July 15 and the small animal and livestock exhibits were judged on Saturday, July 16.
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Minnesota social workers upset with North Dakota (Bismarck Tribune)

FARGO (AP) - Social workers in Minnesota's Clay County say mental health care providers in North Dakota are unethically moving patients to their state to take advantage of better public health care.
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Good Fit: Spring Creek grad Torrise to play college football at North Dakota's Dickinson State (Elko Daily)

The feeling was mutual. Khris Torrise liked Dickinson State and Dickinson State liked Khris Torrise. As a result, the Spring Creek High grad will play football this fall at the NAIA school in North Dakota.
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Sunday, April 09, 2006

Fourteen northwestern school districts to share services (Grand Forks Herald)

WILLISTON, N.D. - A new education cooperative will represent about 5,000 students from 14 school districts in northwestern North Dakota. The Great North West joint powers agreement allows schools to share services without consolidating or closing.
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LOCAL UPDATE (Grand Forks Herald)

ESPN in N.D.: The ESPN crew is in town for the sports network's 50 states tour. ESPN will capture the first baseball game between North Dakota and Nebraska at 10:30 a.m. and the opening ceremonies at 2:45 pm.
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Moisturewelcome, but not the beef (Bismarck Tribune)

They are singing in the rain, but not too loudly. Farmers and ranchers in southwest North Dakota are enjoying a summer of timely rains. After years of dry conditions, the financial outlook is sunny. However, anyone working in agriculture knows conditions can change quickly.
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Team hired to scout bank site (Bismarck Tribune)

State officials are keeping their lips sealed about where the new Bank of North Dakota will be constructed, but they will hold a public forum before the site is selected.
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AP promotes N.D. native from Maddock (Grand Forks Herald)

NEW YORK - Josh Hoffner, a North Dakota native and an editor on the National Desk of The Associated Press, has been named news editor for New York City.
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Southern pros put heat on Dakotas Tour foes (AberdeenNews.com)

Two professional golfers from a southern-based tour headed north to the Dakota Tours this week to escape high temperatures, but A.J. Elgert and Dustin Wigington put some heat on the rest of the field on Friday.
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N.D. grants feedlot loans (AberdeenNews.com)

BISMARCK, N.D. - A new state feedlot loan program will help North Dakota's cattle industry compete better in national and international markets, Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson says.
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Another Derailment in Southwetsern North Dakota (KFYR)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad spokesman says there's no connection between two derailments in southwestern North Dakota over the weekend. The Saturday night derailment near Reeder involved a six cars filled with sorghum and corn. BNSF says three remained upright and no one was hurt.
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Attorney General visits North Dakota law officials (AberdeenNews.com)

FARGO, N.D. - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says the federal government can be justified in seeking the death penalty, even in states that have outlawed capital punishment.
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Minnesota social workers upset with North Dakota (KAALtv.com)

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Social workers in Clay County say mental health care providers in North Dakota are unethically moving patients to Minnesota to take advantage of better public health care.
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North Dakota senators react to Roberts nomination for high court (Grand Forks Herald)

BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad said Tuesday they would give fair consideration to President Bush's nomination of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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NORTH DAKOTA WEATHER: Storms batter Bismarck area, Hettinger (Grand Forks Herald)

Nathan Borrud and Kayla Stieg were picking up debris from broken windows and raking leaves at their trailer park in Mandan, less than a month after moving in.
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Finley commits to North Dakota for '05-'06 (OurSports Central)

Sioux Falls, SD- The Sioux Falls Stampede announced today that defenseman, Joe Finley has committed to the University of North Dakota for the upcoming 2005-06 season.
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N. Dakota, Missouri bicker over water (Duluth News Tribune)

WASHINGTON -- In a new skirmish in a long-running water war, Missouri is challenging the latest campaign by thirsty North Dakota to tap into the Missouri River.
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Storm socks North and South Dakota Thursday night (AberdeenNews.com)

Nathan Borrud and Kayla Stieg were picking up debris from broken windows and raking leaves at their trailer park, less than a month after moving in. ''It's our first home,'' Borrud said Friday. ''What a welcoming.''
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Health secretary will visit North Dakota (Grand Forks Herald)

WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has agreed to visit North Dakota to discuss the new Medicare prescription drug program, Sen. Kent Conrad said Wednesday.
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NORTH DAKOTA ROUNDUP (Grand Forks Herald)

