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Coal Conveyor that Crosses Highway to be Removed

The tube that for decades served as a landmark along the road in central North Dakota is being removed Monday.

August 12, 2019

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The huge white tube between Washburn and Underwood that once carried coal over U.S. Highway 83 is coming down. The Bismarck Tribune reports the tube that for decades served as a landmark along the road in central North Dakota is being removed Monday. It’s part of a 3-mile conveyor that the Falkirk Mining Co. installed in…

Energy Secretary Tours North Dakota’s Falkirk Coal Mine

Rick Perry praised the highly skilled workers at the mine

August 13, 2018

TJ Nelson,

UNDERWOOD, N.D. — Energy Secretary Rick Perry praised the highly skilled workers at North Dakota’s Falkirk coal mine, one of the largest surface coal mines in the country. Perry posted this picture to his Facebook page of his tour of Falkirk with Governor Doug Burgum, Senator John Hoeven and Representative Kevin Cramer. Hoeven invited the secretary to the state to…

Trump Cabinet Members Travel To North Dakota

Kirstjen Nielsen Visited Grand Forks Thursday, Rick Perry Will Be In Underwood On Monday

August 9, 2018

TJ Nelson,

Kirstjen Nielsen and Rick PerryBISMARCK, N.D. — Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to tour North Dakota’s biggest coal mine and adjacent power plant next week. Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kevin Cramer say Perry is scheduled to tour North American Coal’s Falkirk Mine and Great River Energy’s Coal Creek power station near Underwood on Monday. Perry will also participate…

Court Documents Detail Shooting Over Drug Money In Fergus Falls

Man Hired To Get The Money From The Victim Shot Himself In The Foot

November 28, 2017

TJ Nelson,

Hailey Johnson, Shaylee McCulloch, Derek KochFERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Court documents reveal a twisted tale involving guns and drugs in a shooting last Tuesday in Fergus Falls. Authorities say 35-year-old Derek Koch of Dalton, Minnesota hired David Laiz of Colorado to get $700 in drug money from the victim, who has not been named. Laiz shot the man at his…

Underwood Man Arrested for Assault on 13 Month Old Boy

Adam Sundby is facing charges after the toddler underwent emergency surgery for a brain hemorrhage

January 23, 2017

TJ Nelson,

An Underwood, Minnesota man has been arrested for assaulting a 13 month-old boy. Adam Sundby, 30, is facing charges of first-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the child was first taken to Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls and later transferred to Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. The boy underwent emergency…