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BNSF coal train derails near Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. – Around 15 cars of a BNSF coal train derailed south of Bismarck. Bismarck Police, the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and Bismarck Fire Department were called out around 3:15 p.m. Sunday for the derailment near Hemlock Street. There were no reports of injuries. BNSF spokeswoman Amy Casas says railroad crews were at the scene Sunday evening and an…

West Fargo 13U team headed for Babe Ruth World Series

A local youth baseball team is betting the odds this year and making a run to be champions at the world series

WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) — The West Fargo Rattlers won the 13-year-old Midwest Plains Regional game last Sunday and today they are preparing to take a trip to Jamestown, New York to play in the Babe Ruth World Series. The Rattlers season had its ups and down from their lead pitcher suffering an elbow injury in the third game of…

UPDATE: Victims of Plane Crash in Victoria, MN Identified

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) —  A relative has identified three people killed in the fiery crash of a small plane in southeastern Minnesota as a surgeon from Omaha, Nebraska, and two of his family members from Wyoming. Jo Mertes, of Mantador, North Dakota, told the Star Tribune Sunday that her nephew, 42-year-old Jacob Mertes and his 37-year-old wife, Sara Mertes, of…

Small plane crashes into Victoria, Minnesota home

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) – Officials say a single-engine plane crashed into a Victoria, Minnesota home Saturday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was en route from Alexandria Municipal Airport to Eden Prairie’s Flying Cloud Airport when it crashed before 6 p.m. The FAA noted that it is in the early stage of its investigation but was not aware…