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North DakotaGRAND FORKSNorth Dakota survives Southern Oregon 30-24
North Dakota narrowly dodged its second upset by an NAIA team this season Saturday.The Fighting Sioux, an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision team, earlier lost to Sioux Falls, the NAIA defending champion. But Saturday, the opponent was Southern Oregon, which arrived with a 2-6 record.
DICKINSONPreliminary reports: 3 ND college students drowned
Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said Friday that two of the women's bodies were found in the SUV's rear cargo area and one was found in the middle of the vehicle.
BISMARCKND oil lease auction brings record $71.6M
An auction of oil drilling rights on North Dakota state land has fetched $71.6 million, a record haul that will go mostly to benefit public schools.Oil producers and lease brokers paid an average of $1,214 an acre for almost 59,000 acres of land in 12 counties during this week's auction, state Land Department figures show. In Mountrail County, a hotbed of development of western North Dakota's Bakken oil shale, about 9,600 acres were leased for an average of $3,605 an acre.
FARGOFargo-area group narrows flood control options
A group looking at flood control options for the Fargo area is narrowing its list.The Metro Flood Study Work Group decided Thursday to eliminate the option that would include a series permanent levees and home buyouts, and focus instead on a Red River diversion plan.
DICKINSONMemorial service held for Dickinson State players
Dickinson State University officials retired the numbers of three college softball players at a packed memorial Thursday, two days after the women were found dead in their sunken vehicle in a livestock pond.The families of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar of San Diego, 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld of Brandon, Manitoba and 20-year-old Afton Williamson of Lake Elsinore, Calif. were presented with their framed softball shirts.
DICKINSONCAP official in Arizona helped ND search
The Civil Air Patrol is crediting a captain in its Arizona Wing with helping find the bodies of three North Dakota college students who died when their vehicle plunged into a pond in a pasture.The patrol says Justin Ogden, who works with cell phone forensics, pinpointed the crash site within 730 feet, helping lead local searchers there.
BISMARCKCEO: Utilities must join climate-change debate
The chief executive of a North Dakota-based electric power cooperative says utilities must be engaged in the climate-change debate and use their unified voice.Basin Electric Power Cooperative CEO Ron Harper says utilities can help develop a comprehensive plan that addresses climate change, encourages technology development and gives utilities time to develop that technology.
DICKINSONRelatives mourn at ND pond where women found dead
Teammates and family members threw roses and softballs Wednesday into the farm pond where three North Dakota college softball players were found dead inside their sunken sport utility vehicle.But there were few answers to their most troublesome questions: How did the women find themselves trapped in the water? How long did they suffer after frantically calling friends for help?
DICKINSONFamily visits pond where ND college students found
Teammates and family members threw roses and softballs Wednesday into the farm pond where three North Dakota college softball players were found dead inside their sunken sport utility vehicle.But there were few answers to their most troublesome questions: exactly how did the women find themselves trapped in the water and how long did they suffer after frantically calling friends for help?
BISMARCKMore North Dakotans report income of $1M or more
More North Dakota residents reported incomes of $1 million or more last year thanks to the state's booming oil patch.The number of people reporting income of $1 million or more increased by 18.5 percent last year, according to the state Tax Department. More than 470 people reported adjusted gross income of more than $1 million on their 2008 individual tax returns, compared to nearly 400 reporting that income on their 2007 returns, the agency said.
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