show moreWilliams County cracks down on crew camps where homicides occurred
WILLISTON, N.D. – Oilfield crew camps where two homicides and a stabbing have occurred need to beef up security or be forced to shut down, according to Williams County officials. The Williams County Planning and Zoning Commission is now requiring the Capital Lodge and Wanzek camps, both near Tioga, to provide proof of their security procedures, undergo inspections and re-apply for permits to operate in six months.
Small part of South Dakota out of drought
MITCHELL, S.D. -- Recent rains have bumped about 5 percent of South Dakota out of drought conditions.
Diederich elected president of N.D. higher ed board
FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota's embattled State Board of Higher Education will soon have a new president. During a special meeting today on the North Dakota State University campus, current board President Duaine Espegard made a motion to elect current Vice President Kirsten Diederich as the next president and board member Terry Hjelmstad as the vice president.
House passes Cramer-sponsored bill to speed Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline without the president’s signature.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS: No tankers for Grand Forks Air Force Base
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Governor names new transportation director
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. Jack Dalrymple on Wednesday appointed Grant Levi as executive director of the state’s Department of Transportation.
Levi had been serving as the interim executive director since November, when he was appointed to temporarily fill the position following the retirement of Francis Ziegler.
State employees to see raise in 2013-15, but some unhappy
BISMARCK, N.D. - Mike Stebbins, a third-generation public employee and supervisor for the Department of Transportation in Underwood, watches semi-trailers fly by him on highways every day. The 57-year-old maintenance man spends his days mowing, fixing signs and plowing snow during the winter, among many other things. He loves his job, particularly plowing snow off roads. “It’s me against Mother Nature,” he said. “I’m trying to keep the roads open so people can go to grandma’s at Christmastime.”
Cattle producers should be aware of grass tetany
Sufficient rainfall (greater than average in some regions) has many North Dakota pastures set for abundant, rapid forage growth this spring.
Dickinson teachers, school board at impasse
DICKINSON, N.D. — For the first time since the 1970s, the Dickinson Public School Board and the Dickinson Education Association have come to an impasse in contract negotiations.
North Dakota governor names new director of DOT
BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple today appointed Grant Levi as executive director of the state’s Department of Transportation. Levi had been serving as the interim executive director since November 2012, when he was appointed to temporarily fill the position following the retirement of Francis Ziegler.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS: Man charged with taking inappropriate photos of children
The following North Dakota and South Dakota news briefs were compiled by Forum Communications Co. newspapers:
Autopsy shows rape suspect died of drug overdose
FARGO, N.D. -- Initial autopsy results showed a suspect in a Moorhead rape who died unexpectedly in his home here two weeks before his trial died of an accidental drug overdose, police said Tuesday.
Richard Lee Haaland Jr., 46, was found dead in his Fargo home April 16.
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