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Tax credits OK'd for low-income apartments in Dickinson

A Michigan developer will get $608,944 in tax credits to build Lincoln Park Townhomes in Dickinson for low-income renters and if all goes as anticipated there will be 40 rentable units by summer 2013, the developer and state officials said Wednesday.

Outdoor architect

MaryJane Mayer, 8, sketches a house complete with garage Saturday at her real home in Mott. Temperatures hit the 70s and she, along with her siblings, created a colorful driveway where remote control cars zoomed around.

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Dry Stark County conditions lead to weekend fires

GLADSTONE — No injuries were reported after a controlled burn took off and scorched about 300 acres Saturday, fire officials said.

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Make-A-Wish makes young Dickinson man strong; now he prepares for many changes

Twenty-year-old Matthew Jahner has exciting changes coming up after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2008.

• Jahner and a bass

Bringing a sparkle to the shine

Head Start bus driver Anneliese Schmidt, Dickinson, cleans the coach Tuesday afternoon in Dickinson as temperatures reached into the 40s. Shortly after nightfall, snow began falling in Dickinson.

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Oil waste permit up for Billings County approval

MEDORA — Between 80 and 100 acres of land off of Highway 85 north of Fairfield could be used for an oil and gas waste disposal site in about a year if local and state officials approve, John McCain, vice president and senior engineer of Carlson McCain, said during a Billings County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Thursday at the Courthouse.

Roadshow appraisals

Dickinson resident Joan Brew lays out goods Wednesday for Treasure Hunters Roadshow appraisers at the Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge. The appraisers, who purchase gold, silver, sports memorabilia and other collectables, are in town through Saturday.

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Man dies at Dunn County oil site

A man in his early 20s died at a Dunn County oil site over the weekend but the cause of death is unclear, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Bismarck Office confirmed Monday.

Out-of-staters get taste of ND roads — and ditches

North Dakota Highway Patrol Sgt. Dan Haugen had a busy Wednesday morning due to “extremely icy” conditions on Interstate 94. While on the scene of a rollover, he got a call for another rollover and had to stop on his way to that because he came upon another crash that hadn’t even been called in yet.

No injuries when school bus and van collide in Richardton this morning

No one was injured Wednesday morning when a van and a school bus carrying students collided in Richardton.

Columns

‘Cowboy Christmas’ turns back the clock

Sitting in the grandstands Sunday night, I heard the announcer proclaim the Roughrider Days Rodeo as one of the rodeos that’s part of “Cowboy Christmas.”