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Dust in the wind, Part II: No definitive answer on how dust might affect crops, livestock

Jonathan Ficek can’t open the windows to his house in the summer anymore, unless he wants to clean the whole thing when he gets home. “It’s almost like a fog in my yard,” the Manning-area farmer said.

Bypass area

Dickinson bypass location upsets landowners

Tom and Donna Dukart live just south of Interstate 94 on 116th Avenue Southwest, but that might change when the construction of Exit 56 begins next spring.

Fry

Faces of the Boom: Williston cop back on the beat

WILLISTON - High wages in the oil industry lured Williston police officer Caleb Fry away from his calling. “Money got the better of me,” said Fry, who left the Williston Police Department to work in the oil field.

Cops

Rookie cops in Oil Patch get 'thrown into the mix'

WILLISTON — Cops in the Oil Patch say one year of experience there is what they’d see in five years elsewhere. As North Dakota’s oil boom brings a spike in police calls to growing communities, many of the officers on the front lines are rookies in their early to mid-20s.

Wrigley

Dealing with the death penalty: Kathleen Wrigley has lived it as wife of prosecutor, sister of victim

FARGO — Many know her husband as the prosecutor of North Dakota’s only federal death penalty case, one of the most horrific crimes in this region’s history. What many don’t know is that while then-U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley was prosecuting Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. for Dru Sjodin’s abduction and murder, Kathleen Wrigley was embroiled in her own very personal death penalty ordeal.

McKenzie Kostelecky

Shortfalls and surprises

BISMARCK — One year ago, the Dickinson Trinity boys track and field team ended the first day of the Class B state track and field meet with a win in the 3,200-meter relay.

Wyatt Kainz

Dickinson freshman earns unsuspecting place at state

BISMARCK — Wyatt Kainz was nervous and jittery, but remained excited. He very well should be excited.

Madison Jahner

Dickinson High stomps Turtle Mountain

JAMESTOWN — The Dickinson softball team went into the West Region Tournament at the Hillcrest Softball Complex as the No. 2 seed after finishing the regular season at 17-4

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