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More than 400 DAPL Cases Have Been Closed

Judges from the South Central District wanted the change since no new cases have been filed
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  MORTON COUNTY, ND — The North Dakota Supreme Court has denied a petition by some judges who argued out-of-state lawyers were no longer needed to represent Dakota Access pipeline protesters. Judges from the South Central District wanted the change since no new cases have been filed. In January, the court allowed out-of-state attorneys to assist pipeline protest-related cases if…
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Grand Rapids Woman Sentenced in Decapitation Case

Greniger testified against her boyfriend, Joseph Thoresen, at his trial
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GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — A Grand Rapids woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the decapitation of a Hibbing man. Kayleene Greniger, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She admitted to decapitating 20 year-old David Haiman with a machete after her boyfriend assaulted him with a baseball bat and stabbed him near Grand Rapids….
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Police: Parents of Abandoned Sioux Falls Baby Admit They Used Drugs Night of the Incident

Police have arrested the mother, 28-year-old Mary Jennessee, and charged her with abuse or cruelty to a minor under age seven.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD — There are new developments in the case of an abandoned baby left outside a Sioux Falls church for nearly 24 hours earlier this month. The parents admit being on drugs. Police have arrested the mother, 28-year-old Mary Jennessee, and charged her with abuse or cruelty to a minor under age seven. The father of the infant…

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Authorities Identify Hawley Man After Fatal Crash in Becker County

The crash happened just before noon on Sunday
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  BECKER COUNTY, Minn. — One person was killed in a two vehicle crash in Becker County. The sheriff’s office says 68-year old Todd Mikulecky of Hawley died at the scene of the collision at the intersection of County Roads 7 and 16, about 6 miles east of Ulen. The crash happened just before noon on Sunday. Three people in…
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Rockers Melissa Etheridge, Todd Rundgren Arrested in North Dakota

Court documents show Melissa Etheridge was arrested in August in Burke County while heading from Canada into North Dakota.
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  BURKE COUNTY, ND — Two rock n’ roll stars officially have records in North Dakota after being arrested at the border with Canada for marijuana. Court documents show Melissa Etheridge was arrested in August in Burke County while heading from Canada into North Dakota. Etheridge was charged with possession of a controlled substance. People magazine reports she has pleaded…
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Need a Break at the Pump? West Fargo Church Has a Solution

The church will discount 25 cents per gallon up to 20 gallons per car
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  WEST FARGO, ND — A West Fargo church wants to give people a break at the pump. Living Hope Baptist Church is sponsoring its 6th gas buy-down event on Saturday. It’ll happen from 10 a.m. until noon at Petro Serve USA at 239 West Main Avenue in West Fargo. The church will discount 25 cents per gallon up to…

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Montevideo Police Release More Details Behind Fatal Work Accident

Fultz was pronounced dead at the scene Friday
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  MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Police say the death of an auto shop worker in Montevideo was an accident. Authorities said 55-year-old Richard Fultz was pinned between a pickup and a tool chest when the owner of Backstreet Auto accidentally stepped on the truck’s accelerator. Fultz was pronounced dead at the scene Friday. Police do not expect the shop owner will…
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Fake Money Making the Rounds in the Metro

In one case, the fake bill was exchanged in a Facebook purchase
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  FARGO, ND — Police are reminding you to check those large bills. Fake money is turning up again in the metro. Police in Moorhead and Fargo each took a report of fake money being passed on Sunday. In one case, the fake bill was exchanged in a Facebook purchase. Police said they are seeing more movie prop money being…
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Kevin Hart Making Return to Fargo

Tickets go on sale Friday morning at 10
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  FARGO, ND — Comic actor Kevin Hart is returning to Fargo next year. The Kevin Hart Irresponsible Tour comes to the Fargodome on January 19. Tickets go on sale Friday morning at 10. Hart was last in Fargo in 2015 with his What Now comedy tour. That tour sold out eight arenas including Madison Square Garden, Barclays and Prudential…
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Minnesota Man Killed in Somalia Bombing

He was applying for a job with the U.N.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history killed more than 300 people including a man from Bloomington, Minnesota. According to a GoFundMe page, Ahmed Eyow was in a hotel in Mogadishu when the bombs went off. “And he was a great father and he served his community,” said the Ahmed’s brother, Bashir Eyow. “I would like to…

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