Author: TJ Nelson
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Fired Veterans Affairs Secretary Lands Job With Sanford Health

David Shulkin will become Sanford's chief innovation officer
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Veterans Affairs Secretary fired by President Trump in March has landed a job with Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health. David Shulkin will become Sanford’s chief innovation officer. He will work on proposals to advance research and be a director on Sanford’s International Board. President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft says Shulkin is one of the most talented health…
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Police: Woman At Center Of Gun Incident Was Agitated, Hurt Face On Hospital Bed

Jennifer Thomas was Arrested Sunday At Buffalo Wild Wings In moorhead
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MOORHEAD, Minn. — A woman arrested for a gun incident at Buffalo Wild Wings in Moorhead on Sunday was agitated according to police and that is how she got hurt. They say Jennifer Thomas spit in the face of an officer while being put into the squad car. They put a spit mask on her. Before she could be taken to…
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Barnes County Inmate Walks Away While On Work Release

Michael Dickinson Hasn't Been Seen Since Sunday Evening
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VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Barnes County officials are asking for the public’s help in finding an inmate who walked away while on work release. Michael Dickinson did not return to the Barnes County Corrections Facility in Valley City after his scheduled work release on Sunday at 9 p.m. Dickinson is described as a 6’02’’ white male, 190 pounds with gray…
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Work Begins To Install Artificial Turf Field At Fargo South High School

The turf is being paid for thanks to a generous and anonymous $1.2 million donation
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FARGO, N.D. — Fargo South becomes the first public school in Fargo to get an artificial turf field. Work started in August and the turf is now being installed. It was manufactured in Georgia. The turf is being paid for thanks to a generous and anonymous $1.2 million donation. Until the field is finished, the Bruins football and boys soccer teams…
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Farmers And Ranchers Head To D.C. To Push For Action On New Farm Bill

National Farmers Union's Legislative Fly-In, September 12-14
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BISMARCK, N.D. — More than 100 North Dakotans will be in Washington, D.C., this week to draw attention to the farm bill. The delegation is part of 350 family farmers and ranchers from across the country that will be participating in National Farmers Union’s Legislative Fly-In, September 12-14. They will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and Trump administration officials talk…
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Community Center In Pingree Destroyed By Fire

Authorities say the building that burned Sunday evening was nearly 90 years old
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Courtesy: Trish ThomasPINGREE, N.D. — Fire has destroyed the historic community center in Pingree, North Dakota, north of Jamestown. Authorities say the building that burned Sunday evening was nearly 90 years old. At one time it had been used as a school gymnasium before it became the community center. Troy Thomas says he had been in the building before it caught…
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Driver Of Crashed Hot Tar Tanker Passes Away

North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the victim as 21-year-old Bradley Jackson of Woodlands, Manitoba
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GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — The driver of a semi that crashed and spilled a load of hot tar has died of his injuries. North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified the victim as 21-year-old Bradley Jackson of Woodlands, Manitoba. Jackson’s tanker truck left Grand Forks County Road 7 near Thompson last Wednesday and tipped over, spilling 6,000 gallons of hot tar….
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Website Lists World War One Centennial Events In North Dakota

1,300 North Dakotans died in the war, names will be read aloud
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BISMARCK, N.D. — Events are being planned across North Dakota as the centennial of the end of World War One approaches. Darrell Dorgan is heading up the committee. He wants to know about the community events already being planned so they can be included on a website. The committee also is asking county veterans services officers and local veterans organizations…
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CDC: Measles Case Testing In Burleigh County Comes Back Negative

North Dakota Department of Health has determined that the threat of measles for this specific situation to be over
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BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota does not have its first case of measles since 2011 after all. After subsequent testing, the C-D-C found the individual believed to have measles in Burleigh County actually does not have measles. The North Dakota Department of Health has determined that the threat of measles for this specific situation to be over. The last case…
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Block 9 Groundbreaking Set For Next Week For $117 Million Project

The 18-story high-rise Will Change The Skyline Of Downtown Fargo
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FARGO, N.D. — A groundbreaking is set and prep work is starting this week on the Block 9 tower project in downtown Fargo. The groundbreaking will be held next Wednesday. McGough Construction Company says a construction perimeter will be in place on the corner of Broadway and 2nd Avenue North. The arrival of several large cranes will be moving onto…

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