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Hazmat team from Grand Forks heads to Heimdal
GRAND FORKS (KFGO-AM) -- A Hazmat team from the Grand Forks Fire Department is on the scene of that oil train derailment and fire in Wells County. Â Battalion Chief Mike Sandry says the Grand Forks team...
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Heimdal resident recounts oil train derailment and fire
HEIMDAL, N.D. (AP) - The Heimdal resident who alerted authorities to a BNSF Railway oil train derailment and fire in Wells County says he did so in his underwear and with shaving cream on his...
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EPA to investigate site of Wells County oil train derailment
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is sending someone to the site of an oil train derailment and fire in Wells County to gauge any contamination to waterways in the vicinity of...
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Official: 'Significant' 63K-gallon brine spill reaches lake
POWERS LAKE, N.D. (AP) - A state Department of Health official says about 63,000 gallons of saltwater have leaked from a pipeline in northwest North Dakota and that some has reached a lake via a...
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School administrator in Sawyer faces felony child sex crimes
SAWYER, N.D. (AP) - Bond has been set at $250,000 for the superintendent and high school principal in Sawyer accused of felony sex crimes involving a 15-year-old boy.Fifty-year-old Charles Soper is...
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Autopsy shows that UND student died from fentanyl overdose
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - An autopsy shows that a University of North Dakota student who was found unresponsive in a home near campus last month died from an overdose of powdered fentanyl.Twenty-two-year-old...
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Supreme Court: Warrantless drug-sniffing dogs OK in condos
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Supreme Court says it's OK for police to bring drug-sniffing dogs into privately owned condominiums without a warrant.The opinion posted last week rejected an appeal...
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First court appearance for North Dakota man charged with attacking Detroit...
DETROIT LAKES (KFGO-AM) - A judge has set bond at $50,000 for a North Dakota man accused of assaulting a Detroit Lakes police officer.Anthony Lee Lordson, 31, of Churches Ferry is charged with...
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Minnesota lawmakers says North Dakota derailment should ramp up effort to...
ST.PAUL (KFGO-AM) - DFL State Representative Paul Marquart of Dilworth says there are no promises but he think's the oil train derailment near Heimdal, North Dakota will ramp up a stalled bill that's...
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Dalrymple heads to Heimdal to survey train derailment and fire
HEIMDAL, NORTH DAKOTA (KFGO-AM) -- Governor Jack Dalrymple was in Heimdal Wednesday, surveying the scene of a train derailment and fire. No one was hurt but residents were evacuated.Dalrymple says...
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Delegation in Washington, D.C. discussing F-M diversion
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFGO-AM) -- Local leaders are in Washington, D.C. trying to advance the F-M diversion project.The delegation, including the mayors of Fargo and Moorhead, met with members of the...
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Oil cleanup underway at site of train derailment at Heimdal
HEIMDAL N.D. (AP) - BNSF Railway crews are removing the remaining oil from tank cars that derailed and caught fire near Heimdal.The six cars that burned after the Wednesday morning wreck were carrying...
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Shania Twain to play Fargodome
FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- The Fargodome has announced that country singer Shania Twain will take the stage this fall.Her "Shania Rock This Country" tour is scheduled for Sept. 21. She's played the Fargodome...
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Red River Valley Fair cancels poultry exhibit
WEST FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- There won't be any poultry at the Red River Valley Fair this summer. Assistant General Manager Jodi Buresh says they decided to cancel the exhibit because of avian influenza...
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North Dakota oil train derailment raises more questions about rail safety
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Calls are being made for more safety precautions and oversight after the fiery oil train derailment near Heimdal, North Dakota.Don Morrison with the Dakota Resource Council says...
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North Dakota deer hunting licenses lowest since 1978
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The number of deer hunting licenses being issued in North Dakota for the fall hunt is the lowest in nearly four decades.The Game and Fish Department says 43,275 licenses are being...
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Oil involved in Heimdal derailment conditioned
BISMARCK (KFGO-AM) -- The oil in rail cars that derailed and caught fire east of Heimdal, ND was in compliance with new oil conditioning regulations from the state.Allison Ritter with the Dept. of...
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Man convicted in Jamaican lottery scam
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A 25-year-old man has been found guilty in a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the country millions of dollars.Jurors in U.S. District Court in...
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For months, Fargo gang information was withheld from city hall
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Former Fargo Police Chief Keith Ternes withheld information about a recent surge in criminal gang activity from his superiors in city hall.Interim Police Chief Dave Todd tells KFGO...
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Breckenridge man charged with selling prescription drugs to SEMCA informant...
WAHPETON, ND (KVLY) - SEMCA, The Southeast Multi-County Agency Drug Task Force, continues to operate on the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton.Joshua Peterson of Breckenridge allegedly...
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