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Union Says Layoffs Likely At Bobcat, Company Refutes

A union leader says layoffs are likely at Bobcat Manufacturing plants in North Dakota and Minnesota, a claim the company disputes

September 27, 2023

Site Staff,

GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A union leader says layoffs are likely at Bobcat Manufacturing plants in North Dakota and Minnesota, a claim the company disputes. The President of Local 560 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers told KFGO News Tuesday night that the company has informed the union that it has received approval to build a manufacturing…

Motorcycle driver injured, arrested for DUI after Sargent County crash

September 4, 2023

Alison Voorhees,

GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR) — A motorcycle driver is injured and arrested for a DUI after rolling his bike early this morning. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after midnight in Sargent County, one mile east of Gwinner Fifty-three-year-old Cameron Qualley was traveling north on State Highway 32 when he ran a stop sign at the intersection with…

Union Workers Approve New 4-Year Deal With Doosan-Bobcat in Gwinner

December 13, 2022

KVRR Staff,

GWINNER, N.D. (KFGO) — Union workers at the Doosan-Bobcat plant in Gwinner, North Dakota have approved a new contract. United Steelworkers Union Local 560 representative Tom Ricker says they’ll see a pay increase of 18% over the length of the four-year deal. The company also agreed to contribute more toward monthly health insurance premiums and made vacation-time improvements. The agreement…

Woman Killed After Crashing Into Back of Semi Slowing To Turn Near Gwinner

November 1, 2021

TJ Nelson,

SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A 36-year-old woman from Milnor, North Dakota is dead after crashing into a semi near Gwinner. The crash happened around 4:30 Monday afternoon on Highway 13. Highway patrol says the semi driver had slowed to turn when the woman crashed into the rear of the rig. She was first taken by Milnor ambulance then transferred…

GoFundMe Started For Boy Hurt In Gwinner Mobile Home Fire

February 21, 2021

TJ Nelson,

GWINNER, N.D. — A fundraiser is set up for a young boy who suffered third degree burns to his face, shoulder and fingers after his grandmother’s home started on fire in Gwinner, North Dakota. 7-year-old Hunter is in a burn unit in St. Paul after the Valentine’s Day fire that destroyed Rose Peterson’s mobile home. A GoFundMe post says his…

Boy seriously burned in Gwinner mobile home fire

February 16, 2021

Jim Monk,

GWINNER, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A 7-year-old boy is in the burn unit of a St. Paul hospital following a mobile home fire in Gwinner, N.D. The blaze broke out at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Sargent County Sheriff Travis Paeper says the boy’s injuries are serious, but he has been conscious and should recover. Paeper says the boy’s grandmother, Rose Peterson,…

90-year-old Gwinner man killed in crash with semi

The name is being withheld pending family notification.

November 6, 2020

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GWINNER, N.D.–A 90-year-old Gwinner man was killed during a collision with a semi Thursday evening. The collision occurred at the intersection of Hwy 13 and 32 at approximately 6:45 p.m. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 90-year-old man had stopped at a stop sign, but then failed to yield when making a left turn. The semi attempted to swerve,…

Union Leader For Bobcat Calling For Shutdown After 2nd Employee Says They Have COVID-19

Wilkinson worries that workers coming Sunday night could spread the disease further

April 26, 2020

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GWINNER, N.D. — Union Leader Will Wilkinson is calling for Doosan Bobcat to shut down it’s Gwinner plant after he says a 2nd employee called saying they had tested positive for COVID-19. He says this employee had worked close with another employee who has the virus and had been at work for multiple days this week. Wilkinson is asking…

Gwinner, ND – Town of the Week 4-9-19

April 9, 2019

Max Mueller,

Gwinner defeated Fertile to win Town of the Week. Go Bobcats!! Categories: Town Of The Week Tags: GWINNER, TOWN OF THE WEEK

Bismarck Bobcat Workers Vote Against Unionizing

The vote last week failed by a 2-to-1 margin

January 18, 2018

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. — Workers at the Bobcat manufacturing facility in Bismarck have voted against joining a union. The vote last week failed by a 2-to-1 margin. Larry Johnson, a union member who works at Bobcat’s facility in Gwinner, says the push behind the campaign was to improve health and safety and to negotiate higher wages. The last time the manufacturing…