Dustin Monke
Dustin Monke was named the managing editor of The Dickinson Press on March 17, 2013 after spending more than six years as the newspaper's sports editor. He graduated college from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2006 and New England High School in 2002. He has been a Forum Communications employee since 2003, working at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead as a sports clerk and intern sports reporter prior to joining The Dickinson Press. Outside of journalism, he enjoys movies, exercising and reading and spending time with his fiance, Sarah, and their dog, Noodle.Contact
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Killdeer Area Ambulance Service working to keep up with oil’s impact
Ann Hafner knew she wanted to become an ambulance volunteer after her sister-in-law, living in another state, died of an asthma attack when the ambulance responding to the call got lost en route.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Dickinson undergoing fast, amazing changes
Dickinson is a community changing so rapidly it’s almost to the point where it’s difficult to know exactly what is going where. Seemingly every day, a new building or business pops up.
RELATED CONTENTJuvenile started Sunday fire that burned shed, waterway
A juvenile playing with a lighter and cardboard behind a shed sparked a blaze that burned about 1½ acres of grass in a waterway Sunday afternoon in a residential area of north Dickinson.
RELATED CONTENTPolice searching for man alleged of stabbing acquaintance
An early Sunday morning altercation resulted in a 31-year-old Dickinson man being stabbed by his acquaintance, 28-year-old Timothy Leroy Sumpter, according to a report by the Dickinson Police Department.
RELATED CONTENTDickinson gets as much as 16 inches of snow as Interstate 94 remains closed
The storm that brought southwest North Dakota to a near standstill has dropped as much as 16 inches of snow in Dickinson and 17 inches in the Glen Ullin area, the National Weather Service said Sunday night.
RELATED CONTENTContact us with cancellations and closures, and share your snow photos
Need to report a closure, cancellation or postponement? Have any snow photos you'd like to share with The Press? We're snowed in too, so help keep us updated at what's going on out there Sunday in southwest North Dakota.
RELATED CONTENTDickinson Catholic Schools to reorganize board of education, dismisses layperson board members
Dickinson Catholic Schools is going through an upheaval and restructuring in its governance.
RELATED CONTENTPrescribed burn near Lemmon, S.D., sparks 14,000-acre grassland fire
Ranchers south of Hettinger and Lemmon, S.D., are wondering what they’re supposed to do for grazing lands after what was intended to be a prescribed burn in the Grand River National Grasslands got out of control and scorched more than 14,000 acres of federal and private land over 22 square miles Wednesday and Thursday in Perkins County in northwest South Dakota.
RELATED CONTENTWatford City WWII vet receives medals
Donald Diederich knew he had earned medals in World War II. But he never thought he would see them.
RELATED CONTENTMissing Miss Njos: Students, teachers react after beloved elementary teacher dies in weekend car crash
Students and faculty at Lincoln and Berg Elementary Schools in Dickinson grieved Monday for a teacher who touched lives in Dickinson as well as on the other side of the world.
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Monke: Graduation a day of celebration, relief and dreams
Today, hundreds of area high school seniors will don gowns and mortarboards with tassels, walk across a stage and receive the diploma they’ve worked toward for 13 years.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Growing trash problems can be fixed
Trash and littering are becoming hot topics in western North Dakota. Just about anywhere you look, there are plastic bags and paper stuck in fences and sitting in ditches, or beer cans and bottles that have been dropped in random spots.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Spring is sprung, now make it worthwhile
To some, a dreary day is a great day to be productive. There’s nothing to do outside, so why not stay in and clean the house, watch five episodes of a TV show backed up on your DVR or read that book you bought five years ago and have been putting off reading ever since.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Rig tour an eye-opening education on oil industry details
Over the last four years, it seems like all conversations in and about North Dakota have centered on oil and the impact it has made on the local landscape, culture and bank accounts.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Social media connects us with readers
As a senior at Minnesota State University Moorhead, I started hearing about this thing called Facebook.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Noodle the schnoodle, our lovable yet socially awkward dog
John Grogan was onto something when he started writing columns about his crazy Labrador retriever named Marley.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Fighting for the medals grandpa earned
Ask anyone who knows me well and they’ll tell you that if I wouldn’t have pursued a career in journalism, I would most likely have gravitated toward the subject of history — particularly, 20th century America.
RELATED CONTENTMonke: Transition to new role a whirlwind experience
Most years, this past week was the one when I would typically stroll into the office casually late and maybe, if I really wanted to, punch out a short story before leaving early and relishing the so-called “dead times” between the winter and spring sports seasons.
RELATED CONTENTNo. 1 Sports Story of the Year: DSU graduate Ramon Miller’s epic gold medal run in Olympic mile relay final
Before the Olympics began last summer in London, Ramon Miller made one thing clear. He was the captain of his ship.
RELATED CONTENTNo. 2 Sports Story of the Year: Kuntz's controversial dismissal from NDSCS football team got national attention
Jamie Kuntz says he just wants to be a college football player. However, a decision he made on Sept. 1 not only derailed those plans, it made the 2012 Dickinson High School graduate the center of national debate and scrutiny that has forever changed his life.
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