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01/07/2009
Walaker says city would be foolish not to 'go for it'
FARGO, N.D. — The city of Fargo hopes to get a share of the proposed federal stimulus packaged aimed at jump starting the nation's economy.
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01/07/2009
Talks will soon turn to how to deal with state's looming $4.85 billion budget defecit
ST. PAUL – The smiles and “Happy New Year” salutations of Tuesday’s Minnesota legislative session opening day soon will turn into serious faces and money talk as legislators begin grappling with a $4.85 billion deficit.
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01/07/2009
6 inches or more of snow could fall
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Another fast-moving storm system is expected to move across central North Dakota and into west-central Minnesota Thursday and Friday, bringing the potential for 6 or more inches of snow, the National Weather Service said this morning.
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01/07/2009
ND governer pushes for property tax relief, school funding packages in State of the State Address
BISMARCK – With the national recession’s clouds starting to creep into the North Dakota atmosphere, Gov. John Hoeven told lawmakers Tuesday not to pull back now.
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01/07/2009
Convicted felon committed another felony by voting
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The way Eric Stephen Willems voted was a crime.
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01/07/2009
Storm could bring another 6 inches of snow
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The National Weather Service here has issued another storm watch for Thursday night to Friday afternoon from from Devils Lake to New Rockford to Fargo to Grand Forks.
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01/07/2009
Five living presidents gather for historic meeting
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as extraordinary today, while President George W. Bush wished him well and pledged that the office "transcends the individual."
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01/07/2009
Sides' agreement expired Dec. 31
DirecTV customers in the Fargo area may not receive KXJB-TV programming after midnight Thursday unless the two sides reach a retransmission agreement before that time.
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01/07/2009
The death of a 21-year-old Naytahwaush, Minn., woman who was found dead Friday after leaving a New Year’s Eve party, has been ruled accidental, the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office said.
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01/07/2009
Rooms won't be done dirt cheap night of highly anticipated rock show
Concert tickets won’t be the only scarce commodity when Australian rock band AC/DC plays here next week. Hotel rooms are also tough to find.
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Shaded shapesShadows, snow and a series of fences surrounding the Mickelson softball complex in north Fargo combine for an array of geometric patterns Tuesday. Ann Arbor Miller / The Forum
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01/07/2009
The League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley will host an informational meeting about child care from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Fargo Sons of Norway.
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01/07/2009
Firefighters braved the cold late Monday night while battling a blaze that damaged a Moorhead mobile home. No one was injured.
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01/07/2009
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota has gone to court to seek a refund of more than $1.8 million in taxes paid by the university and its medical school residents.
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01/07/2009
Education Week says ND, Minn. need improvement
North Dakota and Minnesota received their report cards Tuesday, showing not much improvement, if any, in K-12 education since last year.
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Surveying the snow-scapeSometimes a huge mound of snow is so grand that it simply demands a homemade sign. The Stroup family appears to have laid claim to this mound in a north Fargo parking lot. Ann Arbor Miller / The Forum
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01/07/2009
The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into whether the Grand Forks police violated the civil rights of a man who officers forced to stand in the cold with no jacket, hat or gloves during a traffic stop.
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01/07/2009
As expected, courts will decide resolution to Minnesota's U.S. Senate race
ST. PAUL – Al Franken entered halftime of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race in the lead, but Norm Coleman is hoping for a come-from-behind victory.
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01/07/2009
Wind turbine blade maker LM Glasfiber announced layoffs in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday, but officials said for now the nearly 900 employees in its Grand Forks, N.D., facility are safe.
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01/07/2009
Man faces felony robbery charge
A 24-year-old man accused of robbing a credit union here last month sent a text message to his girlfriend confessing to the crime as police were interviewing her, court documents state.
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| Moorhead power plant |
01/07/2009
David Fitzgerald and Lisa Faulkner left Fargo three months ago and moved into a home on Elm Street in south Moorhead.
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01/07/2009
Women's SUV, other vehicle struck truck on darkened road
A Walcott, N.D., man is charged with negligent homicide for the death of a 72-year-old woman who was killed July 25 when her SUV struck the tires of a combine being hauled across a bridge near Blanchard.
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Carpet for a causeA window at Habitat ReStore in north Moorhead gets a new message on Tuesday thanks to the efforts of volunteer Jennifer Stenberg. Proceeds from the building supply store support the construction of Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity homes in Cass and Clay counties. Stenberg said she spends about 20 hours each week volunteering at the store. Ann Arbor Miller / The Forum
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01/07/2009
The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department will conduct a snowmobile enforcement checkpoint Saturday somewhere along the state snowmobile trail in Ransom County.
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01/07/2009
A woman sleeping with a shotgun in bed rolled over on it, discharging the gun and sending a pellet through the wall and into the headboard of her neighbor’s bed, Fargo police say.
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01/07/2009
Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Szymanski will be the featured speaker at an American Association of University Women brunch on Saturday.
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01/07/2009
Officer helped bring defendants in federal drug-trafficking investigation to justice
When Chuck Anderson heard that a suspect in a drug-related murder planned to visit an inmate at the Clay County Jail, the detective with the Clay County Sheriff’s Department watched and waited.
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01/07/2009
Several phone calls and e-mails have come into the weather center asking why the sunset times have increased by nearly 20 minutes, yet the sunrise times have been static since the winter solstice.
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