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    April 6, 2016
    Mark Kovash, left, spoke out about radioactive waste facilities at the public meeting hosted by the Dunn County Concerned Citizens group Tuesday at the High Plains Cultural Center in Killdeer. (Press Photo by Andrew Haffner)
    Concerned citizens group meets to oppose local storage of oilfield waste
    KILLDEER -- Residents of Dunn County and beyond gathered Tuesday night at the High Plains Cultural Center to visit over coffee, cookies and radioactive...
    News/localApril 6, 2016 - 10:35pm
    March 2, 2016
    Dunn County Social Services to incur program cuts, Move part of cost-saving measures of Department of Human Services
    MANNING -- Dunn County Social Services is facing cuts to a couple of its programs due to budgetary issues within the North Dakota Department of Human Services. Social worker Chantelle Kuntz appeared before the Dunn County Commission alongside new county director Melissa Pavlicek during...
    News/localMarch 2, 2016 - 9:59pm
    February 17, 2016
    Dunn County Commission Chairman Reinhard Hauck, back, and Commissioner Daryl Dukart, front, discuss the county’s intent to challenge the North Dakota Industrial Commission’s ruling to approve a waste facility the county planning and zoning board denied in 2013. (Andrew Wernette/The Dickinson Press)
    Dunn County moves to challenge state authority in local oil development, Waste treatment facility county denied was approved by state Industrial Commission
    MANNING -- The Dunn County Commission voted unanimously to appeal a case against it involving the state Industrial Commission that has the potential...
    News/localFebruary 17, 2016 - 6:26pm
    January 20, 2016
    The Dunn County Lodge is viewed from a hilltop to the west of the facility in this file photo from March 2012, shortly before it opened. Courtesy Photo provided by Target Logosti and Jim Blecha Photography)
    Target Logistics: Dunn County crew camp temporarily closing
    MANNING -- Target Logistics is temporarily closing its massive crew camp in southern Dunn County, the company said Wednesday. Citing dwindling...
    Energy/BakkenJanuary 20, 2016 - 5:01pm
    September 16, 2015
    Dunn Co. considers alternative waste management options : Study finds current system most economical
    Unless the oil boom comes back, it may be wasteful for Dunn County to change how it handles its waste, according to a recent study. County commissioners looked over municipal waste management options Wednesday during a regular meeting at the Dunn County Courthouse. Fred Doran...
    News/localSeptember 16, 2015 - 10:53pm
    September 2, 2015
    Tentative Dunn Co. 2016 budget revealed : Pipeline tax values, oil prices affect final numbers
    MANNING — The Dunn County Commission reviewed its tentative 2016 budget Wednesday during its regular meeting at the Dunn County Courthouse. The overall budget is projected to be around $53 million, with approximately $30 million given to the county’s Roads Department, and the...
    News/localSeptember 2, 2015 - 8:46pm
    August 19, 2015
    Attorney Beth Baumstark presents a proposed amendment to the Dunn County Commissioners Wednesday at the Dunn County Courthouse. Many residents attended to show support for the measure, which would have given landowners greater influence in the county’s landfill permitting decisions. (Photo by Andrew Wernette / The Dickinson Press)
    Dunn County Commissioners deny landfill 'protest amendment'
    MANNING—The Dunn County Commission voted unanimously to reject a proposed amendment to its Land Development Code that would have given...
    News/localAugust 19, 2015 - 5:48pm
    August 18, 2015
    Director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation Grant Levi, left, and Gov. Jack Dalrymple discuss how a $30 million bypass located west of Killdeer will improve quality of life in the area. (Press Photo by Abby Kessler)
    Officials break ground on Killdeer bypass
    KILLDEER — Chairman of the Dunn County Commission Reinhard Hauck said safety is one of the board’s main priorities and heavy thru-traffic...
    News/localAugust 18, 2015 - 11:58pm
    August 5, 2015
    Dunn Co. Sheriff’s Office to lease new gun range
    MANNING — A new shooting range looks to be in the future for the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office. The Dunn County Commission made an approval Wednesday at its regular meeting to have a lease agreement drafted for its sheriff’s office to take over the responsibilities of a disused...
    News/localAugust 5, 2015 - 11:28pm
    June 17, 2015
    Oscar Allen of Green Group Holdings, back left, and Shane Goettle of Odney Advertising, center, engage with a crowd of Dunn County residents who were opposed to the company’s proposal for an industrial landfill Wednesday in the Dunn County Courthouse parking lot. (Andrew Wernette/The Dickinson Press)play button
    VIDEO: Rejected landfill company met with scorn at Dunn County Commission meeting
    An group of angry residents confronted representatives of a company that previously proposed an industrial landfill in Dunn County after they...
    News/localJune 17, 2015 - 11:56pm
    May 6, 2015
    Dunn County Commission approves more funding for airport
    More than $110,000 will go to installing a new fuel system at Weydahl Field airport north of Killdeer.
    News/localMay 6, 2015 - 7:56pm
    April 1, 2015
    Secure Energy Services withdraws Dunn Co. landfill app.
    MANNING, N.D. - Secure Energy Services has withdrawn its application for a Dunn County special waste landfill, but landowners are not convinced they’ve seen the end of the project. County zoning administrator Sandy Rhode said she received an email a couple weeks ago from the...
    News/localApril 1, 2015 - 7:59pm
    March 5, 2015
    Attorney: Marathon has no rigs in Dunn Co.
    MANNING -- None of Marathon Oil Company’s rigs are currently operating in the Dunn County area, an attorney for the company said Wednesday. Chris Suelzle, Marathon’s land professional attorney, told Dunn County commissioners that pulling the rigs was a direct effect of oil...
    News/localMarch 5, 2015 - 2:45pm
    February 4, 2015
    Oxy has no drilling plans for Dunn Co. up to March
    MANNING — Occidental Petroleum Corp. likely won’t have any oil drilling or fracking activity in Dunn County through March, a representative told county commissioners Wednesday. It’s not too surprising, with the oil price drop and on the heels of news that the company will spend...
    Energy/BakkenFebruary 4, 2015 - 11:19pm
    December 17, 2014
    Dunn Co. sheriff urges plan for homeless in winter
    MANNING -- Dunn County Sheriff Clay Coker urged county commissioners Wednesday to start a plan for protocol when a homeless citizen needs a place to stay overnight in winter. He said the county is seeing “more and more indigent problems,” and while the department has only...
    News/localDecember 17, 2014 - 5:40pm
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