Author: TJ Nelson
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Air Force Secretary To Visit Grand Sky On Monday

Heather Wilson will be there to witness General Atomics first UAS beyond visual line of sight flight
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is stopping in Grand Forks on Monday. Senator John Hoeven will host the secretary at Grand Sky, North Dakota’s unmanned aerial systems research and development park. Wilson will be there to witness General Atomics first UAS beyond visual line of sight flight. The FAA has approved a two-year certificate of authorization…
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Summer Break Is About Over For Area School Children

Fargo Public Schools Go Back Into Session On August 23
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FARGO, N.D. — Sad news kids living in Fargo: summer is over! Classes resume on Thursday at all Fargo Public Schools. West Fargo kids will have another week of vacation since school there begins on Tuesday, August 28. In Grand Forks, the first day of classes for K-9 is Monday, August 27. Ten thru 12th grade will begin school the…
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Otter Tail County Man Found Not Guilty Of Assaulting Baby

Adam Sundby Was Accused of shaking a 13-month-old baby, causing a brain hemorrhage
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FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Otter Tail County Attorney Michelle Eldien says she’s devastated by the “not guilty” verdicts handed down by a jury in the trial of Adam Sundby. The 31-year-old Sundby was charged with first-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child. He was accused of shaking a 13-month-old baby, causing a brain hemorrhage. At one time, the baby…
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Medical Marijuana Coming To Fargo And Bismarck First

State voters approved medical marijuana in November 2016
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BISMARCK, N.D. — Medical marijuana should be available by the end of the year in Fargo and Bismarck. That is the goal of the North Dakota Health Department. Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl says dispensaries in Fargo and Bismarck potentially could be operating by the end of the year. But it isn’t known yet how soon the manufacturing facilities…
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President Trump Nominates Drew Wrigley As U.S. Attorney for North Dakota

Christopher Myers has served as acting and interim U.S. Attorney since March of 2015
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FARGO, N.D. — President Donald Trump has nominated former Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley to serve as the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota. It’s a role Wrigley served in from 2001 to 2009 before serving as lieutenant governor with Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Wrigley’s highest profile case was the 2003 murder of UND student Dru Sjodin of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. The 2006…
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Human Case of West Nile Reported In Grand Forks County

North Dakota Has 38 Human Cases in 2018
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GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — A human West Nile case has been reported in Grand Forks County. The North Dakota Department of Health could not release any details about the person who was infected. It is the first report of human West Nile in the county this year. There have been 38 human West Nile cases and no deaths reported…
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Commerce Secretary To Visit Fargo Next Week

Wilbur Ross Will talk about the president's trade policies
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FARGO, N.D. — Another one of President Trump’s cabinet members is coming to North Dakota. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is scheduled to visit Fargo next Thursday to talk about the president’s trade policies that have led to tariffs on steel, aluminum and soybeans. Rep. Kevin Cramer will host Ross and says he will meet with farmers and business leaders. Cramer…
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North Dakota’s Democratic Senator Meets With Supreme Court Nominee

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Sen. Joe Donnelly were the second and third Democrats to meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh & Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)WASHINGTON, D.C. —  President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee was back on Capitol Hill to meet with senators including Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Heitkamp and Sen. Joe Donnelly were the second and third Democrats to meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh after Sen. Joe Manchin sat down with him in July. All three are facing…
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Man Involved In Deadly Bar Fight To Be Sentenced Thursday

Darren Patterson pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in June
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Darren PattersonFARGO, N.D. — The man who pleaded guilty in the death of a man he punched out will be sentenced Thursday. Darren Patterson pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in June. Prosecutors say in May 2017 Patterson got into a brawl with James Grant, his brother Jeffery and Christopher Sang after the men were kicked out of the HoDo. Court…
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911 Outage Caused By Human Error

CenturyLink says that an employee of West Safety Services made a mistake
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The more than hour long 911 outage two weeks ago in Minnesota, North Dakota, and North Carolina was the result of human error. CenturyLink says that an employee of West Safety Services made a mistake while making a network configuration change. The error prevented 911 calls from being accepted in Minnesota, North Dakota and North Carolina….

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