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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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