The number of whooping cough cases in North Dakota so far this year is low compared to the previous two years, a state health official says. Only 10 cases have been reported throughout the state, compared with 45 at the same time last year, said Molly Sander, immunization surveillance coordinator for the state Health Department.
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Texas, North Dakota men face illegal hunting charges (Austin American-Statesman)

PIERRE, S.D. — Two Texas hunting guides and three North Dakotans have been indicted on federal charges of illegally helping clients shoot deer on an Indian reservation that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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North Dakota turns the corner on net migration (Bismarck Tribune)

Following years of declining population, Office of Management and Budget director Pam Sharp points to indications that North Dakota has turned the corner on net migration.
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North Dakota, Texas men face federal wildlife charges (Bismarck Tribune)

3:46 p.m. - PIERRE, S.D. -- Three North Dakota men, including Sheldon Schlecht, and two Texas hunting guides have been indicted on federal charges of illegally helping clients shoot deer on an Indian reservation that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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Saturday, April 08, 2006

Dorgan hopes federal funding for vets health gives proposed VA clinics in North Dakota a boost (Grand Forks Herald)

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., says he hopes plans to open new veterans health clinics in Grand Forks, Devils Lake and three other North Dakota communities will get a boost from a $23.2 billion vets health care bill approved today by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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From North Pole to North Dakota, ESPN anchor excited about Oakes (AberdeenNews.com)

While Oakes residents were busy shining their North Dakota town Wednesday, the man lifting them into the national spotlight was at the North Pole. "It was a neat experience to be at the North Pole," said ESPN SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy, who will be broadcasting from Oakes on Saturday.
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North Dakota State Fair celebrates 40 years (Grand Forks Herald)

MINOT, N.D. - North Dakota's State Fair is turning 40, and manager Jerry Iverson sees improvement with age. "This will be the best fair we have ever had, as far as what the people will be able to do and see," said Iverson, who has managed the fair for the past 30 years.
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NORTH DAKOTA: Bush declares disaster in 20 North Dakota counties (Grand Forks Herald)

WASHINGTON - President Bush has issued a federal disaster declaration for 20 North Dakota counties and two Indian reservations that have been hit hard by storms and flooding.
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Cattle Group Sees Its Influence Grow (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Two years ago, R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America was a tiny cattlemen's group, written off in some quarters as fringe and radical, focused on what many in the industry considered a nonissue -- Canadian beef imports.
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Chase Lake sees mysterious exodus; Bitter Lake birds mostly healthy (AberdeenNews.com)

The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of thousands of young white pelicans at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in central North Dakota, a year after thousands of adult birds abruptly left the refuge.
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Officials probe deaths of thousands of pelicans (Casper Star-Tribune)

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of thousands of young white pelicans at a wildlife refuge in central North Dakota, a year after thousands of adult birds abruptly left the same location.
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Pentagon Tries to Prevent Base Changes (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)

Pentagon officials sought Monday to dissuade a commission from changing any part of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's sweeping proposal to close or downsize military bases.
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Pentagon tries to prevent panel from changing Rumsfeld's base-closing plan (Winston-Salem Journal)

Pentagon officials sought Monday to dissuade a commission from changing any part of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's sweeping proposal to close or downsize military bases.
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Ramaeker to play for North Dakota State (Dunn County News)

Menomonie High School senior Alison Ramaeker has decided to continue her education and play soccer at North Dakota State University in the fall of 2006 NDSU head coach Pete Cuadrado announced recently.
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NORTH DAKOTA: Espegard plans to run again for N.D. Senate (Grand Forks Herald)

Sen. Duaine C. Espegard, R-District 43, has announced that he will seek re-election to the North Dakota seat he has held since 2001. He serves on the Industry, Business and Labor Committee and is vice chair of the Transportation Committee.
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NORTH DAKOTA: Bismarck school official is hired as state's new technology director (Grand Forks Herald)

BISMARCK- The technology director for Bismarck's public schools has been hired as North Dakota government's chief information officer, which oversees the computer and telephone networks of most state agencies.
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More cattle anthrax cases in southeastern ND (Grand Forks Herald)

BISMARCK, N.D. - A spreading anthrax outbreak has killed about 40 cattle so far in southeastern North Dakota, and state animal health officials say ranchers should consider vaccinating their herds.
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More cattle anthrax cases in southeastern ND (Grand Forks Herald)

BISMARCK, N.D. - A spreading anthrax outbreak has killed about 40 cattle so far in southeastern