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“This position as a regional wildlife biologist for Pheasants Forever will allow me to fulfill that goal.”

Which wouldnt be so bad, but the entire house has strep throat, sinus, ear infections....we ain't to healthy. via Bismarck Tribune

“The industry believes there's Bakken potential all the way to mid-Mercer County.”

Cathy Trampe, of Dunn Center, said she made a deal with her husband, Ernest: If they got an oil well out in one of their grazing pastures, they'd sell the cows. via Bismarck Tribune

North Dakota`s Heritage Center is going to be displaying a document that`s more than 200 years old. via KMOT-TV Minot

But the state officially has one of the 30 avalanche deaths recorded this season by the U.S. Forest Service National Avalanche Center in Ogden , Utah . via KFYR-AM Bismarck

“Ten-score and a little less than one year ago, Abraham Lincoln was born and went on to be a magnificent President, and doggone it, we`re going to celebrate it”

The Lincoln Bicentennial celebration was launched at the Heritage Center on the capitol grounds. via KMOT-TV Minot

“We do test any targeted or suspected animals throughout the year, so if you have signs consistent with the disease, you can call the Game and Fish Department”

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced samples taken from North Dakota deer, elk and moose during the 2007 hunting season have tested negative for chronic wasting disease. via Daily News

“This is good news for St. Joseph's Hospital and the community of Dickinson in the short term, but we remain focused on a long term solution that addresses the needs of both Dickinson and Richardton”

Gov. John Hoeven today announced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reopened a demonstration project so that St. via KXMB News

“It gives students an opportunity to see the classroom firsthand”

The North Dakota State College of Science campus will be host to high school students throughout the area for the annual Auto and Diesel Day Friday. via Daily News

“Some kids just don't get breakfast at home or parents can't get them up on time”

Childhood obesity is a nationwide epidemic that has been on the rise for a number of years. via Daily News

“In 2007, grant funds became available from the state in the way of technical assistance to write 10-year plans for all of the major cities.”

A series of motions enacted Tuesday will confront homelessness in Williston. Although the community is not synonymous with people living on the street, homelessness exists here, according to agencies affected. via Williston Daily Herald

“There's any number of different rock types in the Williston basin, and ... there's going to be many different attempts at trying to find the most optimum way to produce the formation, and fine-tune all of these technologies”

Six projects affecting oil production and carbon dioxide storage will get almost $1.7 million in state aid from a fund that is financed by a portion of North Dakota's oil tax collections. via Bismarck Tribune

“Anytime the pork industry is growing, expanding and utilizing our natural assets in North Dakota, such as our land base, grain and our climate, I think it's good”

Hog farmers in the Upper Midwest and Canada's prairie provinces plan to buy a majority interest in a North Dakota slaughter plant, in what one official calls a historic moment for the region's pork industry.

The Cloverdale Growers' Alliance Cooperative, a group of about 60 hog farmers in North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, has supplied the Mandan-based Cloverdale Foods Co. for the past decade. The alliance now has signed a letter of intent to buy a controlling interest in Cloverdale's Minot plant, said Dunn Center rancher Daryl Dukart. Read more

Hog farmers' co-op buying plant BISMARCK, N.D. A group of about 60 hog farmers in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota is set to buy a majority interest in a slaughtering plant in Minot , North Dakota. via KXMA-TV Dickinson

At the intersection of 26th Avenue and 11th Street, Raymundo Morales-Lucas, 36, 4009 E. 28th St., Lot 719, was cited for failure to yield right of way and no operator's license. via Columbus Telegram

“By localizing the tumor, we`re able to cone down on that area and be very precise in our treatments, rather than having to give higher doses to normal tissue”

The Bismarck Cancer Center has started using a new piece of equipment to help cancer patients, the only cancer radiation treatment machine of its kind in the region. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

“This was an amazing show. Tonight, we turned the spotlight on the terrific musical talent North Dakota has to offer”

Eight talented vocalists from across North Dakota battled it out on stage at the Alerus Center Tuesday night, Jan. via Farm & Ranch Guide

I took a break over the holidays, but Business Beat is back and we have some catching up to do. via KXMC-TV Minot