Stark County News

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said Friday that two of the women's bodies were found in the SUV's rear cargo area and one was found in the middle of the vehicle.

Eds: APNewsNow. Moving on general news and sports services. Dickinson , N.D. The Stark County sheriff says preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death of three college softball players whose sport utility vehicle went into a livestock pond in southwestern North Dakota .

Three college softball players found dead after their sport utility vehicle went into a pond on a North Dakota farm during a stargazing trip likely drove straight into the water in the dark, authoriti... Three college softball players found dead after their sport utility vehicle went into a pond on a North Dakota farm during a stargazing trip ...

STARK COUNTY SHERIFF CLARENCE TUHY SAID TODAY THAT THE WOMEN'S SUV WAS FOUND RESTING ON ITS WHEELS IN ABOUT 10 FEET OF WATER HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS, WITH THE DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED.

Dickinson police are searching for three missing women. Authorities have three planes in the air to search for the women.

Authorities have been searching southwestern North Dakota for three members of the Dickinson State softball team after a friend of the women reported getting a call from them asking for help.

Airline stocks gained in trading Thursday with the broader market, which was driven by fresh news that the economy is starting to grow.

Opponents of a coal drying plant in southwestern North Dakota say they are suing to overturn a zoning change for the plant.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press Dickinson , N.D. The Stark County Commission has approved a rezoning and special use permit for a coal drying plant, repeating an action it took last year.

The Stark County Commission has approved a rezoning and special use permit for a coal drying plant, repeating an action it took last year.

ASHTON MINK AND JOSHUA SOUTHWICK WERE FLEEING FROM AN ALABAMA PRISON BREAK WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT AFTER A 14-HOUR STANDOFF.

NDRanch Standoff, 1st Ld,0153 4 ordered to stand trial in June ND shootout Eds: UPDATES with 4 pleading not guilty; APNewsNow; Will be led.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: DICKINSON DROWNING 3-year-old boy drowns in Dickinson lake DICKINSON, N.D. A 3-year-old boy drowned over the weekend during a family outing at Patterson Lake in Dickinson.

A Dickinson toddler drowned near his home in Patterson Lake in West Dickinson yesterday.

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy says if there`s ever been an opportunity knocking, it`s right now.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: Bobcat -CUTS-CITY REAX Bobcat shutdown bursts Bismarck 's 'golden bubble' BISMARCK, N.D. Economic development officials say Bobcat Co.'s decision to shut its Bismarck manufacturing plant will take some of the glow from the city's growth.

STARK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY TOM HENNING SAYS HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE JUDGE WOULD SET BOND SO LOW WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO CHARGE JAMIE OSBORN WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THAT CASE.

THE REVISED ORDINANCE THAT IS TO GO BEFORE THE STARK COUNTY COMMISSION ON SEPT. 1 WOULD REQUIRE ONLY THE NOTIFICATION OF ALL LANDOWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF SUCH CHANGES.

More than 7,000 people in North Dakota have applied for federal disaster aid as they recover from months of flooding, a tornado and other severe weather, officials say.

There is still lots of damage. There are houses where a couple of walls are up, but nothing else is in between More than a month later, residents here are still cleaning up the damage from a tornado that struck the town July 8. Shortly after the disaster, "the streets were littered with everything you can think of, power lines were down," said the ...