Farm Rescue

By Steve Urness NewsDakota.com

May 13

Farm Rescue founder Bill Gross said crews will be helping a farm families near Nome, Spiritwood and Valley City this week. Brand Strand had a stroke, he farms near Nome. Stan Horst broke his leg. He farms near Valley City.

He said crews will be planting for Jack and Karen Lueck near Spiritwood this week. Jack had by-pass surgery two months ago. Gross said planting for farmers near Lamoure and Ellendale is complete.

New Construction In Jamestown

By Jason Metko NewsDakota.com

May 13                               

Changes are fast occurring in the southwest part of Jamestown. Read More

Fire Deaths

By the Associated Press

May 13

Sentencing is today for Aron Nichols and Tamara Sorenson of Fargo in the deaths of a Wells County couple last spring. Nichols was convicted of murder and Sorenson, his fiancée, was convicted of being his accomplice in the deaths of 70-year old Donald Willey and his 67-year old wife, Alice.

News Headlines

The latest from the North Dakota Associated Press
 

Bismarck, ND --  Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says schools in North Dakota don't have to perform criminal background checks on employees but they can do so. Stenehjem says the law allows public an non public schools to request the criminal history of current and prospective employees as well as volunteers who have unsupervised contact with students.

Bismarck, ND --  The North Dakota Health Department and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are planning a study on nearly 700 people who eat meat from wild game harvested with lead bullets. The study will investigate whether there are any health risks for people who eat the meat.
    
Fargo, ND -- The Agriculture Department says wet weather in North Dakota hurt planting progress last week and cool weather slowed crop growth. The agency says in it's weekly crop report that emergence was behind average for all small grains.
    
Dickinson, N.D.  About 100 National Guardsmen from western North Dakota are heading to Arizona next month to help with security on the U-S Mexico border for 20 days. The soldiers are with the Williston-based 818th Engineer Company and the Dickinson-based 816th.

Enderlin, ND -- An Enderlin business has been hit by fire for the second time in less than two months. Monday afternoon's blaze at Fraedrich Transport destroyed a large pile of railroad ties. An early April fire destroyed a shop and more than a million dollars worth of equipment.

Fargo, ND -- It continues to be dry in North Dakota, despite recent moisture in some areas. The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that topsoil moisture supplies statewide are rated only 44 percent adequate to surplus.

Stutsman County Commissioners, Dale Marks and Doug Kaiser will be meeting at 7pm tonight at the 281 Stop in Pingree. They will present the Stutsman county road proposition to repair and maintain county roads that will be on the June 10 primary election ballot.  A question and answer session will follow the presentation .

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